diff --git a/src/CallHandler.js b/src/CallHandler.js
index 187449924f..189e99b307 100644
--- a/src/CallHandler.js
+++ b/src/CallHandler.js
@@ -138,9 +138,17 @@ function _setCallListeners(call) {
 
 function _setCallState(call, roomId, status) {
     console.log(
-        "Call state in %s changed to %s (%s)", roomId, status, (call ? call.state : "-")
+        "Call state in %s changed to %s (%s)", roomId, status, (call ? call.call_state : "-")
     );
     calls[roomId] = call;
+
+    if (status === "ringing") {
+        play("ringAudio")
+    }
+    else if (call && call.call_state === "ringing") {
+        pause("ringAudio")
+    }
+
     if (call) {
         call.call_state = status;
     }
diff --git a/src/Resend.js b/src/Resend.js
index 0e67a306bd..e07e571455 100644
--- a/src/Resend.js
+++ b/src/Resend.js
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
 var MatrixClientPeg = require('./MatrixClientPeg');
 var dis = require('./dispatcher');
 
diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
index 04aa81d3e1..683076d932 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
     componentWillUnmount: function() {
         if (this.refs.messagePanel) {
+            // disconnect the D&D event listeners from the message panel. This
+            // is really just for hygiene - the messagePanel is going to be
+            // deleted anyway, so it doesn't matter if the event listeners
+            // don't get cleaned up.
             var messagePanel = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.messagePanel);
             messagePanel.removeEventListener('drop', this.onDrop);
             messagePanel.removeEventListener('dragover', this.onDragOver);
@@ -285,16 +289,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
     componentDidMount: function() {
         if (this.refs.messagePanel) {
-            var messagePanel = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.messagePanel);
-
-            messagePanel.addEventListener('drop', this.onDrop);
-            messagePanel.addEventListener('dragover', this.onDragOver);
-            messagePanel.addEventListener('dragleave', this.onDragLeaveOrEnd);
-            messagePanel.addEventListener('dragend', this.onDragLeaveOrEnd);
-
-            this.scrollToBottom();
-            this.sendReadReceipt();
-            this.fillSpace();
+            this._initialiseMessagePanel();
         }
 
         var call = CallHandler.getCallForRoom(this.props.roomId);
@@ -309,23 +304,37 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         this.onResize();
     },
 
+    _initialiseMessagePanel: function() {
+        var messagePanel = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.messagePanel);
+        this.refs.messagePanel.initialised = true;
+
+        messagePanel.addEventListener('drop', this.onDrop);
+        messagePanel.addEventListener('dragover', this.onDragOver);
+        messagePanel.addEventListener('dragleave', this.onDragLeaveOrEnd);
+        messagePanel.addEventListener('dragend', this.onDragLeaveOrEnd);
+
+        this.scrollToBottom();
+        this.sendReadReceipt();
+        this.fillSpace();
+    },
+
     componentDidUpdate: function() {
+        // we need to initialise the messagepanel if we've just joined the
+        // room. TODO: we really really ought to factor out messagepanel to a
+        // separate component to avoid this ridiculous dance.
+        if (!this.refs.messagePanel) return;
+
+        if (!this.refs.messagePanel.initialised) {
+            this._initialiseMessagePanel();
+        }
+
         // after adding event tiles, we may need to tweak the scroll (either to
         // keep at the bottom of the timeline, or to maintain the view after
         // adding events to the top).
 
-        if (!this.refs.messagePanel) return;
-
         if (this.state.searchResults) return;
 
-        if (this.needsScrollReset) {
-            if (DEBUG_SCROLL) console.log("Resetting scroll position after tile count change");
-            this._restoreSavedScrollState();
-            this.needsScrollReset = false;
-        }
-
-        // have to fill space in case we're accepting an invite
-        if (!this.state.paginating) this.fillSpace();
+        this._restoreSavedScrollState();
     },
 
     _paginateCompleted: function() {
@@ -481,75 +490,65 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     },
 
     onSearch: function(term, scope) {
-        var filter;
-        if (scope === "Room") {
-            filter = {
-                // XXX: it's unintuitive that the filter for searching doesn't have the same shape as the v2 filter API :(
-                rooms: [
-                    this.props.roomId
-                ]
-            };
-        }
-
-        var self = this;
-        self.setState({
-            searchInProgress: true
+        this.setState({
+            searchTerm: term,
+            searchScope: scope,
+            searchResults: [],
+            searchHighlights: [],
+            searchCount: null,
         });
 
