diff --git a/file/js/TimWolla.WCF.Chat.coffee b/file/js/TimWolla.WCF.Chat.coffee
index 6614931..7e90398 100644
--- a/file/js/TimWolla.WCF.Chat.coffee
+++ b/file/js/TimWolla.WCF.Chat.coffee
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ TimWolla.WCF ?= {}
 		title: document.title
 		messageTemplate: null
 		newMessageCount: null
+		events: { newMessage: $.Callbacks() }
 		init: () ->
 			@bindEvents()
 			@refreshRoomList()
@@ -175,6 +176,8 @@ TimWolla.WCF ?= {}
 		###
 		handleMessages: (messages) ->
 			for message in messages
+				@events.newMessage.fire message
+				
 				output = @messageTemplate.fetch message
 				li = $ '<li></li>'
 				li.addClass 'chatMessage chatMessage'+message.type
diff --git a/template/chat.tpl b/template/chat.tpl
index 2859cee..6436d19 100644
--- a/template/chat.tpl
+++ b/template/chat.tpl
@@ -182,7 +182,9 @@
 			animations: {CHAT_ANIMATIONS},
 			maxTextLength: {CHAT_LENGTH}
 		}
+		{event name='shouldInit'}
 		TimWolla.WCF.Chat.init();
+		{event name='didInit'}
 		TimWolla.WCF.Chat.handleMessages([
 			{implode from=$newestMessages item='message'}
 				{@$message->jsonify()}