diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/JamServer.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/JamServer.js
index 8985822ff..0f6c48cbe 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/JamServer.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/JamServer.js
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
       //console.timeEnd('sendP2PMessage');
     };
 
-    server.sendChatMessage = function(message) {
+    server.sendChatMessage = function(channel, message) {
 
       if (server.connected) {
 
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/stores/ChatStore.js.coffee b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/stores/ChatStore.js.coffee
index cc0edbeb3..207136212 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/stores/ChatStore.js.coffee
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/stores/ChatStore.js.coffee
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ logger = context.JK.logger
   {
     listenables: @ChatActions
 
+    channel: null,
     msgs: {}
 
     init: ->
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ logger = context.JK.logger
     onSendMsg: (msg) ->
       logger.debug("ChatStore.sendMsg", msg)
 
-      window.JK.JamServer.sendChatMessage(msg)
+      window.JK.JamServer.sendChatMessage(@channel, msg)
 
     changed: () ->
       @trigger(msgs)