diff --git a/js/controllers/signin.js b/js/controllers/signin.js
index 37a600e32..1538cd8a6 100644
--- a/js/controllers/signin.js
+++ b/js/controllers/signin.js
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ angular.module('copay.signin').controller('SigninController',
           if (err || !w) {
             if (err === 'joinError') 
               $rootScope.flashMessage = { message: 'Can not find peer'};
+            else if (err === 'walletFull')
+              $rootScope.flashMessage = { message: 'The wallet is full'};
             else if (err === 'badSecret')  
               $rootScope.flashMessage = { message: 'Bad secret secret string', type: 'error'};
             else 
diff --git a/js/models/core/WalletFactory.js b/js/models/core/WalletFactory.js
index 21deb626f..fc7f0ee77 100644
--- a/js/models/core/WalletFactory.js
+++ b/js/models/core/WalletFactory.js
@@ -200,8 +200,14 @@ WalletFactory.prototype.joinCreateSession = function(secret, nickname, passphras
   self.network.cleanUp();
   self.network.start(opts, function() {
     self.network.connectTo(s.pubKey);
+
+    // This is a hack to reconize if the connection was rejected or the peer wasn't there.
+    var connectedOnce = false;
+    self.network.on('connected', function(sender, data) {
+      connectedOnce = true;
+    });
     self.network.on('onlyYou', function(sender, data) {
-      return cb('joinError');
+      return cb(connectedOnce ? 'walletFull' : 'joinError');
     });
     self.network.on('data', function(sender, data) {
       if (data.type ==='walletId') {
diff --git a/js/models/network/WebRTC.js b/js/models/network/WebRTC.js
index 06e230537..41719dd9e 100644
--- a/js/models/network/WebRTC.js
+++ b/js/models/network/WebRTC.js
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ Network.prototype._setupConnectionHandlers = function(dataConn, toCopayerId) {
 
       // The connecting peer send hello 
       if(toCopayerId) {
+        self.emit('connected');
         self._sendHello(toCopayerId);      
         self._addConnectedCopayer(toCopayerId);
       }
diff --git a/js/services/controllerUtils.js b/js/services/controllerUtils.js
index b7457390a..56f87fc00 100644
--- a/js/services/controllerUtils.js
+++ b/js/services/controllerUtils.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ angular.module('copay.controllerUtils')
       video.close();
       // Clear rootScope
       for (var i in $rootScope) {
-        if (i.charAt(0) != '$') {
+        if (i.charAt(0) != '$' && i != 'flashMessage') {
           delete $rootScope[i];
         }
       }