-        MatrixClientPeg.get().search({
-            body: {
-                search_categories: {
-                    room_events: {
-                        search_term: term,
-                        filter: filter,
-                        order_by: "recent",
-                        include_state: true,
-                        groupings: {
-                            group_by: [
-                                {
-                                    key: "room_id"
-                                }
-                            ]
-                        },
-                        event_context: {
-                            before_limit: 1,
-                            after_limit: 1,
-                            include_profile: true,
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }            
-        }).then(function(data) {
+        this._getSearchBatch(term, scope);
+    },
 
-            if (!self.state.searching || term !== self.refs.search_bar.refs.search_term.value) {
+    // fire off a request for a batch of search results
+    _getSearchBatch: function(term, scope) {
+        this.setState({
+            searchInProgress: true,
+        });
+
+        // make sure that we don't end up merging results from
+        // different searches by keeping a unique id.
+        //
+        // todo: should cancel any previous search requests.
+        var searchId = this.searchId = new Date().getTime();
+
+        var self = this;
+
+        MatrixClientPeg.get().search({ body: this._getSearchCondition(term, scope) })
+        .then(function(data) {
+            if (!self.state.searching || self.searchId != searchId) {
                 console.error("Discarding stale search results");
                 return;
             }
 
-            // for debugging:
-            // data.search_categories.room_events.highlights = ["hello", "everybody"];
+            var results = data.search_categories.room_events;
 
-            var highlights;
-            if (data.search_categories.room_events.highlights &&
-                data.search_categories.room_events.highlights.length > 0)
-            {
-                // postgres on synapse returns us precise details of the
-                // strings which actually got matched for highlighting.
-                // for overlapping highlights, favour longer (more specific) terms first
-                highlights = data.search_categories.room_events.highlights
-                             .sort(function(a, b) { b.length - a.length });
-            }
-            else {
-                // sqlite doesn't, so just try to highlight the literal search term
+            // postgres on synapse returns us precise details of the
+            // strings which actually got matched for highlighting.
+
+            // combine the highlight list with our existing list; build an object
+            // to avoid O(N^2) fail
+            var highlights = {};
+            results.highlights.forEach(function(hl) { highlights[hl] = 1; });
+            self.state.searchHighlights.forEach(function(hl) { highlights[hl] = 1; });
+
+            // turn it back into an ordered list. For overlapping highlights,
+            // favour longer (more specific) terms first
+            highlights = Object.keys(highlights).sort(function(a, b) { b.length - a.length });
+
+            // sqlite doesn't give us any highlights, so just try to highlight the literal search term
+            if (highlights.length == 0) {
                 highlights = [ term ];
             }
 
+            // append the new results to our existing results
+            var events = self.state.searchResults.concat(results.results);
+
             self.setState({
-                highlights: highlights,
-                searchTerm: term,
-                searchResults: data,
-                searchScope: scope,
-                searchCount: data.search_categories.room_events.count,
+                searchHighlights: highlights,
+                searchResults: events,
+                searchCount: results.count,
             });
         }, function(error) {
             var ErrorDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.ErrorDialog");
@@ -561,7 +560,35 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             self.setState({
                 searchInProgress: false
             });
-        });
+        }).done();
+    },
+
+    _getSearchCondition: function(term, scope) {
+        var filter;
+
+        if (scope === "Room") {
+            filter = {
+                // XXX: it's unintuitive that the filter for searching doesn't have the same shape as the v2 filter API :(
+                rooms: [
+                    this.props.roomId
+                ]
+            };
+        }
+
+        return {
+            search_categories: {
+                room_events: {
+                    search_term: term,
+                    filter: filter,
+                    order_by: "recent",
+                    event_context: {
+                        before_limit: 1,
+                        after_limit: 1,
+                        include_profile: true,
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     },
 
     getEventTiles: function() {
@@ -576,57 +603,44 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
         if (this.state.searchResults)
         {
-            if (!this.state.searchResults.search_categories.room_events.results ||
-                !this.state.searchResults.search_categories.room_events.groups)
-            {
-                return ret;
-            }
+            // XXX: todo: merge overlapping results somehow?
+            // XXX: why doesn't searching on name work?
 
