diff --git a/chat/chat.py b/chat/chat.py
index f4716ede..a5f3fc8a 100755
--- a/chat/chat.py
+++ b/chat/chat.py
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class GroupChat(Chat):
 			chat = BuddyChat(self, sender)
 			sender.set_chat(chat)
 			chat.activity_connect_to_shell()
-		chat.recv_message(sender, msg)
+		chat.recv_message(message)
 
 	def run(self):
 		try:
diff --git a/chat/network.py b/chat/network.py
index dc80a943..bc1aa8c8 100644
--- a/chat/network.py
+++ b/chat/network.py
@@ -75,6 +75,41 @@ class GlibXMLRPCServer(GlibTCPServer, SimpleXMLRPCServer.SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher)
 		SimpleXMLRPCServer.SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher.__init__(self)
 		GlibTCPServer.__init__(self, addr, requestHandler)
 
+	def _marshaled_dispatch(self, data, dispatch_method = None):
+		"""Dispatches an XML-RPC method from marshalled (XML) data.
+
+		XML-RPC methods are dispatched from the marshalled (XML) data
+		using the _dispatch method and the result is returned as
+		marshalled data. For backwards compatibility, a dispatch
+		function can be provided as an argument (see comment in
+		SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler.do_POST) but overriding the
+		existing method through subclassing is the prefered means
+		of changing method dispatch behavior.
+		"""
+
+		params, method = xmlrpclib.loads(data)
+
+		# generate response
+		try:
+			if dispatch_method is not None:
+				response = dispatch_method(method, params)
+			else:
+				response = self._dispatch(method, params)
+			# wrap response in a singleton tuple
+			response = (response,)
+			response = xmlrpclib.dumps(response, methodresponse=1)
+		except Fault, fault:
+			response = xmlrpclib.dumps(fault)
+		except:
+			print "Exception while processing request:"
+			traceback.print_exc()
+			# report exception back to server
+			response = xmlrpclib.dumps(
+				xmlrpclib.Fault(1, "%s:%s" % (sys.exc_type, sys.exc_value))
+				)
+
+		return response
+
 
 class GroupChatController(object):
 
diff --git a/chat/p2p.py b/chat/p2p.py
index 381180b1..2a91beee 100644
--- a/chat/p2p.py
+++ b/chat/p2p.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import pwd
 import xmlrpclib
 import socket
+import traceback
 
 import presence
 import BuddyList
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ class GroupRequestHandler(object):
 	def message(self, message):
 		address = network.get_authinfo()
 		self._group.recv(address[0], message)
-		return True
 
 class Owner:
 	instance = None
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ class Group:
 		peer = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(addr)
 		success = True
 		try:
+			print self._serialize_msg(pipe_id, msg)
 			peer.message(self._serialize_msg(pipe_id, msg))
-		except (socket.error, xmlrpclib.Fault), e:
-			print str(e)
+		except (socket.error, xmlrpclib.Fault, xmlrpclib.ProtocolError), e:
+			print "Message Send Error:"
+			traceback.print_exc()
 			success = False
 		return success