diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/DrawableChannel.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/DrawableChannel.cs
index ce5d961282..2418eda2b6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/DrawableChannel.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Chat/DrawableChannel.cs
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Chat
                     },
                 }
             };
-
-            Channel.NewMessagesArrived += newMessagesArrived;
-            Channel.MessageRemoved += messageRemoved;
-            Channel.PendingMessageResolved += pendingMessageResolved;
         }
 
         protected override void LoadComplete()
@@ -59,6 +55,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Chat
             base.LoadComplete();
 
             newMessagesArrived(Channel.Messages);
+
+            Channel.NewMessagesArrived += newMessagesArrived;
+            Channel.MessageRemoved += messageRemoved;
+            Channel.PendingMessageResolved += pendingMessageResolved;
+
             scrollToEnd();
         }
 
@@ -78,8 +79,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Chat
 
             flow.AddRange(displayMessages.Select(m => new ChatLine(m)));
 
-            if (!IsLoaded) return;
-
             if (scroll.IsScrolledToEnd(10) || !flow.Children.Any() || newMessages.Any(m => m is LocalMessage))
                 scrollToEnd();
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index a1578b6eb8..85eabb0350 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.1.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite.Core" Version="2.1.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="11.0.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework" Version="2018.1120.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework" Version="2018.1203.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.22.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.11.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="SharpRaven" Version="2.4.0" />