diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index a4d222d8..04d12c0c 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
     onmessage = async (data) => {
       if (!data.messageChannel) return;
       const channels = data.messageChannel.split("/");
-      if (this.primaryChannel.value in channels == false) return;
+      if (channels.indexOf(this.primaryChannel.value) == -1) return;
       if (data.subscribed != void 0) this.handleSubscription(data.subscribed);
       if (!data.messageBody) return;
       const { sender, body, channel, isoDate } = JSON.parse(data.messageBody);
diff --git a/src/Model/chatModel.ts b/src/Model/chatModel.ts
index d7040e00..db099017 100644
--- a/src/Model/chatModel.ts
+++ b/src/Model/chatModel.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export class Chat {
   onmessage = async (data: Message): Promise<void> => {
     if (!data.messageChannel) return;
     const channels = data.messageChannel.split("/");
-    if (this.primaryChannel.value in channels == false) return;
+    if (channels.indexOf(this.primaryChannel.value) == -1) return;
 
     if (data.subscribed != undefined) this.handleSubscription(data.subscribed);