diff --git a/plugins/Realtime/RealtimePlugin.php b/plugins/Realtime/RealtimePlugin.php
index 5f7c34cadb..ff837d9617 100644
--- a/plugins/Realtime/RealtimePlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/Realtime/RealtimePlugin.php
@@ -468,4 +468,9 @@ class RealtimePlugin extends Plugin
 				
         return $timeline;
     }
+    
+    function onStartReadWriteTables(&$alwaysRW, &$rwdb)
+    {
+    	$alwaysRW[] = 'realtime_channel';
+    }
 }