-            // XXX: this dance is foul, due to the results API not directly returning sorted results
-            var results = this.state.searchResults.search_categories.room_events.results;
-            var roomIdGroups = this.state.searchResults.search_categories.room_events.groups.room_id;
+            var lastRoomId;
 
-            if (Array.isArray(results)) {
-                // Old search API used to return results as a event_id -> result dict, but now
-                // returns a straightforward list.
-                results = results.reduce(function(prev, curr) {
-                    prev[curr.result.event_id] = curr;
-                    return prev;
-                }, {});
-            }
+            for (var i = this.state.searchResults.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                var result = this.state.searchResults[i];
+                var mxEv = new Matrix.MatrixEvent(result.result);
 
-            Object.keys(roomIdGroups)
-                  .sort(function(a, b) { roomIdGroups[a].order - roomIdGroups[b].order }) // WHY NOT RETURN AN ORDERED ARRAY?!?!?!
-                  .forEach(function(roomId)
-            {
-                // XXX: todo: merge overlapping results somehow?
-                // XXX: why doesn't searching on name work?
                 if (self.state.searchScope === 'All') {
-                    ret.push(<li key={ roomId }><h1>Room: { cli.getRoom(roomId).name }</h1></li>);
+                    var roomId = result.result.room_id;
+                    if(roomId != lastRoomId) {
+                        ret.push(<li key={mxEv.getId() + "-room"}><h1>Room: { cli.getRoom(roomId).name }</h1></li>);
+                        lastRoomId = roomId;
+                    }
                 }
 
-                var resultList = roomIdGroups[roomId].results.map(function(eventId) { return results[eventId]; });
-                for (var i = resultList.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-                    var ts1 = resultList[i].result.origin_server_ts;
-                    ret.push(<li key={ts1 + "-search"}><DateSeparator ts={ts1}/></li>); // Rank: {resultList[i].rank}
-                    var mxEv = new Matrix.MatrixEvent(resultList[i].result);
-                    if (resultList[i].context.events_before[0]) {
-                        var mxEv2 = new Matrix.MatrixEvent(resultList[i].context.events_before[0]);
-                        if (EventTile.haveTileForEvent(mxEv2)) {
-                            ret.push(<li key={mxEv.getId() + "-1"}><EventTile mxEvent={mxEv2} contextual={true} /></li>);
-                        }
-                    }
-                    if (EventTile.haveTileForEvent(mxEv)) {
-                        ret.push(<li key={mxEv.getId() + "+0"}><EventTile mxEvent={mxEv} highlights={self.state.highlights}/></li>);
-                    }
-                    if (resultList[i].context.events_after[0]) {
-                        var mxEv2 = new Matrix.MatrixEvent(resultList[i].context.events_after[0]);
-                        if (EventTile.haveTileForEvent(mxEv2)) {
-                            ret.push(<li key={mxEv.getId() + "+1"}><EventTile mxEvent={mxEv2} contextual={true} /></li>);
-                        }
+                var ts1 = result.result.origin_server_ts;
+                ret.push(<li key={ts1 + "-search"}><DateSeparator ts={ts1}/></li>); // Rank: {resultList[i].rank}
+
+                if (result.context.events_before[0]) {
+                    var mxEv2 = new Matrix.MatrixEvent(result.context.events_before[0]);
+                    if (EventTile.haveTileForEvent(mxEv2)) {
+                        ret.push(<li key={mxEv.getId() + "-1"}><EventTile mxEvent={mxEv2} contextual={true} /></li>);
                     }
                 }
-            });
+
+                if (EventTile.haveTileForEvent(mxEv)) {
+                    ret.push(<li key={mxEv.getId() + "+0"}><EventTile mxEvent={mxEv} highlights={self.state.searchHighlights}/></li>);
+                }
+
+                if (result.context.events_after[0]) {
+                    var mxEv2 = new Matrix.MatrixEvent(result.context.events_after[0]);
+                    if (EventTile.haveTileForEvent(mxEv2)) {
+                        ret.push(<li key={mxEv.getId() + "+1"}><EventTile mxEvent={mxEv2} contextual={true} /></li>);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             return ret;
         }
 
@@ -683,10 +697,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             }
             ++count;
         }
-        if (count != this.lastEventTileCount) {
-            if (DEBUG_SCROLL) console.log("Queuing scroll reset (event count changed; now "+count+"; was "+this.lastEventTileCount+")");
-            this.needsScrollReset = true;
-        }
         this.lastEventTileCount = count;
         return ret;
     },
@@ -1282,8 +1292,9 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             }
 
             var call = CallHandler.getCallForRoom(this.props.roomId);
+            //var call = CallHandler.getAnyActiveCall();
             var inCall = false;
-            if (call && this.state.callState != 'ended') {
+            if (call && (this.state.callState !== 'ended' && this.state.callState !== 'ringing')) {
                 inCall = true;
                 var zoomButton, voiceMuteButton, videoMuteButton;
 
