diff --git a/bigbluebutton-apps/src/main/java/org/bigbluebutton/conference/meeting/messaging/redis/MeetingMessageHandler.java b/bigbluebutton-apps/src/main/java/org/bigbluebutton/conference/meeting/messaging/redis/MeetingMessageHandler.java
index aa206ec4f5..bfa607e7a6 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-apps/src/main/java/org/bigbluebutton/conference/meeting/messaging/redis/MeetingMessageHandler.java
+++ b/bigbluebutton-apps/src/main/java/org/bigbluebutton/conference/meeting/messaging/redis/MeetingMessageHandler.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class MeetingMessageHandler implements MessageHandler {
 					bbbGW.destroyMeeting(emm.meetingId);
 				} else if (msg instanceof ValidateAuthTokenMessage) {
 					ValidateAuthTokenMessage emm = (ValidateAuthTokenMessage) msg;
-					log.info("Received ValidateAuthTokenMessage toekn request. Meeting id [{}]", emm.meetingId);
+					log.info("Received ValidateAuthTokenMessage token request. Meeting id [{}]", emm.meetingId);
 					bbbGW.validateAuthToken(emm.meetingId, emm.userId, emm.token, emm.replyTo);
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/client/bbb-html5-client/config.coffee b/client/bbb-html5-client/config.coffee
index 48c52d2488..f11eb9c02b 100755
--- a/client/bbb-html5-client/config.coffee
+++ b/client/bbb-html5-client/config.coffee
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ config.redis.post = "6379"
 config.redis.timeout = 5000
 config.redis.channels = {}
 config.redis.channels.fromBBBApps = "bigbluebutton:from-bbb-apps:*"
-config.redis.channels.toBBBApps = "bigbluebutton:to-bbb-apps:*"
+config.redis.channels.toBBBApps = {}
+config.redis.channels.toBBBApps.pattern = "bigbluebutton:to-bbb-apps:*"
+config.redis.channels.toBBBApps.meeting = "bigbluebutton:to-bbb-apps:meeting"
 config.redis.internalChannels = {}
 config.redis.internalChannels.receive = "html5-receive"
 config.redis.internalChannels.reply = "html5-reply"
diff --git a/client/bbb-html5-client/lib/redispubsub.coffee b/client/bbb-html5-client/lib/redispubsub.coffee
index 91979abd4f..04e56adc2e 100644
--- a/client/bbb-html5-client/lib/redispubsub.coffee
+++ b/client/bbb-html5-client/lib/redispubsub.coffee
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ module.exports = class RedisPubSub
 
     # put the entry in the hash so we can match the response later
     @pendingRequests[correlationId] = entry
-    message.header.replyTo = correlationId
-
-    log.info({ message: message }, "Publishing a message")
-    @pubClient.publish(config.redis.channels.toBBBApps, JSON.stringify(message))
+    message.header.reply_to = correlationId
+    console.log("\n\n\n\n\nmessage=" + JSON.stringify(message) + "\n\n\n")
+    log.info({ message: message, channel: config.redis.channels.toBBBApps.meeting}, "Publishing a message")
+    @pubClient.publish(config.redis.channels.toBBBApps.meeting, JSON.stringify(message))
 
   # Send a message without waiting for a reply
   send: (message, envelope) ->
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ module.exports = class RedisPubSub
     message = JSON.parse(jsonMsg)
 
     # retrieve the request entry
-    correlationId = message.header?.replyTo
+    correlationId = message.header?.reply_to
     if correlationId? and @pendingRequests?[correlationId]?
       entry = @pendingRequests[correlationId]
       # make sure the message in the timeout isn't triggered by clearing it
diff --git a/client/bbb-html5-client/public/js/models/connection.coffee b/client/bbb-html5-client/public/js/models/connection.coffee
index 5691c4c1dc..cc2bbc0312 100755
--- a/client/bbb-html5-client/public/js/models/connection.coffee
+++ b/client/bbb-html5-client/public/js/models/connection.coffee
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ define [
 
     connect: ->
       unless @socket?
-        console.log "\n\n\n\nconnecting to the socket.io server", @host
+        console.log "connecting to the socket.io server", @host
         @socket = io.connect()
         @_registerEvents()
       else
@@ -52,31 +52,21 @@ define [
 
       # Immediately say we are connected
       @socket.on "connect", =>
-        console.log "socket on: connect\n\n\n\n"
+        console.log "socket on: connect"
         globals.events.trigger("connection:connected")
         #@socket.emit "user connect" # tell the server we have a new user
 
-        #emit the validate token json message
-
         getUrlVars = ()->
           vars = {}
           parts = window.location.href.replace(/[?&]+([^=&]+)=([^&]*)/gi, (m,key,value) ->
             vars[key] = value
-            console.log "value=" + value
           )
           vars
-        
-
-        alert("url=" + window.location.href + 
-          "auth_token=" + getUrlVars()["auth_token"] +
-          "user_id=" + getUrlVars()["user_id"] +
-          "meeting_id=" + getUrlVars()["meeting_id"]
-        )
 
         message = {
           "payload": {
               "auth_token": getUrlVars()["auth_token"]
-              "user_id": getUrlVars()["user_id"]
+              "userid": getUrlVars()["user_id"]
               "meeting_id": getUrlVars()["meeting_id"]
           },
           "header": {
@@ -84,7 +74,11 @@ define [
               "name": "validate_auth_token"
           }
         }
-        @socket.emit "message", message
+
+        validFields = getUrlVars()["auth_token"]? and getUrlVars()["user_id"]? and getUrlVars()["meeting_id"]?
+
+        #emit the validate token json message
+        @socket.emit "message", message if validFields
 
       # Received event to logout yourself
       @socket.on "logout", ->