diff --git a/xwords4/common/model.c b/xwords4/common/model.c
index 2fb803b46..ef5c17c4b 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/model.c
+++ b/xwords4/common/model.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- compile-command: "cd ../linux && make -j3 MEMDEBUG=TRUE"; -*- */
 /* 
- * Copyright 2000-2011 by Eric House (xwords@eehouse.org).  All rights
+ * Copyright 2000-2015 by Eric House (xwords@eehouse.org).  All rights
  * reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -342,6 +342,56 @@ model_hashMatches( const ModelCtxt* model, const XP_U32 hash )
     return matches;
 }
 
+XP_Bool
+model_revertToHash( ModelCtxt* model, const XP_U32 hash, PoolContext* pool )
+{
+    XP_U16 nPopped = 0;
+    StackCtxt* stack = model->vol.stack;
+    const XP_U16 nEntries = stack_getNEntries( stack );
+    StackEntry entries[nEntries];
+#ifdef DEBUG
+    XP_U32 hashes[nEntries];
+#endif
+    XP_S16 foundAt = -1;
+
+    for ( XP_U16 ii = 0; ii < nEntries; ++ii ) {
+        XP_U32 thisHash =
+#ifdef DEBUG
+        hashes[ii] =
+#endif
+            stack_getHash( stack );
+        if ( hash == thisHash ) {
+            foundAt = ii;
+            break;
+        }
+        if ( ! stack_popEntry( stack, &entries[ii] ) ) {
+            break;
+        }
+        ++nPopped;
+    }
+
+    for ( XP_S16 ii = nPopped - 1; ii >= 0; --ii ) {
+        stack_redo( stack, &entries[ii] );
+        /* Assert not needed for long */
+        XP_ASSERT( hashes[ii] = stack_getHash( stack ) );
+    }
+
+    XP_Bool found = -1 != foundAt;
+    if ( found ) {
+        XP_LOGF( "%s: undoing %d turns to match hash %X", __func__,
+                 foundAt, hash );
+#ifdef DEBUG
+        XP_Bool success =
+#endif
+            model_undoLatestMoves( model, pool, foundAt, NULL, NULL );
+        XP_ASSERT( success );
+        /* Assert not needed for long */
+        XP_ASSERT( hash == stack_getHash( model->vol.stack ) );
+    }
+
+    return found;
+}
+
 #ifdef STREAM_VERS_BIGBOARD
 void
 model_setSquareBonuses( ModelCtxt* model, XWBonusType* bonuses, XP_U16 nBonuses )
diff --git a/xwords4/common/model.h b/xwords4/common/model.h
index c58f95ded..f9e688494 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/model.h
+++ b/xwords4/common/model.h
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ void model_setSize( ModelCtxt* model, XP_U16 boardSize );
 void model_destroy( ModelCtxt* model );
 XP_U32 model_getHash( const ModelCtxt* model, XP_U16 version );
 XP_Bool model_hashMatches( const ModelCtxt* model, XP_U32 hash );
+XP_Bool model_revertToHash( ModelCtxt* model, const XP_U32 hash,
+                            PoolContext* pool );
+
 void model_setNPlayers( ModelCtxt* model, XP_U16 numPlayers );
 XP_U16 model_getNPlayers( const ModelCtxt* model );
 
diff --git a/xwords4/common/server.c b/xwords4/common/server.c
index 7422e2e88..e9f6bea8d 100644
--- a/xwords4/common/server.c
+++ b/xwords4/common/server.c
@@ -2086,11 +2086,17 @@ readMoveInfo( ServerCtxt* server, XWStreamCtxt* stream,
 #ifdef STREAM_VERS_BIGBOARD
     if ( STREAM_VERS_BIGBOARD <= stream_getVersion( stream ) ) {
         XP_U32 hashReceived = stream_getU32( stream );
-        success = model_hashMatches( server->vol.model, hashReceived );
+        success = model_hashMatches( server->vol.model, hashReceived )
+            || model_revertToHash( server->vol.model, hashReceived,
+                                   server->pool );
         // XP_ASSERT( success );   /* I need to understand when this can fail */
-        if ( !success ) {
-            XP_LOGF( "%s: hash mismatch",__func__);
+#ifdef DEBUG_HASHING
+        if ( success ) {
+            XP_LOGF( "%s: hash match: %X",__func__, hashReceived );
+        } else {
+            XP_LOGF( "%s: hash mismatch: %X not found",__func__, hashReceived );
         }
+#endif
     }
 #endif
     if ( success ) {