diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn.qml
index 20de136921..a9478ed490 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn.qml
@@ -47,32 +47,7 @@ StackLayout {
         }
     }
 
-    Item {
-        Layout.fillHeight: true
-        Layout.fillWidth: true
-        Item {
-            id: walkieTalkieContainer
-            anchors.left: parent.left
-            anchors.leftMargin: 200
-            anchors.right: parent.right
-            anchors.rightMargin: 200
-            anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
-            anchors.bottomMargin: 200
-            anchors.top: parent.top
-            anchors.topMargin: 100
-            Image {
-                source: "../../../onboarding/img/chat@2x.jpg"
-            }
-
-            Text {
-                text: "Select a chat to start messaging"
-                anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
-                font.weight: Font.DemiBold
-                font.pixelSize: 15
-                color: Theme.darkGrey
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    EmptyChat {}
 }
 
 /*##^##
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/EmptyChat.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/EmptyChat.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..948b288631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/EmptyChat.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import QtQuick 2.3
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.3
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.12 as QQC2
+import QtQuick.Layouts 1.3
+import Qt.labs.platform 1.1
+import "../../../../shared"
+import "../../../../imports"
+
+Item {
+    Layout.fillHeight: true
+    Layout.fillWidth: true
+    Item {
+        id: walkieTalkieContainer
+        anchors.left: parent.left
+        anchors.leftMargin: 200
+        anchors.right: parent.right
+        anchors.rightMargin: 200
+        anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
+        anchors.bottomMargin: 200
+        anchors.top: parent.top
+        anchors.topMargin: 100
+        Image {
+            source: "../../../../onboarding/img/chat@2x.jpg"
+        }
+
+        Text {
+            text: "Select a chat to start messaging"
+            anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+            font.weight: Font.DemiBold
+            font.pixelSize: 15
+            color: Theme.darkGrey
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/qmldir b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/qmldir
index 998dab5789..b2d97eefc7 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/qmldir
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/qmldir
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 TopBar 1.0 TopBar.qml
 ChatMessages 1.0 ChatMessages.qml
-ChatInput 1.0 ChatInput.qml
\ No newline at end of file
+ChatInput 1.0 ChatInput.qml
+EmptyChat 1.0 EmptyChat.qml
\ No newline at end of file