diff --git a/party b/party
index 10fd8ae..17f676d 100755
--- a/party
+++ b/party
@@ -548,7 +548,8 @@ tmux="$PARTY_TMUX"
 EOF
     cat >> "$notify_script" <<'EOF'
 # Auto-generated by party. Fan a display-message out to every client
-# of the party server. Args: $1 = socket, $2 = client_user, $3 = "joined"|"left"
+# of the party server. Args: $1 = socket, $2 = user, $3 = verb (e.g.
+# "joined", "left", "started logging", "stopped logging")
 sock="$1"; user="$2"; verb="$3"
 "$tmux" -S "$sock" list-clients -F '#{client_name}' 2>/dev/null \
   | while read -r c; do
@@ -1069,15 +1070,12 @@ EOF
 
 # Tell everyone in the room when recording starts or stops: a
 # transcript nobody knew about is the kind of surprise the social
-# design exists to avoid. Same fan-out shape as the .party-notify
-# helper, run inline because only the host (who is authorized by
-# definition) calls it.
+# design exists to avoid. Reuses the .party-notify script generated at
+# host time, so the broadcast reads "$USER started logging the party"
+# / "$USER stopped logging the party". Tolerant of failure: a missing
+# or unreadable notify script shouldn't abort logging.
 log_notify() {
-    "$PARTY_TMUX" -S "$RR_SOCKET" list-clients -F '#{client_name}' 2>/dev/null \
-      | while read -r _ln_c; do
-            "$PARTY_TMUX" -S "$RR_SOCKET" display-message -c "$_ln_c" \
-                "$USER $1 logging this party" 2>/dev/null || :
-        done
+    "${RR_SOCKET%/sock}/.party-notify" "$RR_SOCKET" "$USER" "$1 logging" || :
 }
 
 cmd_log() {