diff --git a/src/messageeventmodel.cpp b/src/messageeventmodel.cpp
index 91dffd7bd..afdcbc305 100644
--- a/src/messageeventmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/messageeventmodel.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ void MessageEventModel::setRoom(NeoChatRoom *room)
     m_currentRoom = room;
     if (room) {
         room->setDisplayed();
+        room->getPreviousContent(50);
         lastReadEventId = room->readMarkerEventId();
 
         using namespace Quotient;