diff --git a/excalidraw-app/App.tsx b/excalidraw-app/App.tsx
index 5ce79caf03..61dcf0369f 100644
--- a/excalidraw-app/App.tsx
+++ b/excalidraw-app/App.tsx
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ const ExcalidrawWrapper = () => {
     excalidrawAPI?.updateScene({
       appState: {
         ...excalidrawAPI?.getAppState(),
-        viewModeEnabled: value !== acknowledgedIncrements.length,
+        viewModeEnabled: value !== -1,
       },
       elements: Array.from(elements.values()),
       storeAction: StoreAction.UPDATE,
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ const ExcalidrawWrapper = () => {
     currentVersion.current = value;
   }, 0);
 
-  const latestVersion = acknowledgedIncrements.length - 1;
+  const latestVersion = acknowledgedIncrements.length;
 
   return (
     <div
@@ -885,24 +885,24 @@ const ExcalidrawWrapper = () => {
         step={1}
         min={0}
         max={latestVersion}
-        value={
-          nextVersion === -1 || nextVersion === latestVersion
-            ? latestVersion
-            : nextVersion
-        }
+        value={nextVersion === -1 ? latestVersion : nextVersion}
         onChange={(value) => {
+          let nextValue: number;
+
           // CFDO: should be disabled when offline! (later we could have speculative changes in the versioning log as well)
           // CFDO: in safari the whole canvas gets selected when dragging
           if (value !== acknowledgedIncrements.length) {
             // don't listen to updates in the detached mode
             syncAPI?.disconnect();
+            nextValue = value as number;
           } else {
             // reconnect once we're back to the latest version
             syncAPI?.connect();
+            nextValue = -1;
           }
 
-          setNextVersion(value as number);
-          debouncedTimeTravel(value as number);
+          setNextVersion(nextValue);
+          debouncedTimeTravel(nextValue);
         }}
       />
       <Excalidraw
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/sync/client.ts b/packages/excalidraw/sync/client.ts
index 6bff4856a5..a4f0a94346 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/sync/client.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/sync/client.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 import throttle from "lodash.throttle";
-import ReconnectingWebSocket, { type Event } from "reconnecting-websocket";
+import ReconnectingWebSocket, {
+  type Event,
+  type CloseEvent,
+} from "reconnecting-websocket";
 import { Utils } from "./utils";
 import {
   SyncQueue,
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ class SocketClient {
       window.addEventListener("online", this.onOnline);
       window.addEventListener("offline", this.onOffline);
 
-      console.debug("Connecting to the sync server...");
+      console.debug(`Connecting to the room "${this.roomId}"...`);
       this.socket = new ReconnectingWebSocket(
         `${this.host}/connect?roomId=${this.roomId}`,
         [],
@@ -95,16 +98,15 @@ class SocketClient {
       );
       this.socket.addEventListener("message", this.onMessage);
       this.socket.addEventListener("open", this.onOpen);
+      this.socket.addEventListener("close", this.onClose);
+      this.socket.addEventListener("error", this.onError);
     },
     1000,
     { leading: true, trailing: false },
   );
 
   // CFDO: the connections seem to keep hanging for some reason
-  public disconnect(
-    code: number = SocketClient.NORMAL_CLOSURE_CODE,
-    reason?: string,
-  ) {
+  public disconnect() {
     if (this.isDisconnected) {
       return;
     }
@@ -113,25 +115,13 @@ class SocketClient {
       window.removeEventListener("online", this.onOnline);
       window.removeEventListener("offline", this.onOffline);
 
-      console.debug(
-        `Disconnecting from the sync server with code "${code}"${
-          reason ? ` and reason "${reason}".` : "."
-        }`,
-      );
       this.socket?.removeEventListener("message", this.onMessage);
       this.socket?.removeEventListener("open", this.onOpen);
+      this.socket?.removeEventListener("close", this.onClose);
+      this.socket?.removeEventListener("error", this.onError);
+      this.socket?.close();
 
-      let remappedCode = code;
-
-      switch (code) {
-        case 1009: {
-          // remapping the code, otherwise getting "The close code must be either 1000, or between 3000 and 4999. 1009 is neither."
-          remappedCode = SocketClient.MESSAGE_IS_TOO_LARGE_ERROR_CODE;
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-
-      this.socket?.close(remappedCode, reason);
+      console.debug(`Disconnected from the room "${this.roomId}".`);
     } finally {
       this.socket = null;
     }
@@ -186,9 +176,21 @@ class SocketClient {
   };
 
   private onOpen = (event: Event) => {
+    console.debug(`Connection to the room "${this.roomId}" opened.`);
     this.isOffline = false;
     this.handlers.onOpen(event);
   };
+
+  private onClose = (event: CloseEvent) => {
+    console.debug(`Connection to the room "${this.roomId}" closed.`, event);
+  };
+
+  private onError = (event: Event) => {
+    console.debug(
+      `Connection to the room "${this.roomId}" returned an error.`,
+      event,
+    );
+  };
 }
 
 interface AcknowledgedIncrement {
@@ -258,9 +260,12 @@ export class SyncClient {
     repository: IncrementsRepository & MetadataRepository,
   ) {
     const queue = await SyncQueue.create(repository);
+    // CFDO: temporary for custom roomId (though E+ will be similar)
+    const roomId = window.location.pathname.split("/").at(-1);
+
     return new SyncClient(api, repository, queue, {
       host: SyncClient.HOST_URL,
-      roomId: SyncClient.ROOM_ID,
+      roomId: roomId ?? SyncClient.ROOM_ID,
       // CFDO: temporary, so that all increments are loaded and applied on init
       lastAcknowledgedVersion: 0,
     });
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/tests/history.test.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/tests/history.test.tsx
index f8957766c6..a58a45d903 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/history.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/history.test.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ const checkpoint = (name: string) => {
     ...strippedAppState
   } = h.state;
   expect(strippedAppState).toMatchSnapshot(`[${name}] appState`);
+  expect(h.elements.length).toMatchSnapshot(`[${name}] number of elements`);
+  h.elements
+    .map(({ seed, versionNonce, ...strippedElement }) => strippedElement)
+    .forEach((element, i) =>
+      expect(element).toMatchSnapshot(`[${name}] element ${i}`),
+    );
 
   const stripSeed = (deltas: Record<string, { deleted: any; inserted: any }>) =>
     Object.entries(deltas).reduce((acc, curr) => {
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ const checkpoint = (name: string) => {
       },
     })),
   ).toMatchSnapshot(`[${name}] undo stack`);
+
   expect(
     h.history.redoStack.map((x) => ({
       ...x,
@@ -103,12 +110,6 @@ const checkpoint = (name: string) => {
       },
     })),
   ).toMatchSnapshot(`[${name}] redo stack`);
-  expect(h.elements.length).toMatchSnapshot(`[${name}] number of elements`);
-  h.elements
-    .map(({ seed, versionNonce, ...strippedElement }) => strippedElement)
-    .forEach((element, i) =>
-      expect(element).toMatchSnapshot(`[${name}] element ${i}`),
-    );
 };
 
 const renderStaticScene = vi.spyOn(StaticScene, "renderStaticScene");