diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
index 26a6fbfdf..99c357923 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
@@ -2933,7 +2933,14 @@
       })
     }
 
-
+    function getVideoConferencingRoomUrl(musicSessionId){
+      return $.ajax({
+        type: 'GET',
+        url: "/video/room/" + musicSessionId,
+        dataType: 'json',
+        contentType: 'application/json',
+      })
+    }
 
     function initialize() {
       return self;
@@ -3196,6 +3203,7 @@
     this.changeSubscription = changeSubscription;
     this.cancelSubscription= cancelSubscription;
     this.listInvoices = listInvoices;
+    this.getVideoConferencingRoomUrl = getVideoConferencingRoomUrl;
     return this;
   };
 })(window, jQuery);
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/SessionVideoBtn.js.jsx.coffee b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/SessionVideoBtn.js.jsx.coffee
index 84efd2df1..f030ce4e5 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/SessionVideoBtn.js.jsx.coffee
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/SessionVideoBtn.js.jsx.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 context = window
 SessionActions = @SessionActions
+rest = context.JK.Rest()
 
 @SessionVideoBtn = React.createClass({
 
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ SessionActions = @SessionActions
     return 'noclose'
 
   openBrowserToNewVideoServer: () ->
-    context.JK.popExternalLink("/video/room/#{context.SessionStore.id()}")
-
+    rest.getVideoConferencingRoomUrl(context.SessionStore.id()).done((response) => context.JK.popExternalLink(response.url))
+    
   sessionWebCam: (e) ->
     e.preventDefault();
    
diff --git a/web/app/controllers/music_sessions_controller.rb b/web/app/controllers/music_sessions_controller.rb
index 66a223ef0..5e4446868 100644
--- a/web/app/controllers/music_sessions_controller.rb
+++ b/web/app/controllers/music_sessions_controller.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ class MusicSessionsController < ApplicationController
     music_session = current_user.music_sessions.find(params[:music_session_id])
     tok = current_user.temp_tokens.create
     video_conf_url = "#{Rails.application.config.video_conferencing_host}/room/#{music_session.id}?token=#{tok.token}"
-    redirect_to video_conf_url
+    render json: { url: video_conf_url }
   end
 end
diff --git a/web/spec/controllers/music_sessions_controller_spec.rb b/web/spec/controllers/music_sessions_controller_spec.rb
index bfc124955..4550abafc 100644
--- a/web/spec/controllers/music_sessions_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/web/spec/controllers/music_sessions_controller_spec.rb
@@ -20,21 +20,17 @@ describe MusicSessionsController, type: :controller do
     connection.connect!
   end
 
-  describe "video redirect" do
+  describe "video conferencing server url" do
     it "GET /video/room/:music_session_id" do
       get :session_video, music_session_id: music_session.id
       temp_token = TempToken.order(created_at: :desc).first
       expect(temp_token.user).to eq(user)
       video_conf_url = "#{Rails.application.config.video_conferencing_host}/room/#{music_session.id}?token=#{temp_token.token}"
-      response.should redirect_to video_conf_url
-    end
-
-    it "GET /video/room/:music_session_id" do
-      get :session_video, music_session_id: music_session.id
-      temp_token = TempToken.order(created_at: :desc).first
-      expect(temp_token.user).to eq(user)
-      video_conf_url = "#{Rails.application.config.video_conferencing_host}/room/#{music_session.id}?token=#{temp_token.token}"
-      response.should redirect_to video_conf_url
+      #response.should redirect_to video_conf_url
+      resp = {
+        url: video_conf_url
+      }
+      response.body.should == resp.to_json
     end
   end
 end