1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/serve.js b/lib/serve.js
index e1770a3..5836965 100644
--- a/lib/serve.js
+++ b/lib/serve.js
@@ -659,7 +659,9 @@ Serve.prototype.wrapUserFeed = function (id) {
 Serve.prototype.wrapPublic = function (opts) {
   var self = this
   return u.hyperwrap(function (thread, cb) {
-    self.composer(null, function (err, composer) {
+    self.composer({
+      channel: '',
+    }, function (err, composer) {
       if (err) return cb(err)
       cb(null, [
         composer,
@@ -694,7 +696,7 @@ Serve.prototype.wrapThread = function (opts) {
         placeholder: recps ? 'private reply' : 'reply',
         id: 'reply',
         root: opts.root,
-        channel: opts.channel,
+        channel: opts.channel || '',
         branches: opts.branches,
         recps: recps,
       }, function (err, composer) {
@@ -770,7 +772,11 @@ Serve.prototype.composer = function (opts, cb) {
   done()(null, h('section.composer',
     h('form', {method: 'post', action: opts.id ? '#' + opts.id : ''},
       opts.recps ? self.app.render.privateLine(opts.recps, done()) :
-      opts.private ? h('div', h('input.recps-input', {name: 'recps', value: data.recps || '', placeholder: 'recipient ids'})) : '',
+      opts.private ? h('div', h('input.recps-input', {name: 'recps',
+        value: data.recps || '', placeholder: 'recipient ids'})) : '',
+      data.channel || opts.channel != null ?
+        h('div', '#', h('input', {name: 'channel', placeholder: 'channel',
+          value: data.channel || opts.channel || ''})) : '',
       h('textarea', {
         id: opts.id,
         name: 'text',
@@ -812,7 +818,7 @@ Serve.prototype.composer = function (opts, cb) {
       }
       if (opts.root) content.root = opts.root
       if (opts.branches) content.branch = u.fromArray(opts.branches)
-      if (opts.channel) content.channel = opts.channel
+      if (data.channel) content.channel = data.channel
     }
     var msg = {
       value: {