--- tkabber/tclxmpp/xmpp/xmpp.tcl~	2011-12-14 21:42:06.000000000 +0100
+++ tkabber/tclxmpp/xmpp/xmpp.tcl	2013-06-15 08:48:42.829876795 +0200
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@
     xml::split $xmlElement tag xmlns attrs cdata subels
 
     set from   ""
-    set type   ""
+    set type   "chat"
     set x      {}
     set params {}
     set xparam {}