diff --git a/src/app/chat/core.nim b/src/app/chat/core.nim
index cace6a9ee7..2bcc98f101 100644
--- a/src/app/chat/core.nim
+++ b/src/app/chat/core.nim
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import ../../status/mailservers as mailserver_model
 import ../../status/messages as messages_model
 import ../../status/signals/types
 import ../../status/libstatus/types as status_types
+import ../../status/libstatus/settings as status_settings
 import ../../status/[chat, contacts, status, wallet, stickers]
 import view, views/channels_list, views/message_list, views/reactions, views/stickers as stickers_view
 import ../../eventemitter
@@ -34,8 +35,11 @@ proc init*(self: ChatController) =
   self.handleChatEvents()
   self.handleSignals()
 
+  let pubKey = status_settings.getSetting[string](Setting.PublicKey, "0x0")
+
+  self.view.pubKey = pubKey
   self.status.mailservers.init()
-  self.status.chat.init()
+  self.status.chat.init(pubKey)
   self.status.stickers.init()
   self.view.reactions.init()
 
diff --git a/src/app/chat/view.nim b/src/app/chat/view.nim
index c5dbdf1ab8..712c340cfe 100644
--- a/src/app/chat/view.nim
+++ b/src/app/chat/view.nim
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ QtObject:
       unreadMessageCnt: int
       oldestMessageTimestamp: int64
       loadingMessages: bool
+      pubKey*: string
 
   proc setup(self: ChatsView) = self.QAbstractListModel.setup
 
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ QtObject:
   proc plainText(self: ChatsView, input: string): string {.slot.} =
     result = plain_text(input)
 
-  proc sendMessage*(self: ChatsView, message: string, replyTo: string, contentType: int = ContentType.Message.int) {.slot.} =
+  proc sendMessage*(self: ChatsView, message: string, replyTo: string, contentType: int = ContentType.Message.int, isStatusUpdate: bool = false) {.slot.} =
     let aliasPattern = re(r"(@[A-z][a-z]+ [A-z][a-z]* [A-z][a-z]*)", flags = {reStudy, reIgnoreCase})
     let ensPattern = re(r"(@\w+(?=(\.stateofus)?\.eth))", flags = {reStudy, reIgnoreCase})
     let namePattern = re(r"(@\w+)", flags = {reStudy, reIgnoreCase})
@@ -137,7 +138,13 @@ QtObject:
     var m = self.replaceMentionsWithPubKeys(aliasMentions, contacts, message, (c => c.alias))
     m = self.replaceMentionsWithPubKeys(ensMentions, contacts, m, (c => c.ensName))
     m = self.replaceMentionsWithPubKeys(nameMentions, contacts, m, (c => c.ensName.split(".")[0]))
-    self.status.chat.sendMessage(self.activeChannel.id, m, replyTo, contentType)
+
+    var channelId = self.activeChannel.id
+
+    if isStatusUpdate:
+      channelId = "@" & self.pubKey
+
+    self.status.chat.sendMessage(channelId, m, replyTo, contentType)
 
   proc verifyMessageSent*(self: ChatsView, data: string) {.slot.} =
     let messageData = data.parseJson
@@ -148,12 +155,18 @@ QtObject:
     self.status.chat.resendMessage(messageId)
     self.messageList[chatId].resetTimeOut(messageId)
 
-  proc sendImage*(self: ChatsView, imagePath: string): string {.slot.} =
+  proc sendImage*(self: ChatsView, imagePath: string, isStatusUpdate: bool = false): string {.slot.} =
     result = ""
     try:
       var image = image_utils.formatImagePath(imagePath)
       let tmpImagePath = image_resizer(image, 2000, TMPDIR)
-      self.status.chat.sendImage(self.activeChannel.id, tmpImagePath)
+
+      var channelId = self.activeChannel.id
+      
+      if isStatusUpdate:
+        channelId = "@" & self.pubKey
+
+      self.status.chat.sendImage(channelId, tmpImagePath)
       removeFile(tmpImagePath)
     except Exception as e:
       error "Error sending the image", msg = e.msg
diff --git a/src/status/chat.nim b/src/status/chat.nim
index 1956b547d6..cccdf21764 100644
--- a/src/status/chat.nim
+++ b/src/status/chat.nim
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ proc updateContacts*(self: ChatModel, contacts: seq[Profile]) =
     self.contacts[c.id] = c
   self.events.emit("chatUpdate", ChatUpdateArgs(contacts: contacts))
 
-proc init*(self: ChatModel) =
-  let chatList = status_chat.loadChats()
+proc init*(self: ChatModel, pubKey: string) =
+  var chatList = status_chat.loadChats()
 
   var filters:seq[JsonNode] = @[]
   for chat in chatList: