diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 6936f74..11d0930 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 <script type="text/javascript" src="rendering.js"></script>
 <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
 	var myName;
+	var websocket;
 	var ballscreen;
 	var svgscreen;
 	var current_svgline;
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@
 
 		if ("WebSocket" in window){
 			init_drawing(ballscreen, drawStart, drawMove, drawEnd, drawRemove);
-			init_websocket(statusbar, onOpen, onMessage);
+			websocket = init_websocket(statusbar, onOpen, onMessage);
 		} else {
 			statusbar.innerHTML = 'No websockets :(. This means that you either use <em>Internet Explorer</em> or <em>Android</em>. In both cases, I suggest that you use <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome/">Chrome</a> or <a href="http://www.getfirefox.net/">Firefox</a>!';
 		}
diff --git a/websocket.js b/websocket.js
index 0ff211e..11c46bf 100644
--- a/websocket.js
+++ b/websocket.js
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ function init_websocket(statusbar, open, message){
 	websocket.onmessage = function (evt) {
 		message(evt);
 	};
+
+	return websocket;
 }
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