diff --git a/matrixgw_frontend/src/widgets/messages/MainMessagesWidget.tsx b/matrixgw_frontend/src/widgets/messages/MainMessagesWidget.tsx
index 9fdc242..05bc37f 100644
--- a/matrixgw_frontend/src/widgets/messages/MainMessagesWidget.tsx
+++ b/matrixgw_frontend/src/widgets/messages/MainMessagesWidget.tsx
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function _MainMessageWidget(p: {
       p.onRoomsListUpdate((r) => {
         const n = [...r];
         const idx = r.findIndex((el) => el.id === m.room_id);
-        if (idx)
+        if (idx && n[idx].notifications === "AllMessages")
           n[idx] = {
             ...n[idx],
             number_unread_messages: n[idx].number_unread_messages + 1,