diff --git a/jabber.py b/jabber.py
index 81a9387..1691279 100644
--- a/jabber.py
+++ b/jabber.py
@@ -1160,6 +1160,7 @@ class MUC:
         self.domain = ''
         self.resource = ''
         self.alias = ''
+        self.away = False
         self.buddies = []
         self.parse_jid()
         self.set_alias()