diff --git a/www/common/hyperjson.js b/www/common/hyperjson.js
index 27bee7cee..ff04a0da9 100644
--- a/www/common/hyperjson.js
+++ b/www/common/hyperjson.js
@@ -52,13 +52,6 @@ define([], function () {
         return x;
     };
 
-    /* DOM2HyperJSON accepts a DOM element/node
-        and converts it into Hyperjson. It optionally accepts a predicate
-        which is used for filtering out subtrees of the DOM from the result.
-
-        The function, if provided, must return true for elements which
-        should be preserved, and 'false' for elements which should be removed.
-    */
     var DOM2HyperJSON = function(el, predicate, filter){
         if(!el.tagName && el.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE){
             return el.textContent;
diff --git a/www/common/realtime-input.js b/www/common/realtime-input.js
index 3fd00231d..437d5fb48 100644
--- a/www/common/realtime-input.js
+++ b/www/common/realtime-input.js
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ define([
             verbose(message);
             allMessages.push(message);
 
+            if (!initializing) {
+                if (toReturn.onLocal) {
+                    toReturn.onLocal();
+                }
+            }
             // pass the message into Chainpad
             realtime.message(message);
         };
@@ -167,6 +172,7 @@ define([
                     messagesHistory.push(decryptedMsg);
                     return decryptedMsg;
                 } catch (err) {
+                    console.error(err);
                     return message;
                 }
 
@@ -283,8 +289,6 @@ define([
         Netflux.connect(websocketUrl).then(function(network) {
             // pass messages that come out of netflux into our local handler
 
-            // TODO avoid calling findChannelById for each message
-            // but only if we can prove it won't introduce bugs
             network.on('message', function (msg, sender) { // Direct message
                 var wchan = findChannelById(network.webChannels, channel);
                 if(wchan) {