diff --git a/client/js/lounge.js b/client/js/lounge.js
index 0e65b5d3..41505797 100644
--- a/client/js/lounge.js
+++ b/client/js/lounge.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // vendor libraries
 require("jquery-ui/ui/widgets/sortable");
 const $ = require("jquery");
-const io = require("socket.io-client");
 const Mousetrap = require("mousetrap");
 const URI = require("urijs");
 
@@ -15,14 +14,9 @@ const helpers_parse = require("./libs/handlebars/parse");
 const helpers_roundBadgeNumber = require("./libs/handlebars/roundBadgeNumber");
 const slideoutMenu = require("./libs/slideout");
 const templates = require("../views");
+const socket = require("./socket");
 
 $(function() {
-	var path = window.location.pathname + "socket.io/";
-	var socket = io({
-		path: path,
-		autoConnect: false,
-		reconnection: false
-	});
 	var commands = [
 		"/away",
 		"/back",
@@ -84,48 +78,6 @@ $(function() {
 			// available. See http://stackoverflow.com/q/14555347/1935861.
 		}
 	}
-
-	[
-		"connect_error",
-		"connect_failed",
-		"disconnect",
-		"error",
-	].forEach(function(e) {
-		socket.on(e, function(data) {
-			$("#loading-page-message").text("Connection failed: " + data);
-			$("#connection-error").addClass("shown").one("click", function() {
-				window.onbeforeunload = null;
-				window.location.reload();
-			});
-
-			// Disables sending a message by pressing Enter. `off` is necessary to
-			// cancel `inputhistory`, which overrides hitting Enter. `on` is then
-			// necessary to avoid creating new lines when hitting Enter without Shift.
-			// This is fairly hacky but this solution is not permanent.
-			$("#input").off("keydown").on("keydown", function(event) {
-				if (event.which === 13 && !event.shiftKey) {
-					event.preventDefault();
-				}
-			});
-			// Hides the "Send Message" button
-			$("#submit").remove();
-
-			console.error(data);
-		});
-	});
-
-	socket.on("connecting", function() {
-		$("#loading-page-message").text("Connecting…");
-	});
-
-	socket.on("connect", function() {
-		$("#loading-page-message").text("Finalizing connection…");
-	});
-
-	socket.on("authorized", function() {
-		$("#loading-page-message").text("Authorized, loading messages…");
-	});
-
 	socket.on("auth", function(data) {
 		var login = $("#sign-in");
 		var token;
diff --git a/client/js/socket.js b/client/js/socket.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..278802d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/js/socket.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const $ = require("jquery");
+const io = require("socket.io-client");
+const path = window.location.pathname + "socket.io/";
+
+const socket = io({
+	path: path,
+	autoConnect: false,
+	reconnection: false
+});
+
+[
+	"connect_error",
+	"connect_failed",
+	"disconnect",
+	"error",
+].forEach(function(e) {
+	socket.on(e, function(data) {
+		$("#loading-page-message").text("Connection failed: " + data);
+		$("#connection-error").addClass("shown").one("click", function() {
+			window.onbeforeunload = null;
+			window.location.reload();
+		});
+
+		// Disables sending a message by pressing Enter. `off` is necessary to
+		// cancel `inputhistory`, which overrides hitting Enter. `on` is then
+		// necessary to avoid creating new lines when hitting Enter without Shift.
+		// This is fairly hacky but this solution is not permanent.
+		$("#input").off("keydown").on("keydown", function(event) {
+			if (event.which === 13 && !event.shiftKey) {
+				event.preventDefault();
+			}
+		});
+		// Hides the "Send Message" button
+		$("#submit").remove();
+
+		console.error(data);
+	});
+});
+
+socket.on("connecting", function() {
+	$("#loading-page-message").text("Connecting…");
+});
+
+socket.on("connect", function() {
+	$("#loading-page-message").text("Finalizing connection…");
+});
+
+socket.on("authorized", function() {
+	$("#loading-page-message").text("Authorized, loading messages…");
+});
+
+module.exports = socket;