diff --git a/server/src/tellmesrv.py b/server/src/tellmesrv.py
index 5ff9565..95c28b2 100644
--- a/server/src/tellmesrv.py
+++ b/server/src/tellmesrv.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ with open(r'/etc/tellme/hooks.yml') as hooksfile:
     hooks = yaml.load(hooksfile, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
 
 def sendmessage(target, message):
+    global ws
     print("Sendmessage %s called to %s" % (message, target))
     msg = ("%s %s" % (target, message))