diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomModel.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomModel.groovy
index de7b1d5d..a0cfafa0 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomModel.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomModel.groovy
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class ChatRoomModel {
     String tabName
     String room
     boolean console
+    boolean privateChat
     
     def members = []
     
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatServerModel.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatServerModel.groovy
index e871c6da..81aebe87 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatServerModel.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/ChatServerModel.groovy
@@ -95,6 +95,20 @@ class ChatServerModel {
         if (chatCommand.action == ChatAction.JOIN) {
             room = chatCommand.payload
         }
+        if (chatCommand.action == ChatAction.SAY &&
+            room == core.me.getHumanReadableName()) {
+            if (!mvcGroup.childrenGroups.containsKey(e.sender.getHumanReadableName())) {
+                def params = [:]
+                params['core'] = core
+                params['tabName'] = host.getHumanReadableName() + "-chat-rooms"
+                params['room'] = e.sender.getHumanReadableName()
+                params['privateChat'] = true
+                params['host'] = host
+
+                mvcGroup.createMVCGroup("chat-room",e.sender.getHumanReadableName(), params)
+            }
+            room = e.sender.getHumanReadableName()
+        }
         mvcGroup.childrenGroups[room]?.controller?.handleChatMessage(e)
     }
     
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomView.groovy
index 6a77c7e6..797a5c09 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ChatRoomView.groovy
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ import griffon.inject.MVCMember
 import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor
 
 import javax.swing.JSplitPane
+import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel
 import javax.swing.SwingConstants
 
+import com.muwire.core.Persona
+
 import java.awt.BorderLayout
+import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter
+import java.awt.event.MouseEvent
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull
 
@@ -25,10 +30,11 @@ class ChatRoomView {
     def sayField
     def roomTextArea
     def membersTable
+    def lastMembersTableSortEvent
     
     void initUI() {
         int rowHeight = application.context.get("row-height")
-        if (model.console) {
+        if (model.console || model.privateChat) {
             pane = builder.panel {
                 borderLayout()
                 panel(constraints : BorderLayout.CENTER) {
@@ -95,6 +101,34 @@ class ChatRoomView {
         }
         if (!model.console)
             parent.setTabComponentAt(index, tabPanel)
+            
+        if (membersTable != null) {
+            
+            membersTable.rowSorter.addRowSorterListener({evt -> lastMembersTableSortEvent = evt})
+            membersTable.rowSorter.setSortsOnUpdates(true)
+            membersTable.getSelectionModel().setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION)
+            
+            membersTable.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
+                        public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
+                            if (e.button == MouseEvent.BUTTON1 && e.clickCount > 1) {
+                                int selectedRow = membersTable.getSelectedRow()
+                                if (lastMembersTableSortEvent != null)
+                                    selectedRow = membersTable.rowSorter.convertRowIndexToModel(selectedRow)
+                                Persona p = model.members[selectedRow]
+                                if (p != model.core.me && !mvcGroup.parentGroup.childrenGroups.containsKey(p.getHumanReadableName())) {
+                                    def params = [:]
+                                    params['core'] = model.core
+                                    params['tabName'] = model.tabName
+                                    params['room'] = p.getHumanReadableName()
+                                    params['privateChat'] = true
+                                    params['host'] = model.host
+                                    
+                                    mvcGroup.parentGroup.createMVCGroup("chat-room", p.getHumanReadableName(), params)
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    })
+        }
     }
     
     def closeTab = {