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposer.js b/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposer.js
index 73f553af6e..7c228b5c9d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposer.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposer.js
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
     onHangupClick: function() {
         var call = CallHandler.getCallForRoom(this.props.room.roomId);
+        //var call = CallHandler.getAnyActiveCall();
         if (!call) {
             return;
         }
@@ -563,6 +564,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
         var callButton, videoCallButton, hangupButton;
         var call = CallHandler.getCallForRoom(this.props.room.roomId);
+        //var call = CallHandler.getAnyActiveCall();
         if (this.props.callState && this.props.callState !== 'ended') {
             hangupButton =
                 <div className="mx_MessageComposer_hangup" onClick={this.onHangupClick}>
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.js b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.js
index aaf570305c..d045c486f5 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.js
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 // <EditableText label={this.props.room.name} initialValue={actual_name} placeHolder="Name" onValueChanged={this.onNameChange} />
 
                 var searchStatus;
-                if (this.props.searchInfo && this.props.searchInfo.searchTerm) {
+                // don't display the search count until the search completes and
+                // gives us a non-null searchCount.
+                if (this.props.searchInfo && this.props.searchInfo.searchCount !== null) {
                     searchStatus = <div className="mx_RoomHeader_searchStatus">&nbsp;({ this.props.searchInfo.searchCount } results)</div>;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js
index 887f6adb5e..f1d467f5ab 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var React = require("react");
 var ReactDOM = require("react-dom");
 var GeminiScrollbar = require('react-gemini-scrollbar');
 var MatrixClientPeg = require("../../../MatrixClientPeg");
+var CallHandler = require('../../../CallHandler');
 var RoomListSorter = require("../../../RoomListSorter");
 var UnreadStatus = require('../../../UnreadStatus');
 var dis = require("../../../dispatcher");
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             activityMap: null,
             isLoadingLeftRooms: false,
             lists: {},
+            incomingCall: null,
         }
     },
 
@@ -68,7 +70,21 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 this.tooltip = payload.tooltip;
                 this._repositionTooltip();
                 if (this.tooltip) this.tooltip.style.display = 'block';
-                break
+                break;
+            case 'call_state':
+                var call = CallHandler.getCall(payload.room_id);
+                if (call && call.call_state === 'ringing') {
+                    this.setState({
+                        incomingCall: call
+                    });
+                    this._repositionIncomingCallBox(undefined, true);
+                }
+                else {
+                    this.setState({
+                        incomingCall: null
+                    });            
+                }
+                break;
         }
     },
 
@@ -272,10 +288,58 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         return s;
     },
 
+    _getScrollNode: function() {
+        var panel = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this);
+        if (!panel) return null;
+
+        if (panel.classList.contains('gm-prevented')) {
+            return panel;
+        } else {
+            return panel.children[2]; // XXX: Fragile!
+        }
+    },
+
+    _repositionTooltips: function(e) {
+        this._repositionTooltip(e);
+        this._repositionIncomingCallBox(e, false);
+    },
+
     _repositionTooltip: function(e) {
         if (this.tooltip && this.tooltip.parentElement) {
             var scroll = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this);
-            this.tooltip.style.top = (scroll.parentElement.offsetTop + this.tooltip.parentElement.offsetTop - scroll.children[2].scrollTop) + "px"; 
+            this.tooltip.style.top = (scroll.parentElement.offsetTop + this.tooltip.parentElement.offsetTop - this._getScrollNode().scrollTop) + "px"; 
+        }
+    },
+
+    _repositionIncomingCallBox: function(e, firstTime) {
+        var incomingCallBox = document.getElementById("incomingCallBox");
+        if (incomingCallBox && incomingCallBox.parentElement) {
+            var scroll = this._getScrollNode();
+            var top = (scroll.offsetTop + incomingCallBox.parentElement.offsetTop - scroll.scrollTop);
+
+            if (firstTime) {
+                // scroll to make sure the callbox is on the screen...
+                if (top < 10) { // 10px of vertical margin at top of screen
+                    scroll.scrollTop = incomingCallBox.parentElement.offsetTop - 10;
+                }
+                else if (top > scroll.clientHeight - incomingCallBox.offsetHeight + 50) {
+                    scroll.scrollTop = incomingCallBox.parentElement.offsetTop - scroll.offsetHeight + incomingCallBox.offsetHeight - 50;
+                }
+                // recalculate top in case we clipped it.
+                top = (scroll.offsetTop + incomingCallBox.parentElement.offsetTop - scroll.scrollTop);
+            }
+            else {
+                // stop the box from scrolling off the screen
+                if (top < 10) {
+                    top = 10;
+                }
+                else if (top > scroll.clientHeight - incomingCallBox.offsetHeight + 50) {
+                    top = scroll.clientHeight - incomingCallBox.offsetHeight + 50;
+                }
+            }
+
+            incomingCallBox.style.top = top + "px";
+            incomingCallBox.style.left = scroll.offsetLeft + scroll.offsetWidth + "px";
         }
     },
 
