diff --git a/guacamole/client/src/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/output/InstructionStream.java b/guacamole/client/src/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/output/InstructionStream.java
index bba89540c..33237d44a 100644
--- a/guacamole/client/src/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/output/InstructionStream.java
+++ b/guacamole/client/src/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/output/InstructionStream.java
@@ -32,16 +32,9 @@ import net.sourceforge.guacamole.net.GuacamoleSession;
 
 public class InstructionStream extends GuacamoleServlet {
 
-    protected boolean shouldCreateSession() {
-        return true;
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected void handleRequest(GuacamoleSession session, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws GuacamoleException {
 
-        if (!session.isConnected())
-            session.connect();
-
         ReentrantLock instructionStreamLock = session.getInstructionStreamLock();
         instructionStreamLock.lock();
 
diff --git a/guacamole/client/web/javascript/guacamole.js b/guacamole/client/web/javascript/guacamole.js
index 7f0c70345..d0f6e6cf7 100644
--- a/guacamole/client/web/javascript/guacamole.js
+++ b/guacamole/client/web/javascript/guacamole.js
@@ -559,10 +559,18 @@ function VNCClient(display) {
 
     this.connect = function() {
 
-        // Attempt connection
-        setState(STATE_CONNECTING);
-        sendMessage("connect;"); // Start new guacamole session
+        var message = "connect;";
 
+        setState(STATE_CONNECTING);
+
+        // Send connect message (synchronously... as necessary until handoff is implemented)
+        var connect_xmlhttprequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
+        connect_xmlhttprequest.open("POST", "inbound", false);
+        connect_xmlhttprequest.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
+        connect_xmlhttprequest.setRequestHeader("Content-length", message.length);
+        connect_xmlhttprequest.send(message);
+
+        // Start reading data
         setState(STATE_WAITING);
         handleResponse(makeRequest());