diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/ChatView.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/ChatView.kt
index 9db72b2f21..d9f96c734b 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/ChatView.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/ChatView.kt
@@ -1006,6 +1006,10 @@ fun BoxScope.ChatItemsList(
   val loadingMoreItems = remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
   val animatedScrollingInProgress = remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
   val ignoreLoadingRequests = remember(remoteHostId) { mutableSetOf<Long>() }
+  LaunchedEffect(chatInfo.id, searchValueIsEmpty.value) {
+    if (searchValueIsEmpty.value && reversedChatItems.value.size < ChatPagination.INITIAL_COUNT)
+      ignoreLoadingRequests.add(reversedChatItems.value.lastOrNull()?.id ?: return@LaunchedEffect)
+  }
   if (!loadingMoreItems.value) {
     PreloadItems(chatInfo.id, if (searchValueIsEmpty.value) ignoreLoadingRequests else mutableSetOf(), mergedItems, listState, ChatPagination.UNTIL_PRELOAD_COUNT) { chatId, pagination ->
       if (loadingMoreItems.value) return@PreloadItems false
@@ -1557,7 +1561,7 @@ private fun PreloadItemsBefore(
         val lastVisibleIndex = (listState.value.layoutInfo.visibleItemsInfo.lastOrNull()?.index ?: 0)
         var lastIndexToLoadFrom: Int? = findLastIndexToLoadFromInSplits(firstVisibleIndex, lastVisibleIndex, remaining, splits)
         val items = chatModel.chatItems.value
-        if (splits.isEmpty() && items.isNotEmpty() && lastVisibleIndex > mergedItems.value.items.size - remaining && items.size >= ChatPagination.INITIAL_COUNT) {
+        if (splits.isEmpty() && items.isNotEmpty() && lastVisibleIndex > mergedItems.value.items.size - remaining) {
           lastIndexToLoadFrom = items.lastIndex
         }
         if (allowLoad.value && lastIndexToLoadFrom != null) {