diff --git a/src/CountlyAnalytics.ts b/src/CountlyAnalytics.ts
index 974c08df18..fd2e8fe7a4 100644
--- a/src/CountlyAnalytics.ts
+++ b/src/CountlyAnalytics.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import SdkConfig from './SdkConfig';
 import {MatrixClientPeg} from "./MatrixClientPeg";
 import {sleep} from "./utils/promise";
 import RoomViewStore from "./stores/RoomViewStore";
+import { Action } from "./dispatcher/actions";
 
 // polyfill textencoder if necessary
 import * as TextEncodingUtf8 from 'text-encoding-utf-8';
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ interface ICreateRoomEvent extends IEvent {
 }
 
 interface IJoinRoomEvent extends IEvent {
-    key: "join_room";
+    key: Action.JoinRoom;
     dur: number; // how long it took to join (until remote echo)
     segmentation: {
         room_id: string; // hashed
@@ -858,7 +859,7 @@ export default class CountlyAnalytics {
     }
 
     public trackRoomJoin(startTime: number, roomId: string, type: IJoinRoomEvent["segmentation"]["type"]) {
-        this.track<IJoinRoomEvent>("join_room", { type }, roomId, {
+        this.track<IJoinRoomEvent>(Action.JoinRoom, { type }, roomId, {
             dur: CountlyAnalytics.getTimestamp() - startTime,
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx b/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx
index d822b6a839..28bf4da04c 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx
@@ -1114,7 +1114,8 @@ export default class RoomView extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             Promise.resolve().then(() => {
                 const signUrl = this.props.threepidInvite?.signUrl;
                 dis.dispatch({
-                    action: 'join_room',
+                    action: Action.JoinRoom,
+                    roomId: this.getRoomId(),
                     opts: { inviteSignUrl: signUrl },
                     _type: "unknown", // TODO: instrumentation
                 });
diff --git a/src/createRoom.ts b/src/createRoom.ts
index 75219ef656..c6507b1380 100644
--- a/src/createRoom.ts
+++ b/src/createRoom.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { isJoinedOrNearlyJoined } from "./utils/membership";
 import { VIRTUAL_ROOM_EVENT_TYPE } from "./CallHandler";
 import SpaceStore from "./stores/SpaceStore";
 import { makeSpaceParentEvent } from "./utils/space";
+import { Action } from "./dispatcher/actions"
 
 // we define a number of interfaces which take their names from the js-sdk
 /* eslint-disable camelcase */
@@ -243,7 +244,8 @@ export default function createRoom(opts: IOpts): Promise<string | null> {
 
         // We also failed to join the room (this sets joining to false in RoomViewStore)
         dis.dispatch({
-            action: 'join_room_error',
+            action: Action.JoinRoomError,
+            roomId,
         });
         console.error("Failed to create room " + roomId + " " + err);
         let description = _t("Server may be unavailable, overloaded, or you hit a bug.");
diff --git a/src/dispatcher/actions.ts b/src/dispatcher/actions.ts
index cd32c3743f..0c9a4160b5 100644
--- a/src/dispatcher/actions.ts
+++ b/src/dispatcher/actions.ts
@@ -138,4 +138,19 @@ export enum Action {
      * Fired when an upload is cancelled by the user. Should be used with UploadCanceledPayload.
      */
     UploadCanceled = "upload_canceled",
+
+    /**
+     * Fired when requesting to join a room
+     */
+    JoinRoom = "join_room",
+
+    /**
+     * Fired when successfully joining a room
+     */
+    JoinRoomReady = "join_room_ready",
+
+    /**
+     * Fired when joining a room failed
+     */
+    JoinRoomError = "join_room",
 }
diff --git a/src/stores/RoomViewStore.tsx b/src/stores/RoomViewStore.tsx
index fe2e0a66b2..4ce1c789a5 100644
--- a/src/stores/RoomViewStore.tsx
+++ b/src/stores/RoomViewStore.tsx
@@ -17,17 +17,18 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import React from "react";
-import {Store} from 'flux/utils';
-import {MatrixError} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/http-api";
+import { Store } from 'flux/utils';
+import { MatrixError } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/http-api";
 
 import dis from '../dispatcher/dispatcher';
-import {MatrixClientPeg} from '../MatrixClientPeg';
+import { MatrixClientPeg } from '../MatrixClientPeg';
 import * as sdk from '../index';
 import Modal from '../Modal';
 import { _t } from '../languageHandler';
 import { getCachedRoomIDForAlias, storeRoomAliasInCache } from '../RoomAliasCache';
-import {ActionPayload} from "../dispatcher/payloads";
-import {retry} from "../utils/promise";
+import { ActionPayload } from "../dispatcher/payloads";
+import { Action } from "../dispatcher/actions";
+import { retry } from "../utils/promise";
 import CountlyAnalytics from "../CountlyAnalytics";
 
