diff --git a/src/Discord.Net/DiscordClient.Users.cs b/src/Discord.Net/DiscordClient.Users.cs
index ac6755417..fae87ed90 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net/DiscordClient.Users.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net/DiscordClient.Users.cs
@@ -108,9 +108,12 @@ namespace Discord
 				RaiseEvent(nameof(ProfileUpdated), () => ProfileUpdated(this, EventArgs.Empty));
 		}
 
-		/// <summary> Returns the current logged-in user. </summary>
-		public User CurrentUser => _currentUser;
-		private User _currentUser;
+		/// <summary> Returns the current logged-in user in a private channel. </summary>
+		internal User PrivateUser => _privateUser;
+		private User _privateUser;
+
+		/// <summary> Returns information about the currently logged-in account. </summary>
+		public GlobalUser CurrentUser => _privateUser.GlobalUser;
 
 		/// <summary> Returns a collection of all users this client can currently see. </summary>
 		internal GlobalUsers GlobalUsers => _globalUsers;
@@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ namespace Discord
 			CheckReady();
 
 			return _api.EditUser(currentPassword: currentPassword, 
-				username: username ?? _currentUser?.Name,  email: email ?? _currentUser?.GlobalUser.Email, password: password,
+				username: username ?? _privateUser?.Name,  email: email ?? _privateUser?.GlobalUser.Email, password: password,
 				avatarType: avatarType, avatar: avatar);
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net/DiscordClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net/DiscordClient.cs
index 27a3f342d..18b0e41a1 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net/DiscordClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net/DiscordClient.cs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ namespace Discord
 			_servers.Clear();
 			_globalUsers.Clear();
 
-			_currentUser = null;
+			_privateUser = null;
 		}
 
 		public T AddService<T>(T obj)
@@ -309,9 +309,9 @@ namespace Discord
 						{
 							base.OnReceivedEvent(e).Wait(); //This cannot be an await, or we'll get later messages before we're ready
 							var data = e.Payload.ToObject<ReadyEvent>(_serializer);
-							_currentUser = _users.GetOrAdd(data.User.Id, null);
-							_currentUser.Update(data.User);
-							_currentUser.GlobalUser.Update(data.User);
+							_privateUser = _users.GetOrAdd(data.User.Id, null);
+							_privateUser.Update(data.User);
+							_privateUser.GlobalUser.Update(data.User);
                             foreach (var model in data.Guilds)
 							{
 								if (!model.Unavailable)
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net/Models/Channel.cs b/src/Discord.Net/Models/Channel.cs
index 98f2f1c9e..ce4df6e80 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net/Models/Channel.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net/Models/Channel.cs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace Discord
 			{
 				_members = new Dictionary<string, User>()
 				{
-					{ _client.CurrentUserId, _client.CurrentUser },
+					{ _client.CurrentUserId, _client.PrivateUser },
 					{ _recipient.Id, _recipient.Value }
 				};
 			}
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net/Models/GlobalUser.cs b/src/Discord.Net/Models/GlobalUser.cs
index 6eb3a24ae..59e041296 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net/Models/GlobalUser.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net/Models/GlobalUser.cs
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading;
 
 namespace Discord
 {
-	internal sealed class GlobalUser : CachedObject
+	public sealed class GlobalUser : CachedObject
 	{
 		private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, User> _users;
 
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Discord
 
 		/// <summary> Returns the private messaging channel with this user, if one exists. </summary>
 		[JsonIgnore]
-		public Channel PrivateChannel
+		internal Channel PrivateChannel
 		{
 			get { return _privateChannel; }
 			internal set
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ namespace Discord
 
 		/// <summary> Returns a collection of all server-specific data for every server this user is a member of. </summary>
 		[JsonIgnore]
-		public IEnumerable<User> Memberships => _users.Select(x => _client.Users[Id, x.Key]);
+		internal IEnumerable<User> Memberships => _users.Select(x => _client.Users[Id, x.Key]);
 
 		internal GlobalUser(DiscordClient client, string id)
 			: base(client, id)
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net/Models/Message.cs b/src/Discord.Net/Models/Message.cs
index a9d045414..4245fa28a 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net/Models/Message.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net/Models/Message.cs
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ namespace Discord
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				var me = _client.CurrentUser;
+				var me = _client.PrivateUser;
 				IsMentioningMe = MentionedUsers?.Contains(me) ?? false;
             }
         }