diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Channel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Channel.kt
index 92d9d7759..e37331872 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Channel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/Channel.kt
@@ -20,11 +20,8 @@ class PublicChatChannel(idHex: String) : Channel(idHex) {
     var info = ChannelCreateEvent.ChannelData(null, null, null)
 
     fun updateChannelInfo(creator: User, channelInfo: ChannelCreateEvent.ChannelData, updatedAt: Long) {
-        this.creator = creator
         this.info = channelInfo
-        this.updatedMetadataAt = updatedAt
-
-        live.invalidateData()
+        super.updateChannelInfo(creator, updatedAt)
     }
 
     override fun toBestDisplayName(): String {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/LocalCache.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/LocalCache.kt
index 9f9c62aa5..d0c7453c4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/LocalCache.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/LocalCache.kt
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ object LocalCache {
 
     fun consume(event: ChannelMetadataEvent) {
         val channelId = event.channel()
-        // Log.d("MT", "New User ${users.size} ${event.contactMetaData.name}")
+        // Log.d("MT", "New PublicChatMetadata ${event.channelInfo()}")
         if (channelId.isNullOrBlank()) return
 
         // new event
@@ -789,10 +789,8 @@ object LocalCache {
 
         val author = getOrCreateUser(event.pubKey)
         if (event.createdAt > oldChannel.updatedMetadataAt) {
-            if (oldChannel.creator == null || oldChannel.creator == author) {
-                if (oldChannel is PublicChatChannel) {
-                    oldChannel.updateChannelInfo(author, event.channelInfo(), event.createdAt)
-                }
+            if (oldChannel is PublicChatChannel) {
+                oldChannel.updateChannelInfo(author, event.channelInfo(), event.createdAt)
             }
         } else {
             // Log.d("MT","Relay sent a previous Metadata Event ${oldUser.toBestDisplayName()} ${formattedDateTime(event.createdAt)} > ${formattedDateTime(oldUser.updatedAt)}")