diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Account.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Account.kt
index 1a0b54aa4..f10b74848 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Account.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Account.kt
@@ -909,15 +909,7 @@ class Account(
     fun decryptContent(note: Note): String? {
         val event = note.event
         return if (event is PrivateDmEvent && loggedIn.privKey != null) {
-            var pubkeyToUse = event.pubKey
-
-            val recepientPK = event.verifiedRecipientPubKey()
-
-            if (note.author == userProfile() && recepientPK != null) {
-                pubkeyToUse = recepientPK
-            }
-
-            event.plainContent(loggedIn.privKey!!, pubkeyToUse.hexToByteArray())
+            event.plainContent(loggedIn.privKey!!, event.talkingWith(userProfile().pubkeyHex).hexToByteArray())
         } else if (event is LnZapRequestEvent && loggedIn.privKey != null) {
             decryptZapContentAuthor(note)?.content()
         } else {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/model/PrivateDmEvent.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/model/PrivateDmEvent.kt
index 837747f8e..63e429d0c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/model/PrivateDmEvent.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/model/PrivateDmEvent.kt
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ class PrivateDmEvent(
 
     fun verifiedRecipientPubKey() = recipientPubKey()?.runCatching { Hex.decode(this[1]).toHexKey() }?.getOrNull() // makes sure its a valid one
 
+    fun talkingWith(oneSideHex: String): HexKey {
+        return if (pubKey == oneSideHex) verifiedRecipientPubKey() ?: pubKey else pubKey
+    }
+
     /**
      * To be fully compatible with nip-04, we read e-tags that are in violation to nip-18.
      *
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/dal/ChatroomListKnownFeedFilter.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/dal/ChatroomListKnownFeedFilter.kt
index fdabe63b4..75c8de3c9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/dal/ChatroomListKnownFeedFilter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/dal/ChatroomListKnownFeedFilter.kt
@@ -72,10 +72,7 @@ object ChatroomListKnownFeedFilter : AdditiveFeedFilter<Note>() {
 
             newRelevantPrivateMessages.forEach { newNotePair ->
                 oldList.forEach { oldNote ->
-                    val oldAuthor = oldNote.author?.pubkeyHex
-                    val oldRecipient = (oldNote.event as? PrivateDmEvent)?.verifiedRecipientPubKey()
-
-                    val oldRoom = if (oldAuthor == me.pubkeyHex) oldRecipient else oldAuthor
+                    val oldRoom = (oldNote.event as? PrivateDmEvent)?.talkingWith(me.pubkeyHex)
 
                     if (
                         (newNotePair.key == oldRoom) && (newNotePair.value.createdAt() ?: 0) > (oldNote.createdAt() ?: 0)
@@ -132,13 +129,10 @@ object ChatroomListKnownFeedFilter : AdditiveFeedFilter<Note>() {
 
         val newRelevantPrivateMessages = mutableMapOf<String, Note>()
         newItems.filter { it.event is PrivateDmEvent }.forEach { newNote ->
-            val newAuthor = newNote.author?.pubkeyHex
-            val newRecipient = (newNote.event as? PrivateDmEvent)?.verifiedRecipientPubKey()
-
-            val roomUserHex = if (newAuthor == me.pubkeyHex) newRecipient else newAuthor
+            val roomUserHex = (newNote.event as? PrivateDmEvent)?.talkingWith(me.pubkeyHex)
             val roomUser = roomUserHex?.let { LocalCache.users[it] }
 
-            if (roomUserHex != null && (newAuthor == me.pubkeyHex || roomUserHex in followingKeySet || me.hasSentMessagesTo(roomUser)) && !account.isHidden(roomUserHex)) {
+            if (roomUserHex != null && (newNote.author?.pubkeyHex == me.pubkeyHex || roomUserHex in followingKeySet || me.hasSentMessagesTo(roomUser)) && !account.isHidden(roomUserHex)) {
                 val lastNote = newRelevantPrivateMessages.get(roomUserHex)
                 if (lastNote != null) {
                     if ((newNote.createdAt() ?: 0) > (lastNote.createdAt() ?: 0)) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/Routes.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/Routes.kt
index 08463fb71..7cf66bc64 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/Routes.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/Routes.kt
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ object MessagesLatestItem : LatestItem() {
 
         val newestItem = updateNewestItem(newNotes, account, ChatroomListKnownFeedFilter)
 
-        val lastTime = cache.load("Room/${newestItem?.author?.pubkeyHex}")
+        val roomUserHex = (newestItem?.event as? PrivateDmEvent)?.talkingWith(account.userProfile().pubkeyHex)
+
+        val lastTime = cache.load("Room/$roomUserHex")
 
         return (newestItem?.createdAt() ?: 0) > lastTime
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/MessageSetCompose.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/MessageSetCompose.kt
index 9400e9dc9..12c843973 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/MessageSetCompose.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/MessageSetCompose.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.res.painterResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.NotificationCache
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.R
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.model.PrivateDmEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.MessageSetCard
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.AccountViewModel
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.theme.newItemBackgroundColor
@@ -99,9 +100,11 @@ fun MessageSetCompose(messageSetCard: MessageSetCard, routeForLastRead: String,
                 MessageIcon()
 
                 Column(modifier = remember { Modifier.padding(start = 10.dp) }) {
+                    val routeForLastRead = "Room/${(baseNote.event as? PrivateDmEvent)?.talkingWith(loggedIn.pubkeyHex)}"
+
                     NoteCompose(
                         baseNote = baseNote,
-                        routeForLastRead = null,
+                        routeForLastRead = routeForLastRead,
                         isBoostedNote = true,
                         addMarginTop = false,
                         parentBackgroundColor = backgroundColor,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/NoteCompose.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/NoteCompose.kt
index d7894962b..2266b74bf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/NoteCompose.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/note/NoteCompose.kt
@@ -442,20 +442,7 @@ fun routeFor(note: Note, loggedIn: User): String? {
             return "Channel/${it.idHex}"
         }
     } else if (noteEvent is PrivateDmEvent) {
-        val replyAuthorBase =
-            (note.event as? PrivateDmEvent)
-                ?.verifiedRecipientPubKey()
-                ?.let { LocalCache.getOrCreateUser(it) }
-
-        var userToComposeOn = note.author!!
-
-        if (replyAuthorBase != null) {
-            if (note.author == loggedIn) {
-                userToComposeOn = replyAuthorBase
-            }
-        }
-
-        return "Room/${userToComposeOn.pubkeyHex}"
+        return "Room/${noteEvent.talkingWith(loggedIn.pubkeyHex)}"
     } else {
         return "Note/${note.idHex}"
     }