diff --git a/api.py b/api.py
index f4dc0ff..202d8db 100644
--- a/api.py
+++ b/api.py
@@ -94,11 +94,21 @@ class APIWrapper(webapp2.RequestHandler):
   @security.weak_security_checks
   @session.session_required
   def post(self):
-    ret = []
+    ret = {
+        'status': 'ok',
+        'responses': [],
+        'messages': [],
+    }
     for command in self.request_json['commands']:
       callback = self._COMMANDS[command['command']]
-      result = callback(self.verified_google_user, self.client, command.get('arguments', {}))
-      ret.append(result)
+      result = callback(
+          self.verified_google_user,
+          self.client,
+          command.get('arguments', {}))
+      # Magic: if result contains "messages", haul them up a level so the
+      # client can see them as a single stream.
+      ret['messages'].extend(result.pop('messages', []))
+      ret['responses'].append(result)
     return ret
 
 
diff --git a/lib/session.py b/lib/session.py
index 75e5881..0d5449b 100644
--- a/lib/session.py
+++ b/lib/session.py
@@ -75,10 +75,7 @@ def session_required(handler):
     else:
       self.client = models.Client.FromGoogleUser(self.verified_google_user)
 
-    ret = {
-        'status': 'ok',
-        'responses': handler(self),
-    }
+    ret = handler(self)
     if client_key != self.client.key():
       # Tell the client that this changed
       ret['client_id'] = auth.Sign(self.client.key())
diff --git a/static/cosmopolite.js b/static/cosmopolite.js
index 26e3d84..cb9fcd5 100644
--- a/static/cosmopolite.js
+++ b/static/cosmopolite.js
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ cosmopolite.Client.prototype.sendRPCs_ = function(commands, delay) {
           this.$.proxy(commands[i]['onSuccess'], this)(data.responses[i]);
         }
       }
+      // Handle messages that were immediately available as if they came over the
+      // channel.
+      data['messages'].forEach(this.onServerMessage_, this);
     })
     .fail(function(xhr) {
       var intDelay =
@@ -181,9 +184,6 @@ cosmopolite.Client.prototype.onCreateChannel_ = function(data) {
     onmessage: this.$.proxy(this.onSocketMessage_, this),
     onerror: this.$.proxy(this.onSocketError_, this),
   });
-  // Handle messages that were immediately available as if they came over the
-  // channel.
-  data['messages'].forEach(this.onServerMessage_, this);
 };
 
 cosmopolite.Client.prototype.onSocketOpen_ = function() {