diff --git a/openslides/core/static/js/core/base.js b/openslides/core/static/js/core/base.js
index d8ebf59db..00282d3da 100644
--- a/openslides/core/static/js/core/base.js
+++ b/openslides/core/static/js/core/base.js
@@ -80,9 +80,10 @@ angular.module('OpenSlidesApp.core', [
 .factory('loadGlobalData', [
     '$rootScope',
     '$http',
+    'ChatMessage',
     'Config',
     'Projector',
-    function ($rootScope, $http, Config, Projector) {
+    function ($rootScope, $http, ChatMessage, Config, Projector) {
         return function () {
             // Puts the config object into each scope.
             Config.findAll().then(function() {
@@ -100,6 +101,9 @@ angular.module('OpenSlidesApp.core', [
             // Loads all projector data
             Projector.findAll();
 
+            // Loads all chat messages data
+            ChatMessage.findAll();
+
             // Loads server time and calculates server offset
             $http.get('/core/servertime/').then(function(data) {
                 $rootScope.serverOffset = Math.floor( Date.now() / 1000 - data.data );
@@ -181,6 +185,20 @@ angular.module('OpenSlidesApp.core', [
     });
 }])
 
+.factory('ChatMessage', ['DS', function(DS) {
+    return DS.defineResource({
+        name: 'core/chatmessage',
+        relations: {
+            belongsTo: {
+                'users/user': {
+                    localField: 'user',
+                    localKey: 'user_id',
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}])
+
 /* Model for a projector.
  *
  * At the moment we use only one projector, so there will be only one object
@@ -258,6 +276,13 @@ angular.module('OpenSlidesApp.core', [
 })
 
 // Make sure that the DS factories are loaded by making them a dependency
-.run(['Projector', 'Config', 'Tag', 'Customslide', function(Projector, Config, Tag, Customslide){}]);
+.run([
+    'ChatMessage',
+    'Config',
+    'Customslide',
+    'Projector',
+    'Tag',
+    function (ChatMessage, Config, Customslide, Projector, Tag) {}
+]);
 
 }());
diff --git a/openslides/core/static/js/core/site.js b/openslides/core/static/js/core/site.js
index 5946bd4bd..ef1e9c913 100644
--- a/openslides/core/static/js/core/site.js
+++ b/openslides/core/static/js/core/site.js
@@ -752,6 +752,25 @@ angular.module('OpenSlidesApp.core.site', [
     };
 })
 
+// ChatMessage Controller
+.controller('ChatMessageCtrl', [
+    '$scope',
+    '$http',
+    'ChatMessage',
+    function ($scope, $http, ChatMessage) {
+        ChatMessage.bindAll({}, $scope, 'chatmessages');
+        $scope.sendMessage = function () {
+            $http.post(
+                '/rest/core/chatmessage/',
+                {message: $scope.newMessage}
+            )
+            .success(function () {
+                $scope.newMessage = '';
+            });
+        };
+    }
+])
+
 .directive('osFocusMe', function ($timeout) {
     return {
         link: function (scope, element, attrs, model) {
diff --git a/openslides/core/static/templates/index.html b/openslides/core/static/templates/index.html
index 0281d79a1..eee8f230e 100644
--- a/openslides/core/static/templates/index.html
+++ b/openslides/core/static/templates/index.html
@@ -127,9 +127,10 @@
 </nav>
 
 <!-- Container -->
-<div class="container-fluid" id="container">
+<div id="container" class="container-fluid">
   <div class="row">
-    <div class="col-md-2 leftmenu lefticon">
+    <!-- Main menu -->
+    <div id="main-menu" class="col-md-2 leftmenu lefticon">
       <ul ng-controller="MainMenuCtrl">
         <li ng-repeat="element in elements">
           <a ui-sref="{{ element.ui_sref }}">
@@ -137,8 +138,7 @@
             <span class="text" translate>{{ element.title }}</span>
           </a>
       </ul>
-    </div>
-
+    </div><!--/#main-menu-->
     <!-- Content -->
     <div id="content" class="col-md-10">
       <div class="row">
@@ -146,16 +146,28 @@
           <div ui-view></div>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <hr />
-      <footer>
-        <small>
-          &copy; Copyright 2011-2015 |
-          Powered by <a href="http://openslides.org" target="_blank">OpenSlides</a> |
-          <a ui-sref="version">Version</a>
-        </small>
-      </footer>
     </div><!--/#content-->
   </div><!--/.row-->
+
+  <div ng-controller="ChatMessageCtrl">
+    <ul>
+        <li ng-repeat="chatmessage in chatmessages">
+            {{ chatmessage.user.get_full_name() }} says {{ chatmessage.message }} on {{ chatmessage.timestamp }}
+    </ul>
+    <input ng-model="newMessage">
+    <button ng-click="sendMessage()" class="btn btn-primary" translate>
+        Chat
+     </button>
+  </div>
+
+  <hr>
+  <footer>
+    <small>
+      &copy; Copyright 2011-2015 |
+      Powered by <a href="http://openslides.org" target="_blank">OpenSlides</a> |
+      <a ui-sref="version">Version</a>
+    </small>
+  </footer>
 </div><!--/#container-->
 
 <script src="/angular_js/site/"></script>