diff --git a/src/packages/collaboration/lib/session.coffee b/src/packages/collaboration/lib/session.coffee
index e5195bfff..9e2e33c2a 100644
--- a/src/packages/collaboration/lib/session.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/collaboration/lib/session.coffee
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ class Session
   _.extend @prototype, require('event-emitter')
 
   subscribe: (channelName) ->
-    console.log "subscribing", channelName
-    new WsChannel(channelName)
+    channel = new WsChannel(channelName)
+    {@clientId} = channel
+    channel
 
   connectDocument: (doc, channel) ->
     doc.on 'replicate-change', (event) ->