diff --git a/public/src/client/chats.js b/public/src/client/chats.js
index 7f0f319f9f..984c3b4f55 100644
--- a/public/src/client/chats.js
+++ b/public/src/client/chats.js
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ define('forum/chats', ['components', 'string', 'sounds', 'forum/infinitescroll',
 			});
 		});
 
+		tagEl.on('beforeItemRemove', function(event) {
+			event.cancel = !ajaxify.data.owner;
+		});
+
 		tagEl.on('itemRemoved', function(event) {
 			socket.emit('modules.chats.removeUserFromRoom', {roomId: roomId, username: event.item});
 		});
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/chats.js b/src/controllers/accounts/chats.js
index 63e324d1f5..5399d04d66 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/chats.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/chats.js
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ chatsController.get = function(req, res, callback) {
 						since: 'recent',
 						isNew: false
 					}),
-					allowed: async.apply(messaging.canMessageRoom, req.uid, req.params.roomid)
+					allowed: async.apply(messaging.canMessageRoom, req.uid, req.params.roomid),
+					owner: async.apply(messaging.isRoomOwner, req.uid, req.params.roomid)
 				}, next);
 			}
 		], function(err, data) {
@@ -58,21 +59,18 @@ chatsController.get = function(req, res, callback) {
 				return user && parseInt(user.uid, 10) !== req.uid;
 			});
 
-			var usernames = data.users.map(function(user) {
+			data.usernames = data.users.map(function(user) {
 				return user && user.username;
 			}).join(', ');
 
-			res.render('chats', {
-				roomId: req.params.roomid,
-				rooms: recentChats.rooms,
-				nextStart: recentChats.nextStart,
-				users: data.users,
-				usernames: usernames,
-				messages: data.messages,
-				allowed: data.allowed,
-				title: '[[pages:chat, ' + usernames + ']]',
-				breadcrumbs: helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{text: '[[pages:chats]]', url: '/chats'}, {text: usernames}])
-			});
+
+			data.roomId = req.params.roomid;
+			data.rooms = recentChats.rooms;
+			data.nextStart = recentChats.nextStart;
+			data.title = '[[pages:chat, ' + data.usernames + ']]';
+			data.breadcrumbs = helpers.buildBreadcrumbs([{text: '[[pages:chats]]', url: '/chats'}, {text: data.usernames}]);
+
+			res.render('chats', data);
 		});
 	});
 };
diff --git a/src/messaging/create.js b/src/messaging/create.js
index f9ccae958b..0309cab4b9 100644
--- a/src/messaging/create.js
+++ b/src/messaging/create.js
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ module.exports = function(Messaging) {
 				async.parallel([
 					async.apply(Messaging.addRoomToUsers, roomId, uids, timestamp),
 					async.apply(Messaging.addMessageToUsers, roomId, uids, mid, timestamp),
-					async.apply(Messaging.markRead, fromuid, roomId),
 					async.apply(Messaging.markUnread, uids, roomId)
 				], next);
 			},
 			function (results, next) {
 				async.parallel({
+					markRead: async.apply(Messaging.markRead, fromuid, roomId),
 					messages: async.apply(Messaging.getMessagesData, [mid], fromuid, roomId, true),
 					isNewSet: async.apply(Messaging.isNewSet, fromuid, roomId, mid)
 				}, next);
diff --git a/src/messaging/rooms.js b/src/messaging/rooms.js
index 434a789508..092b5c85f2 100644
--- a/src/messaging/rooms.js
+++ b/src/messaging/rooms.js
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ module.exports = function(Messaging) {
 	Messaging.addUsersToRoom = function(uid, uids, roomId, callback) {
 		async.waterfall([
 			function (next) {
-				Messaging.isRoomOwner(uid, roomId, next);
+				Messaging.isUserInRoom(uid, roomId, next);
 			},
-			function (isOwner, next) {
-				if (!isOwner) {
+			function (inRoom, next) {
+				if (!inRoom) {
 					return next(new Error('[[error:cant-add-users-to-chat-room]]'));
 				}
 				var now = Date.now();
diff --git a/src/user/notifications.js b/src/user/notifications.js
index 477a9cf53f..b670b42169 100644
--- a/src/user/notifications.js
+++ b/src/user/notifications.js
@@ -129,9 +129,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 				notification.path = pidToPaths[notification.pid] || notification.path || '';
 
-				if (notification.nid.startsWith('chat')) {
-					notification.path = '/chats/' + notification.user.userslug;
-				} else if (notification.nid.startsWith('follow')) {
+				if (notification.nid.startsWith('follow')) {
 					notification.path = '/user/' + notification.user.userslug;
 				}