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-rw-r--r--webclient/rooms/rooms-controller.js6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/webclient/rooms/rooms-controller.js b/webclient/rooms/rooms-controller.js
index a4499761bc..293ea8bc8b 100644
--- a/webclient/rooms/rooms-controller.js
+++ b/webclient/rooms/rooms-controller.js
@@ -55,9 +55,15 @@ angular.module('RoomsController', ['matrixService'])
         for (var i=0; i<data.length; i++) {
             var alias = matrixService.getRoomIdToAliasMapping(data[i].room_id);
             if (alias) {
+                // use the existing alias from storage
                 data[i].room_alias = alias;
             }
+            else if (data[i].room_alias) {
+                // save the mapping
+                matrixService.createRoomIdToAliasMapping(data[i].room_id, data[i].room_alias);
+            }
             else {
+                // last resort use the room id
                 data[i].room_alias = data[i].room_id;
             }
         }