diff --git a/services/real-time/app/coffee/Router.coffee b/services/real-time/app/coffee/Router.coffee
index 1f7c744713..74364f788f 100644
--- a/services/real-time/app/coffee/Router.coffee
+++ b/services/real-time/app/coffee/Router.coffee
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ module.exports = Router =
 				user = {_id: "anonymous-user"}
 
 			client.on "joinProject", (data = {}, callback) ->
-				anonToken = session?.anonReadOnlyTokenAccess?[data.project_id]
-				if anonToken
-					user.anonToken = anonToken
+				if data.anonToken
+					user.anonToken = data.anonToken
 				WebsocketController.joinProject client, user, data.project_id, (err, args...) ->
 					if err?
 						Router._handleError callback, err, client, "joinProject", {project_id: data.project_id, user_id: user?.id}