diff --git a/app/controllers/long_polling_controller.rb b/app/controllers/long_polling_controller.rb
index 12938a3ec..1d7b589a0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/long_polling_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/long_polling_controller.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class LongPollingController < ApplicationController
       # list all current clients
       client_list = Session.list
       client_list.each {|local_client_id, local_client|
-        if local_client_id != client_id
+        if local_client_id.to_s != client_id.to_s
 
           # broadcast to recipient list
           if params['data']['recipient'] && params['data']['recipient']['user_id']