diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
index f7f7ceb12c..9c41a993e3 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     },
 
     componentWillMount: function() {
+        this.dispatcherRef = dis.register(this.onAction);
+        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("Room", this.onRoom);
+        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("Room.timeline", this.onRoomTimeline);
+        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("Room.accountData", this.onRoomAccountData);
+        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("RoomState.members", this.onRoomStateMember);
+
         this.tabComplete = new TabComplete({
             allowLooping: false,
             autoEnterTabComplete: true,
@@ -142,12 +148,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             }
         });
 
-        this.dispatcherRef = dis.register(this.onAction);
-        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("Room", this.onRoom);
-        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("Room.timeline", this.onRoomTimeline);
-        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("Room.accountData", this.onRoomAccountData);
-        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("RoomState.members", this.onRoomStateMember);
-
         if (this.props.roomAddress[0] == '#') {
             // we always look up the alias from the directory server:
             // we want the room that the given alias is pointing to