diff --git a/examples/chat/conn.go b/examples/chat/conn.go
index ae25b75..35f2e68 100644
--- a/examples/chat/conn.go
+++ b/examples/chat/conn.go
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 )
 
 const (
+
 	// Time allowed to write a message to the peer.
 	writeWait = 10 * time.Second
 
@@ -23,6 +25,9 @@ const (
 
 	// Maximum message size allowed from peer.
 	maxMessageSize = 512
+
+	// Name of the broadcast channel
+	BcPrefix = "#all"
 )
 
 var upgrader = websocket.Upgrader{
@@ -39,21 +44,46 @@ type connection struct {
 	send chan []byte
 }
 
-// readPump pumps messages from the websocket connection to the hub.
-func (c *connection) readPump() {
-	defer func() {
-		h.unregister <- c
-		c.ws.Close()
-	}()
+type msgIn struct {
+	Chan string
+	Msg  string
+}
+
+func (c *connection) startPumps() {
+
 	c.ws.SetReadLimit(maxMessageSize)
 	c.ws.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(pongWait))
 	c.ws.SetPongHandler(func(string) error { c.ws.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(pongWait)); return nil })
+
+	//likely slow-start message miss problem here
+	go c.readPump()
+	go c.writePump()
+
+}
+
+// readPump pumps messages from the websocket connection to the hub.
+func (c *connection) readPump() {
+
 	for {
-		_, message, err := c.ws.ReadMessage()
+
+		var msg msgIn
+
+		err := c.ws.ReadJSON(&msg)
 		if err != nil {
-			break
+			log.Printf("error reading message:shutting down connection:err:%s:", err)
+			c.write(websocket.CloseMessage, []byte{})
+			h.unregister <- c
+			return
 		}
-		h.broadcast <- message
+
+		log.Printf("message:%s:\n", msg)
+
+		if msg.Chan == BcPrefix {
+			h.broadcast <- []byte(msg.Msg)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("No target channel found in message:msg:%s:", msg)
+		}
+
 	}
 }
 
@@ -65,42 +95,54 @@ func (c *connection) write(mt int, payload []byte) error {
 
 // writePump pumps messages from the hub to the websocket connection.
 func (c *connection) writePump() {
+
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(pingPeriod)
-	defer func() {
-		ticker.Stop()
-		c.ws.Close()
-	}()
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case message, ok := <-c.send:
+
 			if !ok {
+				log.Printf("error reading from send channel:shutting it down:")
 				c.write(websocket.CloseMessage, []byte{})
+				h.unregister <- c
 				return
 			}
+
 			if err := c.write(websocket.TextMessage, message); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("error writing to channel:shutting it down:")
+				h.unregister <- c
 				return
+			} else {
+				log.Printf("writing to channel:")
 			}
+
 		case <-ticker.C:
 			if err := c.write(websocket.PingMessage, []byte{}); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("error pinging to channel:shutting it down:")
+				h.unregister <- c
 				return
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
 }
 
 // serveWs handles websocket requests from the peer.
 func serveWs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+
 	if r.Method != "GET" {
 		http.Error(w, "Method not allowed", 405)
 		return
 	}
+
 	ws, err := upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
 		return
 	}
+
 	c := &connection{send: make(chan []byte, 256), ws: ws}
 	h.register <- c
-	go c.writePump()
-	c.readPump()
+
 }
diff --git a/examples/chat/home.html b/examples/chat/home.html
index 2959922..196d15f 100644
--- a/examples/chat/home.html
+++ b/examples/chat/home.html
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@
         if (!msg.val()) {
             return false;
         }
-        conn.send(msg.val());
+
+        conn.send( JSON.stringify({ chan: "{{ .BcPrefix }}", msg: msg.val() }) );
         msg.val("");
         return false
     });
 
     if (window["WebSocket"]) {
-        conn = new WebSocket("ws://{{$}}/ws");
+        conn = new WebSocket("ws://{{ .Hostname }}/ws");
         conn.onclose = function(evt) {
             appendLog($("<div><b>Connection closed.</b></div>"))
         }
diff --git a/examples/chat/hub.go b/examples/chat/hub.go
index 449ba75..a40d02e 100644
--- a/examples/chat/hub.go
+++ b/examples/chat/hub.go
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 package main
 
+import (
+	"log"
+)
+
 // hub maintains the set of active connections and broadcasts messages to the
 // connections.
 type hub struct {
@@ -31,7 +35,15 @@ func (h *hub) run() {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case c := <-h.register:
-			h.connections[c] = true
+
+			// start up a single reader/writer for each connection
+			if _, ok := h.connections[c]; !ok {
+				h.connections[c] = true
+
+				c.startPumps()
+
+			}
+
 		case c := <-h.unregister:
 			if _, ok := h.connections[c]; ok {
 				delete(h.connections, c)
@@ -41,9 +53,9 @@ func (h *hub) run() {
 			for c := range h.connections {
 				select {
 				case c.send <- m:
+					log.Printf("hub sending message:msg:%s:", string(m))
 				default:
-					close(c.send)
-					delete(h.connections, c)
+					log.Printf("hub got an unknown message")
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/examples/chat/main.go b/examples/chat/main.go
index 3c4448d..f977c00 100644
--- a/examples/chat/main.go
+++ b/examples/chat/main.go
@@ -24,14 +24,23 @@ func serveHome(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-	homeTempl.Execute(w, r.Host)
+
+	homeTempl.Execute(w, struct {
+		BcPrefix string
+		Hostname string
+	}{BcPrefix: BcPrefix, Hostname: r.Host})
 }
 
 func main() {
+
 	flag.Parse()
+
 	go h.run()
+
 	http.HandleFunc("/", serveHome)
+
 	http.HandleFunc("/ws", serveWs)
+
 	err := http.ListenAndServe(*addr, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("ListenAndServe: ", err)