diff --git a/js/mlestalk.js b/js/mlestalk.js
index bf68a83..c6866ef 100644
--- a/js/mlestalk.js
+++ b/js/mlestalk.js
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ function askChannelNew() {
 		channel = $('#input_channel').val().trim();
 
 		gMyChannel[channel] = channel;
+		gOwnId[channel] = 0;
 		gOwnAppend[channel] = false;
 		gForwardSecrecy[channel] = false;
 		gReadMsgDelayedQueueLen[channel] = 0;