diff --git a/web/app/assets/stylesheets/client/createSession.css.scss b/web/app/assets/stylesheets/client/createSession.css.scss
index 1c508a8f6..b1b0405a1 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/stylesheets/client/createSession.css.scss
+++ b/web/app/assets/stylesheets/client/createSession.css.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+
+#create-session-layout {
+  .fan-chat-options {
+    display:none;
+  }
+}
+
 .session-wrapper {
     padding: 10px 35px;
     white-space: initial;
@@ -121,4 +128,4 @@
     padding:10px;
     border-bottom:solid 1px #999;
     cursor:pointer;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/web/app/views/clients/_createSession.html.erb b/web/app/views/clients/_createSession.html.erb
index 5c2e76370..11d39d756 100644
--- a/web/app/views/clients/_createSession.html.erb
+++ b/web/app/views/clients/_createSession.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- Create Session Screen -->
-<div layout="screen" layout-id="createSession" class="screen secondary create-session">
+<div layout="screen" layout-id="createSession" class="screen secondary create-session" id="create-session-layout">
     <div class="content">
         <div class="content-head">
             <div class="content-icon">
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
                                         </select>
                                     </div>
 
-                                    <div class="left icheckbuttons">
+                                    <div class="left icheckbuttons fan-chat-options">
                                         <input type="radio" name="fan-chat-option" id="fan-chat-option-true" value="true" class="fan-chat-option-true" disabled="disabled" /><label for="fan-chat-option-true" class="radio-text">Chat</label>
                                         <input type="radio" name="fan-chat-option" id="fan-chat-option-false" checked="checked" class="fan-chat-option-false" value="false" disabled="disabled" /><label for="fan-chat-option-false" class="radio-text">No Fan Chat</label>
                                     </div>
diff --git a/web/app/views/clients/_sidebar.html.erb b/web/app/views/clients/_sidebar.html.erb
index 50cf06386..8f38b44a7 100644
--- a/web/app/views/clients/_sidebar.html.erb
+++ b/web/app/views/clients/_sidebar.html.erb
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
   </div>
 
   <!-- Chat -->
+  <!--
   <div layout="panel" layout-id="panelChat">
     <div layout-panel="collapsed">
       C
@@ -95,12 +96,10 @@
         <h2>chat<div id="sidebar-chat-count" class="badge">0</div></h2>
       </div>
       <div layout-panel="contents" class="panelcontents">
-        <!-- chat message input -->
         <div class="chat-fixed">
           <input id="chat-input" type="text" placeholder="enter message" /><br />
           
-          <!-- send to box -->
-          <div class="chat-select">Send to: 
+          <div class="chat-select">Send to:
             <select id="sidebar-chat-friend-list">
               <option>Everyone</option>
               <option>All Musicians</option>
@@ -113,6 +112,7 @@
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
+  -->
 
   <!-- Notifications -->
   <div layout="panel" layout-id="panelNotifications">