diff --git a/lib/spec/lib/committee_spec.rb b/lib/spec/lib/committee_spec.rb
index 169baf387d..9712531e15 100644
--- a/lib/spec/lib/committee_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/spec/lib/committee_spec.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@
     Wunderbar.logger = nil # ensure we see warnings
   }
   describe "ASF::Committee::site" do
+    it "should return correct display_name initially" do
+      httpd = ASF::Committee['httpd']
+      expect(httpd.display_name).to eq('HTTP Server')
+    end
+    it "should return correct display_name subsequently" do
+      httpd = ASF::Committee['httpd']
+      expect(httpd.display_name).to eq('HTTP Server')
+    end
     it "should return string for 'httpd'" do
       res = ASF::Committee.find('HTTP Server').site
       expect(res).to match(%r{https?://httpd\.apache\.org/?})
diff --git a/lib/whimsy/asf/committee.rb b/lib/whimsy/asf/committee.rb
index f39ac968e0..dfa80486fc 100644
--- a/lib/whimsy/asf/committee.rb
+++ b/lib/whimsy/asf/committee.rb
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ def self.load_committee_info(contents = nil, info = nil)
         @committee_mtime = File.mtime(file)
         @@svn_change = Time.parse(ASF::SVN.getInfoItem(file, 'last-changed-date')).gmtime
 
+        Wunderbar.debug "Parsing CI file"
         @nonpmcs, @officers, @committee_info = parse_committee_info_nocache(File.read(file))
       end
       @committee_info
@@ -795,4 +796,10 @@ def self.appendtlpmetadata(input, committee, description, date_established)
     end
 
   end
+
+  # ensure the CI data is pre-loaded
+  # If this is not done, the first committee instance may be incomplete
+  Wunderbar.debug "Initialising CI file"
+  ASF::Committee.load_committee_info
+
 end