@@ -294,7 +358,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         var self = this;
 
         return (
-            <GeminiScrollbar className="mx_RoomList_scrollbar" autoshow={true} onScroll={self._repositionTooltip}>
+            <GeminiScrollbar className="mx_RoomList_scrollbar" autoshow={true} onScroll={ self._repositionTooltips }>
             <div className="mx_RoomList">
                 { expandButton }
 
@@ -304,6 +368,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                              order="recent"
                              activityMap={ self.state.activityMap }
                              selectedRoom={ self.props.selectedRoom }
+                             incomingCall={ self.state.incomingCall }
                              collapsed={ self.props.collapsed } />
 
                 <RoomSubList list={ self.state.lists['m.favourite'] }
@@ -314,6 +379,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                              order="manual"
                              activityMap={ self.state.activityMap }
                              selectedRoom={ self.props.selectedRoom }
+                             incomingCall={ self.state.incomingCall }
                              collapsed={ self.props.collapsed } />
 
                 <RoomSubList list={ self.state.lists['im.vector.fake.recent'] }
@@ -323,6 +389,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                              order="recent"
                              activityMap={ self.state.activityMap }
                              selectedRoom={ self.props.selectedRoom }
+                             incomingCall={ self.state.incomingCall }
                              collapsed={ self.props.collapsed } />
 
                 { Object.keys(self.state.lists).map(function(tagName) {
@@ -336,6 +403,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                              order="manual"
                              activityMap={ self.state.activityMap }
                              selectedRoom={ self.props.selectedRoom }
+                             incomingCall={ self.state.incomingCall }
                              collapsed={ self.props.collapsed } />
 
                     }
@@ -350,6 +418,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                              bottommost={ false }
                              activityMap={ self.state.activityMap }
                              selectedRoom={ self.props.selectedRoom }
+                             incomingCall={ self.state.incomingCall }
                              collapsed={ self.props.collapsed } />
 
                 <RoomSubList list={ self.state.lists['im.vector.fake.archived'] }
@@ -363,7 +432,8 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                              alwaysShowHeader={ true }
                              startAsHidden={ true }
                              showSpinner={ self.state.isLoadingLeftRooms }
-                             onHeaderClick= { self.onArchivedHeaderClick } />
+                             onHeaderClick= { self.onArchivedHeaderClick }
+                             incomingCall={ self.state.incomingCall } />
             </div>
             </GeminiScrollbar>
         );
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js
index 0a03ebe89d..37a77f9561 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         highlight: React.PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
         isInvite: React.PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
         roomSubList: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+        incomingCall: React.PropTypes.object,
     },
 
     getInitialState: function() {
@@ -105,6 +106,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             label = <RoomTooltip room={this.props.room}/>;
         }
 
+        var incomingCallBox;
+        if (this.props.incomingCall) {
+            var IncomingCallBox = sdk.getComponent("voip.IncomingCallBox");
+            incomingCallBox = <IncomingCallBox incomingCall={ this.props.incomingCall }/>;
+        }
+
         var RoomAvatar = sdk.getComponent('avatars.RoomAvatar');
 
