diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
index 79fd8a36aa..63de4cd3a9 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
@@ -316,6 +316,12 @@ final class ChatModel: ObservableObject {
             chats[i].created = Date.now
         }
     }
+    
+    func updateChatStats(id: String, cStats: ChatStats) {
+        if let i = getChatIndex(id) {
+            chats[i].chatStats = cStats
+        }
+    }
 
     func updateContactConnection(_ contactConnection: PendingContactConnection) {
         updateChat(.contactConnection(contactConnection: contactConnection))
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
index 9297aa7898..45f04c4d82 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ func loadChat(chat: Chat, search: String = "", clearItems: Bool = true) async {
         let chat = try await apiGetChat(type: cInfo.chatType, id: cInfo.apiId, search: search)
         await MainActor.run {
             im.reversedChatItems = chat.chatItems.reversed()
+            m.updateChatStats(id: chat.chatInfo.id, cStats: chat.chatStats)
             m.updateChatInfo(chat.chatInfo)
         }
     } catch let error {