diff --git a/services/real-time/app/coffee/WebsocketController.coffee b/services/real-time/app/coffee/WebsocketController.coffee
index 356f757ffb..96a74b9748 100644
--- a/services/real-time/app/coffee/WebsocketController.coffee
+++ b/services/real-time/app/coffee/WebsocketController.coffee
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ module.exports = WebsocketController =
 		metrics.inc "editor.leave-project"
 		Utils.getClientAttributes client, ["project_id", "user_id"], (error, {project_id, user_id}) ->
 			return callback(error) if error?
+
+			logger.log {project_id, user_id, client_id: client.id}, "client leaving project"
+			WebsocketLoadBalancer.emitToRoom project_id, "clientTracking.clientDisconnected", client.id
+			
 			# bail out if the client had not managed to authenticate or join
 			# the project.  Prevents downstream errors in docupdater from
 			# flushProjectToMongoAndDelete with null project_id.
@@ -61,9 +65,6 @@ module.exports = WebsocketController =
 			if not project_id?
 				logger.log {user_id: user_id, client_id: client.id}, "client leaving, not in project"
 				return callback()
-
-			logger.log {project_id, user_id, client_id: client.id}, "client leaving project"
-			WebsocketLoadBalancer.emitToRoom project_id, "clientTracking.clientDisconnected", client.id
 		
 			# We can do this in the background
 			ConnectedUsersManager.markUserAsDisconnected project_id, client.id, (err) ->
@@ -129,7 +130,6 @@ module.exports = WebsocketController =
 			# after the initial joinDoc since we know they are already authorised.
 			## AuthorizationManager.removeAccessToDoc client, doc_id
 			callback()
-		
 	updateClientPosition: (client, cursorData, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		metrics.inc "editor.update-client-position", 0.1
 		Utils.getClientAttributes client, [
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ module.exports = WebsocketController =
 		], (error, {project_id, first_name, last_name, email, user_id}) ->
 			return callback(error) if error?
 			logger.log {user_id, project_id, client_id: client.id, cursorData: cursorData}, "updating client position"
-					
+
 			AuthorizationManager.assertClientCanViewProjectAndDoc client, cursorData.doc_id, (error) ->
 				if error?
 					logger.warn {err: error, client_id: client.id, project_id, user_id}, "silently ignoring unauthorized updateClientPosition. Client likely hasn't called joinProject yet."
@@ -145,13 +145,19 @@ module.exports = WebsocketController =
 				cursorData.id      = client.id
 				cursorData.user_id = user_id if user_id?
 				cursorData.email   = email   if email?
-				if first_name or last_name
+				# Don't store anonymous users in redis to avoid influx
+				if !user_id or user_id == 'anonymous-user'
+					cursorData.name = ""
+					callback()
+				else
 					cursorData.name = if first_name && last_name
 						"#{first_name} #{last_name}"
 					else if first_name
 						first_name
 					else if last_name
 						last_name
+					else
+						""
 					ConnectedUsersManager.updateUserPosition(project_id, client.id, {
 						first_name: first_name,
 						last_name:  last_name,
@@ -162,9 +168,6 @@ module.exports = WebsocketController =
 						column: cursorData.column,
 						doc_id: cursorData.doc_id
 					}, callback)
-				else
-					cursorData.name = "Anonymous"
-					callback()
 				WebsocketLoadBalancer.emitToRoom(project_id, "clientTracking.clientUpdated", cursorData)
 
 	getConnectedUsers: (client, callback = (error, users) ->) ->
@@ -221,4 +224,4 @@ module.exports = WebsocketController =
 		for op in update.op
 			if !op.c?
 				return false
-		return true
+		return true
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diff --git a/services/real-time/test/unit/coffee/WebsocketControllerTests.coffee b/services/real-time/test/unit/coffee/WebsocketControllerTests.coffee
index 9621589d26..965f5d72b2 100644
--- a/services/real-time/test/unit/coffee/WebsocketControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/real-time/test/unit/coffee/WebsocketControllerTests.coffee
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ describe 'WebsocketController', ->
 					doc_id: @doc_id
 				}).should.equal true
 				done()
-				
+
 			it "should increment the update-client-position metric at 0.1 frequency", ->
 				@metrics.inc.calledWith("editor.update-client-position", 0.1).should.equal true
 
@@ -509,6 +509,30 @@ describe 'WebsocketController', ->
 
 			it "should increment the update-client-position metric at 0.1 frequency", ->
 				@metrics.inc.calledWith("editor.update-client-position", 0.1).should.equal true
+		describe "with a logged in user who has no names set", ->
+			beforeEach ->
+				@clientParams = {
+					project_id: @project_id
+					first_name: undefined
+					last_name: undefined
+					email: @email = "joe@example.com"
+					user_id: @user_id = "user-id-123"
+				}
+				@client.get = (param, callback) => callback null, @clientParams[param]
+				@WebsocketController.updateClientPosition @client, @update
+
+			it "should send the update to the project name with no name", ->
+				@WebsocketLoadBalancer.emitToRoom
+					.calledWith(@project_id, "clientTracking.clientUpdated", {
+						doc_id: @doc_id,
+						id: @client.id,
+						user_id: @user_id,
+						name: "",
+						row: @row,
+						column: @column,
+						email: @email
+					})
+					.should.equal true
 
 
 		describe "with an anonymous user", ->
@@ -519,17 +543,17 @@ describe 'WebsocketController', ->
 				@client.get = (param, callback) => callback null, @clientParams[param]
 				@WebsocketController.updateClientPosition @client, @update
 
-			it "should send the update to the project room with an anonymous name", ->
+			it "should send the update to the project room with no name", ->
 				@WebsocketLoadBalancer.emitToRoom
 					.calledWith(@project_id, "clientTracking.clientUpdated", {
 						doc_id: @doc_id,
 						id: @client.id
-						name: "Anonymous"
+						name: ""
 						row: @row
 						column: @column
 					})
 					.should.equal true
-				
+
 			it "should not send cursor data to the connected user manager", (done)->
 				@ConnectedUsersManager.updateUserPosition.called.should.equal false
 				done()