diff --git a/webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js b/webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js
index 589554ec0..a511b394b 100644
--- a/webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js
+++ b/webclient/components/matrix/event-handler-service.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function(matrixService, $rootScope, $q, $timeout, mPresence, notificationService
             __room.old_room_state.storeStateEvents(room.state);
             __room.old_room_state.pagination_token = room.messages.start;
             
-            __room.addMessageEvents(room.messages.chunk);
+            $rootScope["debug_"+room_id] = __room;
         }
     };
 
@@ -589,6 +589,10 @@ function(matrixService, $rootScope, $q, $timeout, mPresence, notificationService
                 
                 // Store how far back we've paginated
                 $rootScope.events.rooms[room_id].pagination.earliest_token = messages.end;
+                
+                var __room = modelService.getRoom(room_id);
+                __room.old_room_state.pagination_token = messages.end;
+                
             }
             else {
                 // InitialSync returns messages in chronological order
@@ -597,6 +601,9 @@ function(matrixService, $rootScope, $q, $timeout, mPresence, notificationService
                 }
                 // Store where to start pagination
                 $rootScope.events.rooms[room_id].pagination.earliest_token = messages.start;
+                
+                var __room = modelService.getRoom(room_id);
+                __room.old_room_state.pagination_token = messages.start;
             }
         },
 
diff --git a/webclient/components/matrix/model-service.js b/webclient/components/matrix/model-service.js
index 6e1576cd6..d47ac6b2a 100644
--- a/webclient/components/matrix/model-service.js
+++ b/webclient/components/matrix/model-service.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ angular.module('modelService', [])
         this.room_id = room_id;
         this.old_room_state = new RoomState();
         this.current_room_state = new RoomState();
-        this.messages = []; // events which can be displayed on the UI. TODO move?
+        this.events = []; // events which can be displayed on the UI. TODO move?
     };
     Room.prototype = {
         addMessageEvents: function addMessageEvents(events, toFront) {
@@ -43,22 +43,26 @@ angular.module('modelService', [])
         },
         
         addMessageEvent: function addMessageEvent(event, toFront) {
+            // every message must reference the RoomMember which made it *at
+            // that time* so things like display names display correctly.
             if (toFront) {
-                this.messages.unshift(event);
+                event.room_member = this.old_room_state.getStateEvent("m.room.member", event.user_id);
+                this.events.unshift(event);
             }
             else {
-                this.messages.push(event);
+                event.room_member = this.current_room_state.getStateEvent("m.room.member", event.user_id);
+                this.events.push(event);
             }
         },
         
         addOrReplaceMessageEvent: function addOrReplaceMessageEvent(event, toFront) {
             // Start looking from the tail since the first goal of this function 
             // is to find a message among the latest ones
-            for (var i = this.messages.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-                var storedEvent = this.messages[i];
+            for (var i = this.events.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                var storedEvent = this.events[i];
                 if (storedEvent.event_id === event.event_id) {
                     // It's clobbering time!
-                    this.messages[i] = event;
+                    this.events[i] = event;
                     return;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/webclient/index.html b/webclient/index.html
index 965981f7d..3ed968a5e 100644
--- a/webclient/index.html
+++ b/webclient/index.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
    
     <script type='text/javascript' src='js/jquery-1.8.3.min.js'></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/js/recaptcha_ajax.js"></script> 
-    <script src="js/angular.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="js/angular.js"></script>
     <script src="js/angular-route.min.js"></script>
     <script src="js/angular-sanitize.min.js"></script>
     <script src="js/angular-animate.min.js"></script>
diff --git a/webclient/room/room-controller.js b/webclient/room/room-controller.js
index 486ead0da..7125c98e0 100644
--- a/webclient/room/room-controller.js
+++ b/webclient/room/room-controller.js
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'matrixFilter', 'mFileInput'])
-.controller('RoomController', ['$modal', '$filter', '$scope', '$timeout', '$routeParams', '$location', '$rootScope', 'matrixService', 'mPresence', 'eventHandlerService', 'mFileUpload', 'matrixPhoneService', 'MatrixCall', 'notificationService',
-                               function($modal, $filter, $scope, $timeout, $routeParams, $location, $rootScope, matrixService, mPresence, eventHandlerService, mFileUpload, matrixPhoneService, MatrixCall, notificationService) {
+.controller('RoomController', ['$modal', '$filter', '$scope', '$timeout', '$routeParams', '$location', '$rootScope', 'matrixService', 'mPresence', 'eventHandlerService', 'mFileUpload', 'matrixPhoneService', 'MatrixCall', 'notificationService', 'modelService',
+                               function($modal, $filter, $scope, $timeout, $routeParams, $location, $rootScope, matrixService, mPresence, eventHandlerService, mFileUpload, matrixPhoneService, MatrixCall, notificationService, modelService) {
    'use strict';
     var MESSAGES_PER_PAGINATION = 30;
     var THUMBNAIL_SIZE = 320;
@@ -254,11 +254,11 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'matrixFilter', 'mFileInput'])
             $scope.state.paginating = true;
         }
         
