diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index 7e16030ec3..2c39a82245 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ namespace osu.Game
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
 
-            AddInternal(ratioContainer = new RatioAdjust
+            base.Content.Add(ratioContainer = new RatioAdjust
             {
                 Children = new Drawable[]
                 {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/ChatOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/ChatOverlay.cs
index a85af251c5..2836be22ae 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/ChatOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/ChatOverlay.cs
@@ -206,18 +206,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
         private long? lastMessageId;
 
-        private List<Channel> careChannels;
+        private readonly List<Channel> careChannels = new List<Channel>();
 
         private readonly List<DrawableChannel> loadedChannels = new List<DrawableChannel>();
 
         private void initializeChannels()
         {
-            currentChannelContainer.Clear();
-
-            loadedChannels.Clear();
-
-            careChannels = new List<Channel>();
-
             SpriteText loading;
             Add(loading = new OsuSpriteText
             {
@@ -232,8 +226,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
             ListChannelsRequest req = new ListChannelsRequest();
             req.Success += delegate (List<Channel> channels)
             {
-                Debug.Assert(careChannels.Count == 0);
-
                 Scheduler.Add(delegate
                 {
                     loading.FadeOut(100);