diff --git a/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackAPI.cpp b/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackAPI.cpp
index 7348fcd7..01eb3ed3 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackAPI.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackAPI.cpp
@@ -217,7 +217,31 @@ void SlackAPI::getSlackChannelInfo(HTTPRequest *req, bool ok, rapidjson::Documen
 		return;
 	}
 
-	GET_ARRAY(resp, channels);
+	rapidjson::Value &channels = resp["channels"];
+	if (!channels.IsArray()) {
+		rapidjson::Value &channel = resp["channel"];
+		if (channel.IsObject()) {
+			SlackChannelInfo info;
+
+			STORE_STRING(channel, id);
+			info.id = id;
+
+			STORE_STRING(channel, name);
+			info.name = name;
+
+			rapidjson::Value &members = channel["members"];
+			for (int y = 0; members.IsArray() && y < members.Size(); y++) {
+				if (!members[y].IsString()) {
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				info.members.push_back(members[y].GetString());
+			}
+
+			ret[info.name] = info;
+		}
+		return;
+	}
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < channels.Size(); i++) {
 		if (!channels[i].IsObject()) {
@@ -360,8 +384,11 @@ void SlackAPI::handleSlackChannelInvite(HTTPRequest *req, bool ok, rapidjson::Do
 }
 
 void SlackAPI::handleSlackChannelCreate(HTTPRequest *req, bool ok, rapidjson::Document &resp, const std::string &data, const std::string &channel, const std::string &userId, CreateChannelCallback callback) {
-	std::string channelId = getChannelId(req, ok, resp, data);
-	if (channelId.empty()) {
+	std::map<std::string, SlackChannelInfo> &channels = m_idManager->getChannels();
+	SlackAPI::getSlackChannelInfo(req, ok, resp, data, channels);
+
+	std::string channelId = m_idManager->getId(channel);
+	if (channelId == channel) {
 		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Error creating channel " << channel << ".");
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackIdManager.cpp b/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackIdManager.cpp
index 65842c20..a1c5b5a7 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackIdManager.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackIdManager.cpp
@@ -55,22 +55,22 @@ const std::string &SlackIdManager::getName(const std::string &id) {
 }
 
 const std::string &SlackIdManager::getId(const std::string &name) {
-	for (std::map<std::string, SlackChannelInfo>::const_iterator it = m_channels.begin(); it != m_channels.end(); ++it) {
-		if (it->second.name == name) {
-			return it->second.id;
-		}
+	if (m_channels.find(name) == m_channels.end()) {
+		return name;
 	}
 
-	return name;
+	return m_channels[name].id;
 }
 
 bool SlackIdManager::hasMember(const std::string &channelId, const std::string &userId) {
-	if (m_channels.find(channelId) == m_channels.end()) {
-		return false;
+
+	for (std::map<std::string, SlackChannelInfo>::const_iterator it = m_channels.begin(); it != m_channels.end(); ++it) {
+		if (it->second.id == channelId) {
+			return std::find(it->second.members.begin(), it->second.members.end(), userId) != it->second.members.end();
+		}
 	}
 
-	SlackChannelInfo &channel = m_channels[channelId];
-	return std::find(channel.members.begin(), channel.members.end(), userId) != channel.members.end();
+	return false;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackRTM.cpp b/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackRTM.cpp
index ed69af49..bbaf4284 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackRTM.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackRTM.cpp
@@ -124,12 +124,18 @@ void SlackRTM::handlePayloadReceived(const std::string &payload) {
 			text = "/me " + text;
 			STORE_STRING(d, user);
 			onMessageReceived(channel, user, text, ts);
+		}
+		else if (subtype == "channel_join") {
+			
 		}
 		else {
 			STORE_STRING(d, user);
 			onMessageReceived(channel, user, text, ts);
 		}
 	}
+	else if (type == "channel_joined") {
+		
+	}
 }
 
 void SlackRTM::sendMessage(const std::string &channel, const std::string &message) {