diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/cordaclient/CordaClient.java b/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/cordaclient/CordaClient.java
index 327f83c..f863cd6 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/cordaclient/CordaClient.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/cordaclient/CordaClient.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class CordaClient {
         this.jsonMapper = jsonMapper;
     }
 
-    public List<VirtualNode> getVirtualNodeList() {
+    public List<VirtualNode> fetchVirtualNodeList() {
         ResponseEntity<VirtualNodeList> resp = this.restTemplate.exchange(
             "/virtualnode",
             HttpMethod.GET, 
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/cordaclient/dao/HoldingIdentity.java b/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/cordaclient/dao/HoldingIdentity.java
index b0f3539..e8f86c2 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/cordaclient/dao/HoldingIdentity.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/cordaclient/dao/HoldingIdentity.java
@@ -34,4 +34,28 @@ public record HoldingIdentity(String x500Name, String shortHash) implements Seri
 
         return false;
     }
+
+    public boolean isCustodian() throws InvalidNameException {
+        LdapName ln = new LdapName(x500Name);
+
+        for(Rdn rdn : ln.getRdns()) {
+            if(rdn.getType().equalsIgnoreCase("OU")) {
+                return rdn.getValue().toString().equalsIgnoreCase("Custodian");
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isCordaCheckers() throws InvalidNameException {
+        LdapName ln = new LdapName(x500Name);
+
+        for(Rdn rdn : ln.getRdns()) {
+            if(rdn.getType().equalsIgnoreCase("O")) {
+                return rdn.getValue().toString().equalsIgnoreCase("Checkers");
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/user/HoldingIdentityResolver.java b/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/user/HoldingIdentityResolver.java
index 48c2c3f..fb96c09 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/user/HoldingIdentityResolver.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/user/HoldingIdentityResolver.java
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import javax.naming.InvalidNameException;
-
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import djmil.cordacheckers.cordaclient.CordaClient;
@@ -22,45 +20,49 @@ public class HoldingIdentityResolver {
      *  Ideally, we want to be able to force update cache, had the corda
      *  cluster configuration changed (aka in case of a cache miss)
      */ 
-    final Map<String, HoldingIdentity> cache; // PlayerName to ShortHash
+    Map<String, HoldingIdentity> player; // PlayerName to ShortHash
+    HoldingIdentity custodian;
 
     HoldingIdentityResolver(CordaClient cordaClient) {
-        this.cache = setCache(cordaClient);
+        this.player = new HashMap<>();
+
+        fetchVNodeList(cordaClient);
     }
 
-    private static Map<String, HoldingIdentity> setCache(CordaClient cordaClient) {
-        Map<String, HoldingIdentity> map = new HashMap<>();
+    private void fetchVNodeList(CordaClient cordaClient) {
+        final List<VirtualNode> vnodeList = cordaClient.fetchVirtualNodeList();
 
-        try {
-            List<VirtualNode> vNodeList = cordaClient.getVirtualNodeList();
+        for (VirtualNode vNode : vnodeList) {
+            final var identity = vNode.holdingIdentity();
+            try {            
+                if (!identity.isCordaCheckers())
+                    continue;
 
-            for (VirtualNode vNode : vNodeList) {
-                var identity = vNode.holdingIdentity();
+                if (identity.isPlayer())
+                    player.put(identity.getName().toLowerCase(locale), identity);
 
-                if (identity.isPlayer()) {
-                    map.put(
-                        identity.getName().toLowerCase(locale), 
-                        identity
-                        );
-                }
+                if (identity.isCustodian())
+                    custodian = identity; // <<-- there shall be only one custodian
             }
-        } catch (InvalidNameException e) {
-            // TODO: logs
-            System.out.println("Unable to get ShorHash list of Corda VirtualNodes: "+e.getMessage());
+            catch (Exception e) {
+                System.err.println("Incomprehensible VirtualNode identity " +identity);
+            } 
         }
-
-        return map;
     }
 
     /*
      * @param playerName 
      *  HoldingIdentity x500 name typically looks like 
-     *  "CN=Bob, OU=Player, O=Checkers, L=Kviv, C=UA"
+     *  "CN=Bob, OU=Player, O=Checkers, L=Kyiv, C=UA"
      *  CN - is a common name, expected to be unique for CordaCheckers setup.
      * 
      * @return HoldingIdentity
      */
     public HoldingIdentity getByUsername(String userName) {
-        return this.cache.get(userName.toLowerCase(locale));
+        return this.player.get(userName.toLowerCase(locale));
+    }
+
+    public HoldingIdentity getCustodian() {
+        return this.custodian;
     }
 }
diff --git a/corda/config/static-network-config.json b/corda/config/static-network-config.json
index a49c4e4..7462400 100644
--- a/corda/config/static-network-config.json
+++ b/corda/config/static-network-config.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "cpi" : "CordaCheckers"
   },
   {
-    "x500Name" : "CN=Kumar, OU=Referee, O=Checkers, L=Mumbai, C=IN",
+    "x500Name" : "CN=Kumar, OU=Custodian, O=Checkers, L=Mumbai, C=IN",
     "cpi" : "CordaCheckers"
   },
   {