diff --git a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
index f9944ae6c..167cafc78 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
@@ -926,10 +926,15 @@ function handleClientReady(client, message)
       })
 
       //If this is a reconnect, we don't have to send the client the ClientVars again
-      if(message.reconnect == "not accepting true here makes everything work fine but it also sends whole atext which is bad")
+      //if(message.reconnect == "not accepting true here makes everything work fine but it also sends whole atext which is bad")
+      if(message.reconnect == true)
       {
         //Save the revision in sessioninfos, we take the revision from the info the client send to us
         sessioninfos[client.id].rev = message.client_rev;
+        //Join the pad and start receiving updates
+        client.join(padIds.padId);
+        //Save the current revision in sessioninfos, should be the same as in clientVars
+        sessioninfos[client.id].rev = pad.getHeadRevisionNumber(); // I'm not sure this is a great idea here
       }
       //This is a normal first connect
       else