diff --git a/oxenmq/connections.cpp b/oxenmq/connections.cpp
index 26aed93..57ec6fa 100644
--- a/oxenmq/connections.cpp
+++ b/oxenmq/connections.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ OxenMQ::proxy_connect_sn(std::string_view remote, std::string_view connect_hint,
     p.idle_expiry = keep_alive;
     p.activity();
     connections_updated = true;
+    outgoing_sn_conns.emplace_hint(outgoing_sn_conns.end(), p.conn_id, ConnectionID{remote});
     auto it = connections.emplace_hint(connections.end(), p.conn_id, std::move(socket));
 
     return {&it->second, ""s};
@@ -217,6 +218,8 @@ void OxenMQ::proxy_close_connection(int64_t id, std::chrono::milliseconds linger
     it->second.set(zmq::sockopt::linger, linger > 0ms ? (int) linger.count() : 0);
     connections.erase(it);
     connections_updated = true;
+
+    outgoing_sn_conns.erase(id);
 }
 
 void OxenMQ::proxy_expire_idle_peers() {
diff --git a/oxenmq/oxenmq.h b/oxenmq/oxenmq.h
index bc3536f..6b49b35 100644
--- a/oxenmq/oxenmq.h
+++ b/oxenmq/oxenmq.h
@@ -378,6 +378,11 @@ private:
     /// SN pubkey string.
     std::unordered_multimap<ConnectionID, peer_info> peers;
 
+    /// For outgoing connections to service nodes `peers` contains the service node connection id,
+    /// but we sometimes need to be able to get the peer info from a numeric connection id (for
+    /// example, for incoming messages on a connection we made); this map lets us do that.
+    std::map<int64_t, ConnectionID> outgoing_sn_conns;
+
     /// The next ConnectionID value we should use (for outgoing, non-SN connections).
     std::atomic<int64_t> next_conn_id{1};
 
@@ -1359,6 +1364,10 @@ struct data_parts_impl {
 template <typename InputIt, typename = std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible_v<decltype(*std::declval<InputIt>()), std::string_view>>>
 data_parts_impl<InputIt> data_parts(InputIt begin, InputIt end) { return {std::move(begin), std::move(end)}; }
 
+/// Shortcut for send_option::data_parts(container.begin(), container.end())
+template <typename Container>
+auto data_parts(const Container& c) { return data_parts(c.begin(), c.end()); }
+
 /// Specifies a connection hint when passed in to send().  If there is no current connection to the
 /// peer then the hint is used to save a call to the SNRemoteAddress to get the connection location.
 /// (Note that there is no guarantee that the given hint will be used or that a SNRemoteAddress call
diff --git a/oxenmq/proxy.cpp b/oxenmq/proxy.cpp
index db564e1..9252483 100644
--- a/oxenmq/proxy.cpp
+++ b/oxenmq/proxy.cpp
@@ -563,8 +563,10 @@ void OxenMQ::proxy_loop() {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if (!proxy_handle_builtin(id, sock, parts))
+            if (!proxy_handle_builtin(id, sock, parts)) {
+                LMQ_LOG(warn, "proxying to worker from connection ", id);
                 proxy_to_worker(id, sock, parts);
+            }
 
             if (connections_updated) {
                 // If connections got updated then our points are stale, to restart the proxy loop;
diff --git a/oxenmq/worker.cpp b/oxenmq/worker.cpp
index acd8e99..ae5046f 100644
--- a/oxenmq/worker.cpp
+++ b/oxenmq/worker.cpp
@@ -283,7 +283,11 @@ void OxenMQ::proxy_to_worker(int64_t conn_id, zmq::socket_t& sock, std::vector<z
     if (!outgoing) tmp_peer.route = parts[0].to_string();
     peer_info* peer = nullptr;
     if (outgoing) {
-        auto it = peers.find(conn_id);
+        auto snit = outgoing_sn_conns.find(conn_id);
+        auto it = snit != outgoing_sn_conns.end()
+            ? peers.find(snit->second)
+            : peers.find(conn_id);
+
         if (it == peers.end()) {
             LMQ_LOG(warn, "Internal error: connection id ", conn_id, " not found");
             return;
diff --git a/tests/test_connect.cpp b/tests/test_connect.cpp
index 723f184..0b4b846 100644
--- a/tests/test_connect.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_connect.cpp
@@ -446,3 +446,61 @@ TEST_CASE("SN single worker test", "[connect][worker]") {
     }
 
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("SN backchatter", "[connect][sn]") {
+    // When we have a SN connection A -> B and then B sends a message to A on that existing
+    // connection, A should see it as coming from B.
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<OxenMQ>> omq;
+    std::vector<std::string> pubkey, privkey;
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> conn;
+    REQUIRE(sodium_init() != -1);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        pubkey.emplace_back();
+        privkey.emplace_back();
+        pubkey[i].resize(crypto_box_PUBLICKEYBYTES);
+        privkey[i].resize(crypto_box_SECRETKEYBYTES);
+        crypto_box_keypair(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&pubkey[i][0]), reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&privkey[i][0]));
+        conn.emplace(pubkey[i], random_localhost());
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < pubkey.size(); i++) {
+        omq.push_back(std::make_unique<OxenMQ>(
+            pubkey[i], privkey[i], true,
+            [conn](auto pk) { auto it = conn.find((std::string) pk); if (it != conn.end()) return it->second; return ""s; },
+            get_logger("S" + std::to_string(i) + "» "),
+            LogLevel::trace
+        ));
+        auto& server = *omq.back();
+
+        server.listen_curve(conn[pubkey[i]]);
+        server.set_active_sns({pubkey.begin(), pubkey.end()});
+    }
+    std::string f;
+    omq[0]->add_category("a", Access{AuthLevel::none, true})
+        .add_command("a", [&](Message& m) {
+            m.oxenmq.send(m.conn, "b.b", "abc");
+            //m.send_back("b.b", "abc");
+        })
+        .add_command("z", [&](Message& m) {
+            auto lock = catch_lock();
+            f = m.data[0];
+        });
+    omq[1]->add_category("b", Access{AuthLevel::none, true})
+        .add_command("b", [&](Message& m) {
+            {
+                auto lock = catch_lock();
+                UNSCOPED_INFO("b.b from conn " << m.conn);
+            }
+            m.send_back("a.z", m.data[0]);
+        });
+
+    for (auto& server : omq)
+        server->start();
+
+    auto c = omq[1]->connect_sn(pubkey[0]);
+    omq[1]->send(c, "a.a");
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(50ms);
+
+    auto lock = catch_lock();
+    REQUIRE(f == "abc");
+}