diff --git a/evennia/server/portal/portalsessionhandler.py b/evennia/server/portal/portalsessionhandler.py
index 78e5e8a02c..eabf5f0e48 100644
--- a/evennia/server/portal/portalsessionhandler.py
+++ b/evennia/server/portal/portalsessionhandler.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class PortalSessionHandler(SessionHandler):
         """
         return len(self.get_sessions(include_unloggedin=include_unloggedin))
 
-    def session_from_csessid(self, csessid):
+    def sessions_from_csessid(self, csessid):
         """
         Given a session id, retrieve the session (this is primarily
         intended to be called by web clients)
diff --git a/evennia/server/portal/webclient_ajax.py b/evennia/server/portal/webclient_ajax.py
index 65a48fdf55..54b0fb7eb6 100644
--- a/evennia/server/portal/webclient_ajax.py
+++ b/evennia/server/portal/webclient_ajax.py
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ class WebClient(resource.Resource):
                 self.lineSend(csessid, ["ajax_keepalive", [], {}])
         # remove timed-out sessions
         for csessid in to_remove:
-            sess = self.sessionhandler.sessions_from_csessid(csessid)
-            if sess:
-                sess[0].disconnect()
+            sessions = self.sessionhandler.sessions_from_csessid(csessid)
+            for sess in sessions:
+                sess.disconnect()
             self.last_alive.pop(csessid, None)
             if not self.last_alive:
                 # no more ajax clients. Stop the keepalive
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class WebClient(resource.Resource):
         csessid = request.args.get('csessid')[0]
 
         self.last_alive[csessid] = (time(), False)
-        sess = self.sessionhandler.session_from_csessid(csessid)
+        sess = self.sessionhandler.sessions_from_csessid(csessid)
         if sess:
             sess = sess[0]
             cmdarray = json.loads(request.args.get('data')[0])
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class WebClient(resource.Resource):
         """
         csessid = request.args.get('csessid')[0]
         try:
-            sess = self.sessionhandler.session_from_csessid(csessid)[0]
+            sess = self.sessionhandler.sessions_from_csessid(csessid)[0]
             sess.sessionhandler.disconnect(sess)
         except IndexError:
             self.client_disconnect(csessid)
diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/evennia.js b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/evennia.js
index 34d2e4bde9..f5d2dabe34 100644
--- a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/evennia.js
+++ b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/evennia.js
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
                         else {
                             // We'd expect to see a keepalive message rather than
                             // a timeout. Ping the server to see if it's still there.
-                            msg("idle", "input");
+                            msg(["text", ["idle"], {}], "input");
                         }
 
                         if (stop_polling) {