diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatServerModel.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatServerModel.groovy
index 81aebe87..7d10e375 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatServerModel.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatServerModel.groovy
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class ChatServerModel {
         }
         if (chatCommand.action == ChatAction.SAY &&
             room == core.me.getHumanReadableName()) {
-            if (!mvcGroup.childrenGroups.containsKey(e.sender.getHumanReadableName())) {
+            if (!mvcGroup.childrenGroups.containsKey(e.sender.getHumanReadableName()+"-private-chat")) {
                 def params = [:]
                 params['core'] = core
                 params['tabName'] = host.getHumanReadableName() + "-chat-rooms"
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class ChatServerModel {
                 params['privateChat'] = true
                 params['host'] = host
 
-                mvcGroup.createMVCGroup("chat-room",e.sender.getHumanReadableName(), params)
+                mvcGroup.createMVCGroup("chat-room",e.sender.getHumanReadableName()+"-private-chat", params)
             }
             room = e.sender.getHumanReadableName()
         }
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomView.groovy
index 797a5c09..0bebeb7c 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomView.groovy
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class ChatRoomView {
                                 if (lastMembersTableSortEvent != null)
                                     selectedRow = membersTable.rowSorter.convertRowIndexToModel(selectedRow)
                                 Persona p = model.members[selectedRow]
-                                if (p != model.core.me && !mvcGroup.parentGroup.childrenGroups.containsKey(p.getHumanReadableName())) {
+                                if (p != model.core.me && !mvcGroup.parentGroup.childrenGroups.containsKey(p.getHumanReadableName()+"-private-chat")) {
                                     def params = [:]
                                     params['core'] = model.core
                                     params['tabName'] = model.tabName
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class ChatRoomView {
                                     params['privateChat'] = true
                                     params['host'] = model.host
                                     
-                                    mvcGroup.parentGroup.createMVCGroup("chat-room", p.getHumanReadableName(), params)
+                                    mvcGroup.parentGroup.createMVCGroup("chat-room", p.getHumanReadableName()+"-private-chat", params)
                                 }
                             }
                         }