diff --git a/src/components/CreateRoom.vue b/src/components/CreateRoom.vue
index 9e711fe..97edf25 100644
--- a/src/components/CreateRoom.vue
+++ b/src/components/CreateRoom.vue
@@ -188,7 +188,15 @@
           {{ $t("new_room.link_copied") }}
         </div>
 -->
-      <div v-if="status">{{ status }}</div>
+      <div v-if="status" class="text-center">
+        <v-progress-circular
+          v-if="step == steps.CREATING"
+          indeterminate
+          color="primary"
+          size="20"
+        ></v-progress-circular>
+        {{ status }}
+      </div>
       <!-- </div> -->
     </v-fade-transition>
     <input
@@ -341,28 +349,20 @@ export default {
         );
       });
     },
-    createRoomDebug() {
-      this.step = steps.CREATING;
-      return new Promise((resolve, ignoredreject) => {
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          this.step = steps.CREATED;
-          resolve("#NpexPublicRoom2:neo.keanu.im");
-        }, 5000);
-      });
-    },
     createRoom() {
       this.step = steps.CREATING;
 
       const hasUser = this.currentUser ? true : false;
       var setProfileData = false;
 
+      var uniqueAliasPromise = Promise.resolve(true);
+
       var roomId;
       this.status = this.$t("new_room.status_creating");
       var createRoomOptions = {};
       if (this.joinRule == "public") {
         createRoomOptions = {
           visibility: "private", // Not listed!
-          room_alias_name: this.roomName.replace(/\s/g, "").toLowerCase(),
           name: this.roomName,
           preset: "public_chat",
           initial_state: [
@@ -375,6 +375,18 @@ export default {
             },
           ],
         };
+
+        // Promise to get a unique alias and use it in room creation options.
+        //
+        uniqueAliasPromise = util
+          .getUniqueAliasForRoomName(
+            this.$matrix.matrixClient,
+            this.roomName,
+            this.$matrix.currentUserHomeServer
+          )
+          .then((alias) => {
+            createRoomOptions.room_alias_name = alias;
+          });
       } else {
         //if (this.joinRule == "invite") {
         createRoomOptions = {
@@ -457,6 +469,9 @@ export default {
             }
           }.bind(this)
         )
+        .then(() => {
+          return uniqueAliasPromise;
+        })
         .then(() => {
           return this.$matrix.matrixClient
             .createRoom(createRoomOptions)
diff --git a/src/models/user.js b/src/models/user.js
index 125ac9c..6217ec3 100644
--- a/src/models/user.js
+++ b/src/models/user.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export default class User {
         this.is_guest = is_guest || false
     }
 
-    normalize = function() {
+    normalize = function () {
         if (this.user_id.startsWith('@') && this.user_id.includes(':')) {
             const parts = this.user_id.split(":");
             this.user_id = parts[0].substring(1);
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default class User {
         }
     };
 
-    static homeServerUrl = function(home_server) {
+    static homeServerUrl = function (home_server) {
         if (home_server && !home_server.startsWith("https://")) {
             return "https://" + home_server;
         }
@@ -28,4 +28,12 @@ export default class User {
         }
         return user_id;
     }
+
+    static serverName(user_id) {
+        if (user_id && user_id.startsWith('@') && user_id.includes(':')) {
+            const parts = user_id.split(":");
+            return parts[1];
+        }
+        return user_id;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/plugins/utils.js b/src/plugins/utils.js
index 0afbd6d..ab3709f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/utils.js
+++ b/src/plugins/utils.js
@@ -580,6 +580,36 @@ class Util {
     browserCanRecordAudio() {
         return _browserCanRecordAudio;
     }
+
+    getUniqueAliasForRoomName(matrixClient, roomName, homeServer, iterationCount) {
+        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+            var preferredAlias = roomName.replace(/\s/g, "").toLowerCase();
+            var tryAlias = "#" + preferredAlias + ":" + homeServer;
+            matrixClient.getRoomIdForAlias(tryAlias)
+                .then(ignoredid => {
+                    // We got a response, this means the tryAlias already exists.
+                    // Try again, with appended random chars
+                    if (iterationCount) {
+                        // Not the first time around. Reached max tries?
+                        if (iterationCount == 5) {
+                            reject("Failed to get unique room alias");
+                            return;
+                        }
+                        // Else, strip random chars from end so we can try again
+                        roomName = roomName.substring(0, roomName.length - 5);
+                    }
+                    const randomChars = this.randomString(4, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789");
+                    resolve(this.getUniqueAliasForRoomName(matrixClient, roomName + "-" + randomChars, homeServer, (iterationCount || 0) + 1))
+                })
+                .catch(err => {
+                    if (err.errcode == 'M_NOT_FOUND') {
+                        resolve(preferredAlias);
+                    } else {
+                        reject(err);
+                    }
+                })
+        });
+    }
 }
 export default new Util();
 
diff --git a/src/services/matrix.service.js b/src/services/matrix.service.js
index 45b95a3..9190fd3 100644
--- a/src/services/matrix.service.js
+++ b/src/services/matrix.service.js
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ export default {
                     return null;
                 },
 
+                currentUserHomeServer() {
+                    return User.serverName(this.currentUserId);
+                },
+
                 currentRoomId() {
                     return this.$store.state.currentRoomId;
                 },