diff --git a/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackRTM.cpp b/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackRTM.cpp
index 87069b3555d90c6011e246606ea0bfc345401855..2a27070e7d19aca8649e9272af8e223ec6d624a9 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackRTM.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackRTM.cpp
@@ -135,8 +135,10 @@ void SlackRTM::handlePayloadReceived(const std::string &payload) {
 			onMessageReceived(channel, user, text, ts);
 		}
 	}
-	else if (type == "channel_joined") {
-		
+	else if (type == "channel_joined"
+		  || type == "channel_created") {
+		std::map<std::string, SlackChannelInfo> &channels = m_idManager->getChannels();
+		SlackAPI::getSlackChannelInfo(NULL, true, d, payload, channels);
 	}
 }