From e1aca588b5c19138562aeeeadd4129e862bb09f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Haines <mjark@negativecurvature.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:43:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Clear local storage *before* creating the client, Otherwise
 we will blow away anything that the client tried to persist after it was
 created

---
 src/MatrixClientPeg.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/MatrixClientPeg.js b/src/MatrixClientPeg.js
index 322b70f48c..36ccd0a7dc 100644
--- a/src/MatrixClientPeg.js
+++ b/src/MatrixClientPeg.js
@@ -76,10 +76,16 @@ module.exports = {
     },
 
     replaceUsingAccessToken: function(hs_url, is_url, user_id, access_token) {
-        createClient(hs_url, is_url, user_id, access_token);
         if (localStorage) {
             try {
                 localStorage.clear();
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.warn("Error using local storage");
+            }
+        }
+        createClient(hs_url, is_url, user_id, access_token);
+        if (localStorage) {
+            try {
                 localStorage.setItem("mx_hs_url", hs_url);
                 localStorage.setItem("mx_is_url", is_url);
                 localStorage.setItem("mx_user_id", user_id);