         // These props are injected by React DnD,
@@ -120,6 +127,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                     { badge }
                 </div>
                 { label }
+                { incomingCallBox }
             </div>
         ));
     }
diff --git a/src/components/views/voip/CallView.js b/src/components/views/voip/CallView.js
index fbaed1dcd7..d67147dd1e 100644
--- a/src/components/views/voip/CallView.js
+++ b/src/components/views/voip/CallView.js
@@ -35,19 +35,13 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
     componentDidMount: function() {
         this.dispatcherRef = dis.register(this.onAction);
-        this._trackedRoom = null;
         if (this.props.room) {
-            this._trackedRoom = this.props.room;
-            this.showCall(this._trackedRoom.roomId);
+            this.showCall(this.props.room.roomId);
         }
         else {
+            // XXX: why would we ever not have a this.props.room?
             var call = CallHandler.getAnyActiveCall();
             if (call) {
-                console.log(
-                    "Global CallView is now tracking active call in room %s",
-                    call.roomId
-                );
-                this._trackedRoom = MatrixClientPeg.get().getRoom(call.roomId);
                 this.showCall(call.roomId);
             }
         }
@@ -81,7 +75,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             // and for the voice stream of screen captures
             call.setRemoteAudioElement(this.getVideoView().getRemoteAudioElement());
         }
-        if (call && call.type === "video" && call.state !== 'ended') {
+        if (call && call.type === "video" && call.call_state !== "ended" && call.call_state !== "ringing") {
             // if this call is a conf call, don't display local video as the
             // conference will have us in it
             this.getVideoView().getLocalVideoElement().style.display = (
diff --git a/src/components/views/voip/IncomingCallBox.js b/src/components/views/voip/IncomingCallBox.js
index 263bbf543c..a9601931bb 100644
--- a/src/components/views/voip/IncomingCallBox.js
+++ b/src/components/views/voip/IncomingCallBox.js
@@ -21,87 +21,29 @@ var CallHandler = require("../../../CallHandler");
 module.exports = React.createClass({
     displayName: 'IncomingCallBox',
 
-    componentDidMount: function() {
-        this.dispatcherRef = dis.register(this.onAction);
-    },
-
-    componentWillUnmount: function() {
-        dis.unregister(this.dispatcherRef);
-    },
-
-    getInitialState: function() {
-        return {
-            incomingCall: null
-        }
-    },
-
-    onAction: function(payload) {
-        if (payload.action !== 'call_state') {
-            return;
-        }
-        var call = CallHandler.getCall(payload.room_id);
-        if (!call || call.call_state !== 'ringing') {
-            this.setState({
-                incomingCall: null,
-            });
-            this.getRingAudio().pause();
-            return;
-        }
-        if (call.call_state === "ringing") {
-            this.getRingAudio().load();
-            this.getRingAudio().play();
-        }
-        else {
-            this.getRingAudio().pause();
-        }
-
-        this.setState({
-            incomingCall: call
-        });
-    },
-
     onAnswerClick: function() {
         dis.dispatch({
             action: 'answer',
-            room_id: this.state.incomingCall.roomId
+            room_id: this.props.incomingCall.roomId
         });
     },
 
     onRejectClick: function() {
         dis.dispatch({
             action: 'hangup',
-            room_id: this.state.incomingCall.roomId
+            room_id: this.props.incomingCall.roomId
         });
     },
 
-    getRingAudio: function() {
-        return this.refs.ringAudio;
-    },
-
     render: function() {
-        // NB: This block MUST have a "key" so React doesn't clobber the elements
-        // between in-call / not-in-call.
-        var audioBlock = (
-            <audio ref="ringAudio" key="voip_ring_audio" loop>
-                <source src="media/ring.ogg" type="audio/ogg" />
-                <source src="media/ring.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" />
-            </audio>
-        );
 
-        if (!this.state.incomingCall || !this.state.incomingCall.roomId) {
-            return (
-                <div>
-                    {audioBlock}
-                </div>
-            );
-        }
-        var caller = MatrixClientPeg.get().getRoom(this.state.incomingCall.roomId).name;
+        var room = this.props.incomingCall ? MatrixClientPeg.get().getRoom(this.props.incomingCall.roomId) : null;
+        var caller = room ? room.name : "unknown";
         return (
-            <div className="mx_IncomingCallBox">
-                {audioBlock}
+            <div className="mx_IncomingCallBox" id="incomingCallBox">
                 <img className="mx_IncomingCallBox_chevron" src="img/chevron-left.png" width="9" height="16" />
                 <div className="mx_IncomingCallBox_title">
-                    Incoming { this.state.incomingCall ? this.state.incomingCall.type : '' } call from { caller }
+                    Incoming { this.props.incomingCall ? this.props.incomingCall.type : '' } call from { caller }
                 </div>
                 <div className="mx_IncomingCallBox_buttons">
                     <div className="mx_IncomingCallBox_buttons_cell">