diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/websocket.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/websocket.js.coffee
index f538f2486..79226e912 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/websocket.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/websocket.js.coffee
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class App.WebSocket
     _instance.auth(args)
 
 # The actual Singleton class
-class _Singleton
+class _Singleton extends Spine.Controller
   queue: []
 
   constructor: (@args) ->