diff --git a/js/viewer/viewer.js b/js/viewer/viewer.js
index 9118bb24..8a0ae19e 100644
--- a/js/viewer/viewer.js
+++ b/js/viewer/viewer.js
@@ -124,15 +124,24 @@ var odfViewer = {
 		$('#app-content #controls').addClass('hidden');
 		$('#app-content').append($iframe);
 
-		$.ajax({type: 'GET', url: OC.filePath('richdocuments', 'ajax', 'generate.php'), data: {id: context.$file.attr('data-id')}, async: false, success: function(result) {
-			if(result.status=="success"){
-				var $chatroom = $('<iframe id="chatroom" data-chatroom-password="'+result.password+'" data-chatroom-title="'+fileName+'" data-chatroom-name="'+result.name+'" hidden />');
-				$('#app-content').append($chatroom);
+		$.ajax({type: 'GET',
+			url: OC.filePath('richdocuments', 'ajax', 'generate.php'),
+			data: {id: context.$file.attr('data-id')},
+			async: false, success: function(result) {
+				if(result.status=="success"){
+					var $chatroom = $('<div />');
+					$chatroom.attr('id','chatroom');
+					$chatroom.data('chatroom-password',result.password);
+					$chatroom.data('chatroom-name',result.name);
+					$chatroom.data('chatroom-title',fileName);
+					$('#app-content').append($chatroom);
+				} else {
+					console.log(result.message);
+				}
+			}, error: function(xhr, textStatus, errorThrown){
+				console.log(errorThrown);
 			}
-
-		}, error: function(xhr, textStatus, errorThrown){
-			password=errorThrown;
-		}});
+		});
 	},
 
 
diff --git a/lib/Controller/DocumentController.php b/lib/Controller/DocumentController.php
index 3b4589a7..01df7a0d 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/DocumentController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/DocumentController.php
@@ -256,35 +256,33 @@ class DocumentController extends Controller {
 	 * @NoAdminRequired
 	 */
 	public function generate($id) {
-		if((!empty($id))) {
-			$view = \OC\Files\Filesystem::getView();
-			try {
-				$path = $view->getPath($id);
-				if ($view->is_file($path) && $view->isReadable($path)) {
-					$secret = \OC::$server->getConfig()->getSystemValue("secret");
-					$instanceID = \OC::$server->getConfig()->getSystemValue("instanceid");
-					$chatRoomPassword = hash('sha512', "chatroom-password".$instanceID.$secret.$id);
-					$chatRoomName = hash('sha512', "chatroom-name".$instanceID.$secret.$id);
-					return  array(
-						'status' => 'success','password' => $chatRoomPassword,'name' => $chatRoomName
-					);
-				} else {
-					return  array(
-						'status' => 'unauthorised'
-					);
-				}
 
-			} catch (\Exception $e) {
+		if (empty($id)) {
+			return  array(
+				'status' => 'error',
+				'message' => 'no id received');
+		}
+		$view = \OC\Files\Filesystem::getView();
+		try {
+			$path = $view->getPath($id);
+			if ($view->is_file($path) && $view->isReadable($path)) {
+				$secret = \OC::$server->getConfig()->getSystemValue('secret');
+				$instanceID = \OC::$server->getConfig()->getSystemValue('instanceid');
+				$chatRoomPassword = hash('sha512', 'chatroom-password'.$instanceID.$secret.$id);
+				$chatRoomName = hash('sha512','chatroom-name'.$instanceID.$secret.$id);
+				return  array(
+					'status' => 'success',
+					'password' => $chatRoomPassword,
+					'name' => $chatRoomName);
+			} else {
 				return  array(
-					'status' => 'unauthorised'
-				);
+					'status' => 'error',
+					'message' => 'user unauthorised to view file');
 			}
-
+		} catch (\Exception $e) {
+			return  array(
+				'status' => 'error',
+				'message' => 'user unauthorised to view file');
 		}
-		return  array(
-			'status' => 'no id received'
-		);
-
 	}
-
 }