When loading VirtualLottery we fetch default size of messages from /api/chat/history and append to local chatHistory.

src/components/VirtualLotteryPage.vue

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 <script>
 import { page, event } from "vue-analytics";
-import { attendees, winners } from "@/api";
+import { attendees, winners, getChatHistory } from "@/api";
 import Chat from "@/ui/Chat";
 import Vipps from "@/ui/Vipps";
 import Attendees from "@/ui/Attendees";
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ export default {
       emitUsernameOnConnect: false
     };
   },
+  created() {
+    getChatHistory()
+      .then(messages => this.chatHistory = messages)
+  },
   mounted() {
     this.track();
     this.getAttendees();