diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/editor.pug b/services/web/app/views/project/editor.pug
index eb265b5055..5b6137738b 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/editor.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/editor.pug
@@ -105,10 +105,16 @@ block requirejs
 
 	//- We need to do .replace(/\//g, '\\/') do that '</script>' -> '<\/script>'
 	//- and doesn't prematurely end the script tag.
+	script#data(type="application/json").
+		!{JSON.stringify({userSettings: userSettings, user: user}).replace(/\//g, '\\/')}
+
+	script(type="text/javascript").
+		window.data = JSON.parse($("#data").text());
 	script(type='text/javascript').
 		window.project_id = "!{project_id}";
-		window.userSettings = !{JSON.stringify(userSettings).replace(/\//g, '\\/')};
-		window.user = !{JSON.stringify(user).replace(/\//g, '\\/')};
+		var data = JSON.parse($("#data").text());
+		window.userSettings = data.userSettings;
+		window.user = data.user;
 		window.csrfToken = "!{csrfToken}";
 		window.anonymous = #{anonymous};
 		window.maxDocLength = #{maxDocLength};
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/connection/ConnectionManager.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/connection/ConnectionManager.coffee
index a8696fc999..134d0cb980 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/connection/ConnectionManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/connection/ConnectionManager.coffee
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ define [], () ->
 			else
 				@ide.socket.disconnect()
 				@ide.showGenericMessageModal("Something went wrong connecting", """
-					Something went wrong connecting to your project. Please refresh is this continues to happen.
+					Something went wrong connecting to your project. Please refresh if this continues to happen.
 				""")
 
 		joinProject: () ->
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ define [], () ->
 			@ide.socket.emit 'joinProject', {
 				project_id: @ide.project_id
 			}, (err, project, permissionsLevel, protocolVersion) =>
-				if err?
+				if err? or !project?
 					return @reportConnectionError(err)
 
 				if @$scope.protocolVersion? and @$scope.protocolVersion != protocolVersion