 const NUM_JOIN_RETRY = 5;
@@ -136,13 +137,13 @@ class RoomViewStore extends Store<ActionPayload> {
                 break;
             // join_room:
             //      - opts: options for joinRoom
-            case 'join_room':
+            case Action.JoinRoom:
                 this.joinRoom(payload);
                 break;
-            case 'join_room_error':
+            case Action.JoinRoomError:
                 this.joinRoomError(payload);
                 break;
-            case 'join_room_ready':
+            case Action.JoinRoomReady:
                 this.setState({ shouldPeek: false });
                 break;
             case 'on_client_not_viable':
@@ -217,7 +218,11 @@ class RoomViewStore extends Store<ActionPayload> {
             this.setState(newState);
 
             if (payload.auto_join) {
-                this.joinRoom(payload);
+                dis.dispatch({
+                    ...payload,
+                    action: Action.JoinRoom,
+                    roomId: payload.room_id,
+                });
             }
         } else if (payload.room_alias) {
             // Try the room alias to room ID navigation cache first to avoid
@@ -298,41 +303,16 @@ class RoomViewStore extends Store<ActionPayload> {
             // We do *not* clear the 'joining' flag because the Room object and/or our 'joined' member event may not
             // have come down the sync stream yet, and that's the point at which we'd consider the user joined to the
             // room.
-            dis.dispatch({ action: 'join_room_ready' });
+            dis.dispatch({
+                action: Action.JoinRoomReady,
+                roomId: this.state.roomId,
+            });
         } catch (err) {
             dis.dispatch({
-                action: 'join_room_error',
+                action: Action.JoinRoomError,
+                roomId: this.state.roomId,
                 err: err,
             });
-
-            let msg = err.message ? err.message : JSON.stringify(err);
-            console.log("Failed to join room:", msg);
-
-            if (err.name === "ConnectionError") {
-                msg = _t("There was an error joining the room");
-            } else if (err.errcode === 'M_INCOMPATIBLE_ROOM_VERSION') {
-                msg = <div>
-                    {_t("Sorry, your homeserver is too old to participate in this room.")}<br />
-                    {_t("Please contact your homeserver administrator.")}
-                </div>;
-            } else if (err.httpStatus === 404) {
-                const invitingUserId = this.getInvitingUserId(this.state.roomId);
-                // only provide a better error message for invites
-                if (invitingUserId) {
-                    // if the inviting user is on the same HS, there can only be one cause: they left.
-                    if (invitingUserId.endsWith(`:${MatrixClientPeg.get().getDomain()}`)) {
-                        msg = _t("The person who invited you already left the room.");
-                    } else {
-                        msg = _t("The person who invited you already left the room, or their server is offline.");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            const ErrorDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.ErrorDialog");
-            Modal.createTrackedDialog('Failed to join room', '', ErrorDialog, {
-                title: _t("Failed to join room"),
-                description: msg,
-            });
         }
     }
 
@@ -351,6 +331,35 @@ class RoomViewStore extends Store<ActionPayload> {
             joining: false,
             joinError: payload.err,
         });
+        const err = payload.err;
+        let msg = err.message ? err.message : JSON.stringify(err);
+        console.log("Failed to join room:", msg);
+
+        if (err.name === "ConnectionError") {
+            msg = _t("There was an error joining the room");
+        } else if (err.errcode === 'M_INCOMPATIBLE_ROOM_VERSION') {
+            msg = <div>
+                {_t("Sorry, your homeserver is too old to participate in this room.")}<br />
+                {_t("Please contact your homeserver administrator.")}
+            </div>;
+        } else if (err.httpStatus === 404) {
+            const invitingUserId = this.getInvitingUserId(this.state.roomId);
+            // only provide a better error message for invites
+            if (invitingUserId) {
+                // if the inviting user is on the same HS, there can only be one cause: they left.
+                if (invitingUserId.endsWith(`:${MatrixClientPeg.get().getDomain()}`)) {
+                    msg = _t("The person who invited you already left the room.");
+                } else {
+                    msg = _t("The person who invited you already left the room, or their server is offline.");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        const ErrorDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.ErrorDialog");
+        Modal.createTrackedDialog('Failed to join room', '', ErrorDialog, {
+            title: _t("Failed to join room"),
+            description: msg,
+        });
     }
 
     public reset() {