-        console.log("paginateBackMessages from " + $rootScope.events.rooms[$scope.room_id].pagination.earliest_token + " for " + numItems);
+        console.log("paginateBackMessages from " + $scope.room.old_room_state.pagination_token + " for " + numItems);
         var originalTopRow = $("#messageTable>tbody>tr:first")[0];
         
         // Paginate events from the point in cache
-        matrixService.paginateBackMessages($scope.room_id, $rootScope.events.rooms[$scope.room_id].pagination.earliest_token, numItems).then(
+        matrixService.paginateBackMessages($scope.room_id, $scope.room.old_room_state.pagination_token, numItems).then(
             function(response) {
 
                 eventHandlerService.handleRoomMessages($scope.room_id, response.data, false, 'b');
@@ -717,6 +717,9 @@ angular.module('RoomController', ['ngSanitize', 'matrixFilter', 'mFileInput'])
     
     var onInit2 = function() {
         console.log("onInit2");
+        // =============================
+        $scope.room = modelService.getRoom($scope.room_id);
+        // =============================
         
         // Scroll down as soon as possible so that we point to the last message
         // if it already exists in memory
diff --git a/webclient/room/room.html b/webclient/room/room.html
index 5265f42dd..8c1e45dfd 100644
--- a/webclient/room/room.html
+++ b/webclient/room/room.html
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@
          ng-style="{ 'visibility': state.messages_visibility }"
          keep-scroll>
         <table id="messageTable" infinite-scroll="paginateMore()">
-            <tr ng-repeat="msg in events.rooms[room_id].messages"
-                ng-class="(events.rooms[room_id].messages[$index + 1].user_id !== msg.user_id ? 'differentUser' : '') + (msg.user_id === state.user_id ? ' mine' : '')" scroll-item>
+            <tr ng-repeat="msg in room.events track by $index"
+                ng-class="(room.events[$index + 1].user_id !== msg.user_id ? 'differentUser' : '') + (msg.user_id === state.user_id ? ' mine' : '')" scroll-item>
                 <td class="leftBlock">
-                    <div class="sender" ng-hide="events.rooms[room_id].messages[$index - 1].user_id === msg.user_id"> {{ msg.user_id | mUserDisplayName: room_id }}</div>
+                    <div class="sender" ng-hide="room.events[$index - 1].user_id === msg.user_id"> {{ msg.user_id | mUserDisplayName: room_id }}</div>
                     <div class="timestamp"
                          ng-class="msg.echo_msg_state">
                         {{ (msg.origin_server_ts) | date:'MMM d HH:mm' }}
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
                 </td>
                 <td class="avatar">
                     <img class="avatarImage" ng-src="{{ members[msg.user_id].avatar_url || 'img/default-profile.png' }}" width="32" height="32" title="{{msg.user_id}}"
-                         ng-hide="events.rooms[room_id].messages[$index - 1].user_id === msg.user_id || msg.user_id === state.user_id"/>
+                         ng-hide="room.events[$index - 1].user_id === msg.user_id || msg.user_id === state.user_id"/>
                 </td>
                 <td ng-class="(!msg.content.membership && ('m.room.topic' !== msg.type && 'm.room.name' !== msg.type))? (msg.content.msgtype === 'm.emote' ? 'emote text' : 'text') : 'membership text'">
                     <div class="bubble" ng-click="openJson(msg)">
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
                 </td>
                 <td class="rightBlock">
                     <img class="avatarImage" ng-src="{{ members[msg.user_id].avatar_url || 'img/default-profile.png' }}" width="32" height="32"
-                         ng-hide="events.rooms[room_id].messages[$index - 1].user_id === msg.user_id || msg.user_id !== state.user_id"/>
+                         ng-hide="room.events[$index - 1].user_id === msg.user_id || msg.user_id !== state.user_id"/>
                 </td>
             </tr>
         </table>