diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Chat.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Chat.php
index ff55a9319..69ab8000a 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Chat.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Chat.php
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ class Chat extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 				'$chat_expire' => array('chat_expire',t('Expiration of chats (minutes)'),120,''),
 				'$permissions' =>  t('Permissions'),
 				'$acl' => populate_acl($channel_acl,false),
+				'$allow_cid' => acl2json($channel_acl['allow_cid']),
+				'$allow_gid' => acl2json($channel_acl['allow_gid']),
+				'$deny_cid' => acl2json($channel_acl['deny_cid']),
+				'$deny_gid' => acl2json($channel_acl['deny_gid']),
 				'$lockstate' => $lockstate,
 				'$submit' => t('Submit')
 	
diff --git a/view/tpl/chatroom_new.tpl b/view/tpl/chatroom_new.tpl
index 94f694e41..1b7e0501a 100644
--- a/view/tpl/chatroom_new.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/chatroom_new.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div id="chatroom-new" class="section-content-tools-wrapper">
-	<form id="chatroom-new-form" action="chat" method="post" >
+	<form id="chatroom-new-form" action="chat" method="post" class="acl-form" data-form_id="chatroom-new-form" data-allow_cid='{{$allow_cid}}' data-allow_gid='{{$allow_gid}}' data-deny_cid='{{$deny_cid}}' data-deny_gid='{{$deny_gid}}'>
 		{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$name}}
 		{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$chat_expire}}
 		<div class="btn-group pull-right">