diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionAcceptor.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionAcceptor.groovy
index 9b100f16..f1c55980 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionAcceptor.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionAcceptor.groovy
@@ -369,7 +369,12 @@ class ConnectionAcceptor {
 
             def sharedFiles = fileManager.getSharedFiles().values()
 
-            os.write("Count: ${sharedFiles.size()}\r\n\r\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII))
+            os.write("Count: ${sharedFiles.size()}\r\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII))
+            
+            boolean chat = chatServer.running.get() && settings.advertiseChat
+            os.write("Chat: ${chat}\r\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII))
+            
+            os.write("\r\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII))
 
             DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(new GZIPOutputStream(os))
             JsonOutput jsonOutput = new JsonOutput()
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseManager.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseManager.groovy
index 0c5cc24d..63c560e7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseManager.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseManager.groovy
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class BrowseManager {
                 
                 int results = Integer.parseInt(headers['Count'])
                 
+                boolean chat = headers.containsKey("Chat") && Boolean.parseBoolean(headers['Chat'])
+                
                 // at this stage, start pulling the results
                 eventBus.publish(new BrowseStatusEvent(status : BrowseStatus.FETCHING, totalResults : results))
                 
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ class BrowseManager {
                     dis.readFully(tmp)
                     def json = slurper.parse(tmp)
                     UIResultEvent result = ResultsParser.parse(e.host, uuid, json)
+                    result.chat = chat
                     eventBus.publish(result)
                 }
                 
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/BrowseController.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/BrowseController.groovy
index 750bead8..fff00f5c 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/BrowseController.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/BrowseController.groovy
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class BrowseController {
     
     void onUIResultEvent(UIResultEvent e) {
         runInsideUIAsync {
+            model.chatActionEnabled = e.chat
             model.results << e
             model.resultCount = model.results.size()
             view.resultsTable.model.fireTableDataChanged()
@@ -116,4 +117,13 @@ class BrowseController {
         params['core'] = core
         mvcGroup.createMVCGroup("fetch-certificates", params)
     }
+    
+    @ControllerAction
+    void chat() {
+        dismiss()
+        def mainFrameGroup = application.mvcGroupManager.getGroups()['MainFrame']
+        
+        mainFrameGroup.controller.startChat(model.host)
+        mainFrameGroup.view.showChatWindow.call()
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/BrowseModel.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/BrowseModel.groovy
index 2c9502f9..c902e554 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/BrowseModel.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/BrowseModel.groovy
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class BrowseModel {
     @Observable boolean downloadActionEnabled
     @Observable boolean viewCommentActionEnabled
     @Observable boolean viewCertificatesActionEnabled
+    @Observable boolean chatActionEnabled
     @Observable int totalResults
     @Observable int resultCount
     
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/BrowseView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/BrowseView.groovy
index d5311ea0..c6a61b0f 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/BrowseView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/BrowseView.groovy
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class BrowseView {
                 button(text : "Download", enabled : bind {model.downloadActionEnabled}, downloadAction)
                 button(text : "View Comment", enabled : bind{model.viewCommentActionEnabled}, viewCommentAction)
                 button(text : "View Certificates", enabled : bind{model.viewCertificatesActionEnabled}, viewCertificatesAction)
+                button(text : "Chat", enabled : bind {model.chatActionEnabled}, chatAction)
                 button(text : "Dismiss", dismissAction)
                 label(text : "Download sequentially")
                 sequentialDownloadCheckbox = checkBox()