diff --git a/resources/qml/InviteDialog.qml b/resources/qml/InviteDialog.qml
index 5aaf0d6d..50287ad5 100644
--- a/resources/qml/InviteDialog.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/InviteDialog.qml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                     userid: model.mxid
                     url: model.avatarUrl.replace("mxc://", "image://MxcImage/")
                     displayName: model.displayName
-                    onClicked: Rooms.currentRoom.openUserProfile(model.mxid)
+                    onClicked: TimelineManager.openGlobalUserProfile(model.mxid)
                 }
 
                 ColumnLayout {
diff --git a/resources/qml/MessageView.qml b/resources/qml/MessageView.qml
index 564c8dc7..50cbd371 100644
--- a/resources/qml/MessageView.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/MessageView.qml
@@ -477,12 +477,23 @@ ScrollView {
 
         }
 
-        footer: Spinner {
+        footer: Item {
             anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
-            running: chat.model && chat.model.paginationInProgress
-            foreground: Nheko.colors.mid
+            anchors.margins: Nheko.paddingLarge
             visible: chat.model && chat.model.paginationInProgress
-            z: 3
+            // hacky, but works
+            height: loadingSpinner.height + 2 * Nheko.paddingLarge
+
+            Spinner {
+                id: loadingSpinner
+
+                anchors.centerIn: parent
+                anchors.margins: Nheko.paddingLarge
+                running: chat.model && chat.model.paginationInProgress
+                foreground: Nheko.colors.mid
+                z: 3
+            }
+
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp b/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp
index 4353ef62..a6922be7 100644
--- a/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp
+++ b/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp
@@ -393,6 +393,13 @@ TimelineViewManager::openInviteUsers(QString roomId)
         emit openInviteUsersDialog(model);
 }
 
+void
+TimelineViewManager::openGlobalUserProfile(QString userId)
+{
+        UserProfile *profile = new UserProfile{QString{}, userId, this};
+        emit openProfile(profile);
+}
+
 void
 TimelineViewManager::setVideoCallItem()
 {
diff --git a/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.h b/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.h
index bdec405a..54e3a935 100644
--- a/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.h
+++ b/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public:
         Q_INVOKABLE void openRoomMembers(QString room_id);
         Q_INVOKABLE void openRoomSettings(QString room_id);
         Q_INVOKABLE void openInviteUsers(QString roomId);
+        Q_INVOKABLE void openGlobalUserProfile(QString userId);
 
         Q_INVOKABLE void focusMessageInput();
         Q_INVOKABLE void openLeaveRoomDialog(QString roomid) const;