diff --git a/webclient/room/room.html b/webclient/room/room.html
index 236ca0a89b..7443b2f77b 100644
--- a/webclient/room/room.html
+++ b/webclient/room/room.html
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@
                 </td>
                 <td ng-class="!msg.content.membership ? (msg.content.msgtype === 'm.emote' ? 'emote text' : 'text') : 'membership text'">
                     <div class="bubble">
-                        <span ng-hide='msg.type !== "m.room.member"'>
+                        <span ng-show='msg.type === "m.room.member"'>
                             {{ members[msg.user_id].displayname || msg.user_id }}
                             {{ {"join": "joined", "leave": "left", "invite": "invited"}[msg.content.membership] }}
                             {{ msg.content.membership === "invite" ? (msg.state_key || '') : '' }}
                         </span>
-                        <span ng-hide='msg.content.msgtype !== "m.emote"' ng-bind-html="'* ' + (members[msg.user_id].displayname || msg.user_id) + ' ' + msg.content.body | linky:'_blank'"/>
-                        <span ng-hide='msg.content.msgtype !== "m.text"' ng-bind-html="((msg.content.msgtype === 'm.text') ? msg.content.body : '') | linky:'_blank'"/>
+                        <span ng-show='msg.content.msgtype === "m.emote"' ng-bind-html="'* ' + (members[msg.user_id].displayname || msg.user_id) + ' ' + msg.content.body | linky:'_blank'"/>
+                        <span ng-show='msg.content.msgtype === "m.text"' ng-bind-html="((msg.content.msgtype === 'm.text') ? msg.content.body : '') | linky:'_blank'"/>
                         <div ng-show='msg.content.msgtype === "m.image"'>
                             <div ng-hide='msg.content.thumbnail_url' ng-style="msg.content.body.h && { 'height' : (msg.content.body.h < 320) ? msg.content.body.h : 320}">
                                 <img class="image" ng-src="{{ msg.content.url }}"/>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
             </div>
         
             {{ feedback }}
-            <div ng-hide="!state.stream_failure">
+            <div ng-show="state.stream_failure">
                 {{ state.stream_failure.data.error || "Connection failure" }}
             </div>
         </div>