diff --git a/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackSession.cpp b/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackSession.cpp
index da953627b1e0589fe95bfe57c0269ca20fd6e231..7dd8c89ff6f0fe74d85e0b852c0d961497a14dc0 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackSession.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/frontends/slack/SlackSession.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ SlackSession::SlackSession(Component *component, StorageBackend *storageBackend,
 	m_rtm = new SlackRTM(component, storageBackend, m_idManager, uinfo);
 	m_rtm->onRTMStarted.connect(boost::bind(&SlackSession::handleRTMStarted, this));
 	m_rtm->onMessageReceived.connect(boost::bind(&SlackSession::handleMessageReceived, this, _1, _2, _3, _4, false));
+	m_rtm->start();
 
 	m_onlineBuddiesTimer = m_component->getNetworkFactories()->getTimerFactory()->createTimer(20000);
 	m_onlineBuddiesTimer->onTick.connect(boost::bind(&SlackSession::sendOnlineBuddies, this));