diff --git a/assets/js/sumorobot.js b/assets/js/sumorobot.js
index 3476997..3083729 100755
--- a/assets/js/sumorobot.js
+++ b/assets/js/sumorobot.js
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Sumorobot.prototype.connect = function() {
     /* when the WebSocket gets connected */
     this.websocket.onopen = function(evt) {
         console.log("INFO websocket connected");
+        // send authentication message
+        sumorobot.send('{"setID": "browser-' + robotId + '@00000514", "passwd": "salakala"}');
         /* setup a timer to ping the robot */
         self.watchdogTimer = setInterval(function() {
             /* send a ping to the robot */
@@ -561,7 +563,6 @@ window.onload = function() {
         }
         /* connect to the selected robots WebSocket */
         sumorobot = new Sumorobot("ws://" + robotServer);
-        sumorobot.send('{"setID": "browser-' + robotId + '@00000514", "passwd": "salakala"}');
         /* connect to the other block highlight WebSocket */
         /*blockHighlight = new WebSocket("ws://" + robotServer + ":80/p2p/browser/" + robotId + "-highlight/");
         // when there is a message from the WebSocket