diff --git a/app/models/post.rb b/app/models/post.rb
index 0aba89918..683083b30 100644
--- a/app/models/post.rb
+++ b/app/models/post.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class Post
   include ROXML
   include Diaspora::Webhooks
 
+  xml_accessor :_id
 
   key :person_id, ObjectId
   belongs_to :person, :class_name => 'Person'
diff --git a/app/models/status_message.rb b/app/models/status_message.rb
index 195d5a73e..96c9c689e 100644
--- a/app/models/status_message.rb
+++ b/app/models/status_message.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class StatusMessage < Post
   
   xml_name :status_message
   xml_accessor :message
-  
+
   key :message, String
 
 
diff --git a/app/views/blogs/_blog.html.haml b/app/views/blogs/_blog.html.haml
index 366f5ad85..e0f63e52d 100644
--- a/app/views/blogs/_blog.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/blogs/_blog.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%li.message{:class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
+%li.message{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
   %span.from
     = link_to_person post.person
     %b wrote a new blog post
diff --git a/app/views/bookmarks/_bookmark.html.haml b/app/views/bookmarks/_bookmark.html.haml
index 03fd47c0f..88208a619 100644
--- a/app/views/bookmarks/_bookmark.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/bookmarks/_bookmark.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%li.message{:class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
+%li.message{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
   %span.from
     = link_to_person post.person
     %b shared a link
diff --git a/app/views/comments/_comment.html.haml b/app/views/comments/_comment.html.haml
index 74c1f3c6b..3cf43c723 100644
--- a/app/views/comments/_comment.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/comments/_comment.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%li.comment
+%li.comment{:id => comment.id} 
   %span.from
     = link_to_person comment.person
     = comment.text
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 0a5ad669c..a6fde39ea 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -33,18 +33,12 @@
              if((location.href.indexOf(obj['class']) != -1 ) || (location.pathname == '/')) {
                 $("#stream").prepend($(obj['html']).fadeIn("fast")); 
              };
-          }
-          ws.onclose = function() { debug("socket closed"); };
-          ws.onopen = function() {
-          debug("connected...");
-          };
-
-
-          $('#show_filters').hover( function() {
-            $("#stream_filters").fadeIn(80);
-          },
-          function() {
-            $("#stream_filters").fadeOut(100);
+             }
+            ws.onclose = function() { debug("socket closed"); };
+            ws.onopen = function() {
+              ws.send(location.pathname);
+              debug("connected...");
+              };
           });
         });
   %body
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
index d1c6611c1..a0dc4336b 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%li.message{:class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
+%li.message{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
   %span.from
     = link_to_person post.person
     = post.message
diff --git a/config/initializers/socket.rb b/config/initializers/socket.rb
index 9e6d7ff59..de5eb3f3c 100644
--- a/config/initializers/socket.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/socket.rb
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ module WebSocket
       end
     end
     
-    EventMachine::WebSocket.start(:host => "0.0.0.0", :port => 8080, :debug => true) do |ws|
+    EventMachine::WebSocket.start(:host => "0.0.0.0", :port => 8080, :debug =>false) do |ws|
       ws.onopen {
         sid = @channel.subscribe { |msg| ws.send msg }
         
-        ws.onmessage { |msg| @channel.push msg}
+        ws.onmessage { |msg|}#@channel.push msg; puts msg}
 
         ws.onclose {  @channel.unsubscribe(sid) }
       }
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ module WebSocket
   end
   
   def self.view_hash(object)
-    {:class =>object.class.to_s.underscore.pluralize, :html => WebSocket.view_for(object)}
+    v = WebSocket.view_for(object)
+    puts v
+    {:class =>object.class.to_s.underscore.pluralize, :html => v}
   end
   
   def self.view_for(object)
-    @view.render(:partial => @view.type_partial(object), :locals => {:post  => object})
+    @view.render @view.type_partial(object), :post  => object
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end