diff --git a/webui-src/app/chat/chat.js b/webui-src/app/chat/chat.js
index 7b16ab4..08e7a7b 100644
--- a/webui-src/app/chat/chat.js
+++ b/webui-src/app/chat/chat.js
@@ -54,16 +54,20 @@ let ChatRoomsModel = {
 
 function printMessage(msg){
   let text = msg.msg.replaceAll('<br/>','\n').replace(new RegExp('<style[^<]*</style>|<[^>]*>','gm'),'');
+  let datetime = new Date(msg.sendTime * 1000).toLocaleString();
   console.info(text);
-  return m('p.message', text);
+  return m('p.message', datetime, ' ', text);
 }
 
-let ChatLobbyModel = {
+const ChatLobbyModel = {
     currentLobby: {
         lobby_name: '...',
     },
     messages: [],
     users: [],
+    chatId(action) {
+        return {type:3,lobby_id:{xstr64:m.route.param('lobby')}};
+    },
     loadLobby () {
         loadLobbyDetails(m.route.param('lobby'), detail => {
             this.currentLobby = detail;
@@ -71,16 +75,13 @@ let ChatLobbyModel = {
               userlist => {
                 if (userlist!== undefined) {
                   var userMap = userlist.ids.reduce((a,c) => {
-                    a[c.mGroupId] = c;
+                    a[c.mGroupId] = c.mGroupName;
                     return a;
                   },{});
-                  var names = detail.gxs_ids.reduce((a,u) => {
-                    var user = userMap[u.key];
-                    return a.concat([user === undefined ? '???' : user.mGroupName])
-                  },[]);
+                  var names = detail.gxs_ids.reduce((a,u) => a.concat(userMap[u.key] || '???') ,[]);
                   this.users = [];
                   let lobbyid = m.route.param('lobby');
-                  rs.events[15].chatMessages({type:3,lobby_id:{xstr64:lobbyid}},rs.events[15], l => (this.messages = l.map(printMessage)));
+                  rs.events[15].chatMessages(this.chatId(),rs.events[15], l => (this.messages = l.map(printMessage)));
                   rs.events[15].notify = chatMessage => {
                     if (chatMessage.chat_id.type===3 && chatMessage.chat_id.lobby_id.xstr64 === lobbyid) {
                         this.messages.push(printMessage(chatMessage));
@@ -97,12 +98,15 @@ let ChatLobbyModel = {
     },
     sendMessage(msg, onsuccess) {
         rs.rsJsonApiRequest('/rsmsgs/sendChat', {},
-          () => onsuccess(),
-          true,
-          {},
-          undefined,
+          () => {
+            // adding own message to log
+            rs.events[15].handler({mChatMessage:{chat_id:this.chatId(),msg:msg, sendTime:new Date().getTime()/1000}},rs.events[15]);
+            onsuccess();
+          },
+          true, {}, undefined,
           () => '{"id":{"type": 3,"lobby_id":' + m.route.param('lobby') + '}, "msg":' + JSON.stringify(msg) + '}'
-        )
+        );
+
     },
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ const SubscribedLobbies = () => {
   };
 };
 
-let PublicLobbies = () => {
+const PublicLobbies = () => {
   return {
     oninit: () => ChatRoomsModel.loadPublicRooms(),
     view: () => m('.widget', [