From d0073394151ab357a137fd149d8272a2705bed24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JC Brand <jc@opkode.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:28:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #275  Custom status message doesn't reset.

---
 converse.js      | 2 +-
 docs/CHANGES.rst | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/converse.js b/converse.js
index 6d9a212f5..8fc72efa8 100644
--- a/converse.js
+++ b/converse.js
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@
 
             showStatusMessage: function (msg) {
                 msg = msg || this.model.get('status');
-                if (msg) {
+                if (typeof msg === "string") {
                     this.$el.find('p.user-custom-message').text(msg).attr('title', msg);
                 }
                 return this;
diff --git a/docs/CHANGES.rst b/docs/CHANGES.rst
index 2016cbac6..8d5d23ebb 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/docs/CHANGES.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Changelog
 * #251 Non-minified builds for debugging. [jcbrand]
 * #264 Remove unnecessary commas for ie8 compatibility. [Deuteu]
 * #267 Unread messages counter wrongly gets incremented by chat state notifications. [Deuteu]
+* #275 Custom status message doesn't reset. [jcbrand]
 * #278 Unread messages counter doesn't unbind it's events. [Deuteu]
 * #279 Handle more field types for MUC config forms. [gbonvehi]
 * #280 New config option, ``hide_offline_users`` [gbonvehi]