diff --git a/src/Cache.cpp b/src/Cache.cpp
index c22cd0d6..4f96f430 100644
--- a/src/Cache.cpp
+++ b/src/Cache.cpp
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ Cache::saveInvite(lmdb::txn &txn,
             auto display_name =
               msg->content.display_name.empty() ? msg->state_key : msg->content.display_name;
 
-            MemberInfo tmp{display_name, msg->content.avatar_url};
+            MemberInfo tmp{display_name, msg->content.avatar_url, msg->content.is_direct};
 
             membersdb.put(txn, msg->state_key, json(tmp).dump());
         } else {
@@ -2777,7 +2777,8 @@ Cache::getMembersFromInvite(const std::string &room_id, std::size_t startIndex,
         try {
             MemberInfo tmp = json::parse(user_data);
             members.emplace_back(RoomMember{QString::fromStdString(std::string(user_id)),
-                                            QString::fromStdString(tmp.name)});
+                                            QString::fromStdString(tmp.name),
+                                            tmp.is_direct});
         } catch (const json::exception &e) {
             nhlog::db()->warn("{}", e.what());
         }
@@ -4563,6 +4564,8 @@ to_json(json &j, const MemberInfo &info)
 {
     j["name"]       = info.name;
     j["avatar_url"] = info.avatar_url;
+    if (info.is_direct)
+        j["is_direct"] = info.is_direct;
 }
 
 void
@@ -4570,6 +4573,7 @@ from_json(const json &j, MemberInfo &info)
 {
     info.name       = j.at("name");
     info.avatar_url = j.at("avatar_url");
+    info.is_direct  = j.value("is_direct", false);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/CacheStructs.h b/src/CacheStructs.h
index e28f5b2d..01a050da 100644
--- a/src/CacheStructs.h
+++ b/src/CacheStructs.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct RoomMember
 {
     QString user_id;
     QString display_name;
+    bool is_direct = false;
 };
 
 //! Used to uniquely identify a list of read receipts.
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ struct MemberInfo
 {
     std::string name;
     std::string avatar_url;
+    bool is_direct = false;
 };
 
 void
diff --git a/src/timeline/RoomlistModel.cpp b/src/timeline/RoomlistModel.cpp
index 7d727659..79324628 100644
--- a/src/timeline/RoomlistModel.cpp
+++ b/src/timeline/RoomlistModel.cpp
@@ -586,8 +586,9 @@ RoomlistModel::initializeRooms()
     }
 
     invites = cache::client()->invites();
-    for (const auto &id : invites.keys())
+    for (const auto &id : invites.keys()) {
         roomids.push_back(id);
+    }
 
     for (const auto &id : cache::client()->roomIds())
         addRoom(id, true);
@@ -626,9 +627,17 @@ RoomlistModel::acceptInvite(QString roomid)
 {
     if (invites.contains(roomid)) {
         // Don't remove invite yet, so that we can switch to it
+        auto members = cache::getMembersFromInvite(roomid.toStdString(), 0, -1);
+        auto local   = utils::localUser();
+        for (const auto &m : members) {
+            if (m.user_id == local && m.is_direct) {
+                nhlog::db()->info("marking {} as direct", roomid.toStdString());
+                utils::markRoomAsDirect(roomid, members);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
         ChatPage::instance()->joinRoom(roomid);
-        utils::markRoomAsDirect(roomid,
-                                cache::client()->getMembersFromInvite(roomid.toStdString(), 0, -1));
     }
 }
 void