diff --git a/js/client-chat.js b/js/client-chat.js
index 987d322ac..54bb332df 100644
--- a/js/client-chat.js
+++ b/js/client-chat.js
@@ -574,6 +574,11 @@
 					this.parseUserList(row[1]);
 					break;
 
+				case 'formats':
+					// deprecated; please send formats to the global room
+					app.parseFormats(row);
+					break;
+
 				case 'raw':
 					this.$chat.append('<div class="notice">' + Tools.sanitizeHTML(row.slice(1).join('|')) + '</div>');
 					break;
diff --git a/js/client.js b/js/client.js
index eb24aa5fc..02f48d89b 100644
--- a/js/client.js
+++ b/js/client.js
@@ -447,6 +447,9 @@
 						} else if (data.battlelog) {
 							self.rooms[data.room].init(data.battlelog.join('\n'));
 						}
+						if (data.u) {
+							self.rooms[data.room].parseUserList(data.u);
+						}
 					}
 				},
 				update: function (data) {