diff --git a/chatroom/chatroom.js b/chatroom/chatroom.js
index df3d7c4..d98abed 100644
--- a/chatroom/chatroom.js
+++ b/chatroom/chatroom.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 (function ($) {
 
 Drupal.chatroom = Drupal.chatroom || {'initialised' : false, chats: {}};
@@ -74,12 +73,20 @@ Drupal.chatroom.createChat = function(options, callback) {
 
 /**
  * We depend on the Nodejs module successfully create a socket for us.
+ *
+ * If there are multiple chats on a page PHP will tell
+ * Drupal.settings.chatroom.chats to be an array of chat objects. Here
+ * we ensure that it is a single object keyed by cid.
  */
 Drupal.Nodejs.connectionSetupHandlers.chatroom = {
   connect: function () {
-    for (var cid in Drupal.settings.chatroom.chats) {
-      Drupal.chatroom.initialiseChat(Drupal.settings.chatroom.chats[cid]);
+    var chatObj = {};
+    for (var i in Drupal.settings.chatroom.chats) {
+      var chat = Drupal.settings.chatroom.chats[i];
+      chatObj[chat.cid] = chat;
+      Drupal.chatroom.initialiseChat(chat);
     }
+    Drupal.settings.chatroom.chats = chatObj;
     Drupal.chatroom.initialised = true;
   }
 };
diff --git a/chatroom/chatroom.module b/chatroom/chatroom.module
index c442dbb..f3e9fb0 100644
--- a/chatroom/chatroom.module
+++ b/chatroom/chatroom.module
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ function chatroom_add_js($chatroom = NULL) {
     drupal_add_js(array('chatroom' => $js), 'setting');
   }
 
-  if ($chatroom instanceof Chatroom) {
+  if ($chatroom instanceof Chatroom && $chatroom->userHasAccess($user, 'read')) {
     $latest_message = $chatroom->get('latestMessage');
     $previous_message_id = $chatroom->loadPrevMsgId();
     $chatroom_settings = array(