diff --git a/services/real-time/app/coffee/HttpApiController.coffee b/services/real-time/app/coffee/HttpApiController.coffee
index faa06b9822..1082a11b34 100644
--- a/services/real-time/app/coffee/HttpApiController.coffee
+++ b/services/real-time/app/coffee/HttpApiController.coffee
@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@ logger = require "logger-sharelatex"
 module.exports = HttpApiController =
 	sendMessage: (req, res, next) ->
 		logger.log {message: req.params.message}, "sending message"
-		WebsocketLoadBalancer.emitToRoom req.params.project_id, req.params.message, req.body
+		if Array.isArray(req.body)
+			for payload in req.body
+				WebsocketLoadBalancer.emitToRoom req.params.project_id, req.params.message, payload
+		else
+			WebsocketLoadBalancer.emitToRoom req.params.project_id, req.params.message, req.body
 		res.send 204 # No content
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