diff --git a/src/customLobby.js b/src/customLobby.js
index 6c572d6..ac41b73 100644
--- a/src/customLobby.js
+++ b/src/customLobby.js
@@ -126,13 +126,21 @@ main.append(playerListContainer, optionsContainer);
 
 const footer = document.createElement("footer");
 footer.style.marginTop = "10px";
-const startButton = document.createElement("button");
-const leaveButton = document.createElement("button");
-startButton.textContent = "Start game";
-leaveButton.textContent = "Leave lobby";
-startButton.addEventListener("click", startGame);
-leaveButton.addEventListener("click", () => leaveLobby());
-footer.append(startButton, leaveButton);
+
+function createButton(text, action) {
+    const button = document.createElement("button");
+    button.textContent = text;
+    button.addEventListener("click", action);
+    return button;
+}
+const startButton = createButton("Start game", startGame);
+const leaveButton = createButton("Leave lobby", () => leaveLobby());
+const copyLinkButton = createButton("Copy link", () => {
+    navigator.clipboard.writeText(`${window.location.href}#lobby=${currentCode}`);
+    copyLinkButton.textContent = "Copied!";
+    setTimeout(() => copyLinkButton.textContent = "Copy link", 1000);
+});
+footer.append(startButton, leaveButton, copyLinkButton);
 
 windowElement.append(header, main, footer);
 
@@ -290,8 +298,22 @@ function startGame() {
 function rejoinLobby() {
     joinLobby();
 }
+function checkForLobbyLink(isHashChangeEvent) {
+    const hash = window.location.hash;
+    if (hash.startsWith("#lobby=")) {
+        // in case the player is already in a lobby
+        if (isHashChangeEvent) leaveLobby();
+        currentCode = hash.slice(7);
+        isActive = true;
+        joinLobby();
+    }
+}
+window.addEventListener("hashchange", () => checkForLobbyLink(true));
 
-function setJoinFunction(f) { joinLobby = f; }
+function setJoinFunction(f) {
+    joinLobby = f;
+    setTimeout(checkForLobbyLink, 0);
+}
 function setLeaveFunction(f) { leaveLobby = f; }
 function setSendFunction(f) { sendRaw = f; }
 function setActive(active) {
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 7c43493..161b418 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     "lastUpdated": "Mar 22",
     "changes": [
         "Added a \"What's new\" screen (the one you're looking at right now!) which displays a changelog of the latest version",
+        "Added custom lobby join links - to get one, click on the new \"Copy link\" button while in a lobby.",
         "Added version information at the bottom of the setting page along with a link to the FX Client Discord server and GitHub repository. Previously this was shown only in the vanilla version menu.",
-        "The custom lobby server no longer tries to verify the compatibility of the client version"
+        "The custom lobby server no longer tries to verify the compatibility of the client's protocol version. This will make custom lobbies usable immediately after an update, provided that the communication protocol has not changed significantly."
     ]
 }
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