diff --git a/www/common/outer/async-store.js b/www/common/outer/async-store.js
index 43fa364bc..56415dab6 100644
--- a/www/common/outer/async-store.js
+++ b/www/common/outer/async-store.js
@@ -1969,7 +1969,11 @@ define([
                         first = false;
                     }
                     msg = msg.replace(/cp\|(([A-Za-z0-9+\/=]+)\|)?/, '');
-                    msgs.push(msg);
+                    msgs.push({
+                        msg: msg,
+                        author: parsed[2][1],
+                        time: parsed[2][5]
+                    });
                 }
             };
 
diff --git a/www/common/sframe-common-history.js b/www/common/sframe-common-history.js
index aae04ca95..be2793128 100644
--- a/www/common/sframe-common-history.js
+++ b/www/common/sframe-common-history.js
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ define([
                 if (!Array.isArray(data.messages)) { return void console.error('Not an array!'); }
                 lastKnownHash = data.lastKnownHash;
                 isComplete = data.isFull;
-                Array.prototype.unshift.apply(allMessages, data.messages); // Destructive concat
+                var messages = (data.messages || []).map(function (obj) {
+                    return obj.msg;
+                });
+                if (config.debug) { console.log(data.messages); }
+                Array.prototype.unshift.apply(allMessages, messages); // Destructive concat
                 fillChainPad(realtime, allMessages);
                 cb (null, realtime, data.isFull);
             });
diff --git a/www/common/sframe-common-outer.js b/www/common/sframe-common-outer.js
index a7af0f6b6..b831436b3 100644
--- a/www/common/sframe-common-outer.js
+++ b/www/common/sframe-common-outer.js
@@ -859,10 +859,14 @@ define([
                 }, function (data) {
                     cb({
                         isFull: data.isFull,
-                        messages: data.messages.map(function (msg) {
+                        messages: data.messages.map(function (obj) {
                             // The 3rd parameter "true" means we're going to skip signature validation.
                             // We don't need it since the message is already validated serverside by hk
-                            return crypto.decrypt(msg, true, true);
+                            return {
+                                msg: crypto.decrypt(obj.msg, true, true),
+                                author: obj.author,
+                                time: obj.time
+                            };
                         }),
                         lastKnownHash: data.lastKnownHash
                     });
diff --git a/www/pad/cursor.js b/www/pad/cursor.js
index cdae97c8c..33308c24c 100644
--- a/www/pad/cursor.js
+++ b/www/pad/cursor.js
@@ -111,10 +111,13 @@ define([
             }
         };
 
-        exp.removeCursors = function () {
+        exp.removeCursors = function (inner) {
             for (var id in cursors) {
                 deleteCursor(id);
             }
+            // If diffdom has changed the cursor element somehow, we'll have cursor elements
+            // in the dom but not in memory: remove them
+            $(inner).find('.cp-cursor-position').remove();
         };
 
         exp.cursorGetter = function (hjson) {
diff --git a/www/pad/inner.js b/www/pad/inner.js
index 3f6e717ce..8ce0bc55e 100644
--- a/www/pad/inner.js
+++ b/www/pad/inner.js
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ define([
 
             // We have to remove the cursors before getting the content because they split
             // the text nodes and OT/ChainPad would freak out
-            cursors.removeCursors();
+            cursors.removeCursors(inner);
 
             displayMediaTags(framework, inner, mediaTagMap);
             inner.normalize();