diff --git a/storybook/main.qml b/storybook/main.qml
index 1092ecf877..90d5227041 100644
--- a/storybook/main.qml
+++ b/storybook/main.qml
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         ListElement {
              title: "CreateChannelPopup"
         }
+        ListElement {
+            title: "UserListPanel"
+        }
     }
 
     SplitView {
diff --git a/storybook/pages/UserListPanelPage.qml b/storybook/pages/UserListPanelPage.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6381589833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storybook/pages/UserListPanelPage.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import QtQuick 2.14
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.14
+import AppLayouts.Chat.panels 1.0
+
+import utils 1.0
+
+import Storybook 1.0
+
+SplitView {
+    id: root
+
+    Logs { id: logs }
+
+    orientation: Qt.Vertical
+
+    property bool globalUtilsReady: false
+    property bool mainModuleReady: false
+
+    ListModel {
+        id: model
+
+        ListElement {
+            pubKey: "0x043a7ed0e8d1012cf04"
+            onlineStatus: 1
+            isContact: true
+            isVerified: true
+            isAdmin: false
+            isUntrustworthy: false
+            displayName: "Mike"
+            alias: ""
+            localNickname: ""
+            ensName: ""
+            icon: "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADIAAAAyCAYAAAAeP4ixAAAAlklEQVR4nOzW0QmDQBAG4SSkl7SUQlJGCrElq9F3QdjjVhh/5nv3cFhY9vUIYQiNITSG0BhCExPynn1gWf9bx498P7/
+                  nzPcxEzGExhBdJGYihtAYQlO+tUZvqrPbqeudo5iJGEJjCE15a3VtodH3q2ImYgiNITTlTdG1nUZ5a92VITQxITFiJmIIjSE0htAYQrMHAAD//+wwFVpz+yqXAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"
+            colorId: 7
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            pubKey: "0x04df12f12f12f12f1234"
+            onlineStatus: 0
+            isContact: true
+            isVerified: true
+            isAdmin: false
+            isUntrustworthy: false
+            displayName: "Jane"
+            alias: ""
+            localNickname: ""
+            ensName: ""
+            icon: ""
+            colorId: 7
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            pubKey: "0x04d1b7cc0ef3f470f1238"
+            onlineStatus: 0
+            isContact: true
+            isVerified: false
+            isAdmin: false
+            isUntrustworthy: true
+            displayName: "John"
+            alias: ""
+            localNickname: "Johny Johny"
+            ensName: ""
+            icon: ""
+            colorId: 7
+        }
+        ListElement {
+            pubKey: "0x04d1bed192343f470f1255"
+            onlineStatus: 1
+            isContact: true
+            isVerified: true
+            isAdmin: false
+            isUntrustworthy: true
+            displayName: ""
+            alias: "meth"
+            localNickname: ""
+            ensName: "maria.eth"
+            icon: ""
+            colorId: 7
+        }
+    }
+
+    // globalUtilsInst mock
+    QtObject {
+        function getCompressedPk(publicKey) { return "zx3sh" + publicKey }
+
+        function getColorHashAsJson(publicKey) {
+            return JSON.stringify([{colorId: 0, segmentLength: 1},
+                                   {colorId: 19, segmentLength: 2}])
+        }
+
+        function isCompressedPubKey(publicKey) { return true }
+
+        Component.onCompleted: {
+            Utils.globalUtilsInst = this
+            root.globalUtilsReady = true
+        }
+        Component.onDestruction: {
+            root.globalUtilsReady = false
+            Utils.globalUtilsInst = {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    // mainModuleInst mock
+    QtObject {
+        function getContactDetailsAsJson(publicKey, getVerificationRequest) {
+            return JSON.stringify({ ensVerified: false })
+        }
+        Component.onCompleted: {
+            Utils.mainModuleInst = this
+            root.mainModuleReady = true
+        }
+        Component.onDestruction: {
+            root.mainModuleReady = false
+            Utils.mainModuleInst = {}
+        }
+    }
+    Item {
+        SplitView.fillWidth: true
+        SplitView.fillHeight: true
+
+        Loader {
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            active: globalUtilsReady && mainModuleReady
+
+            sourceComponent: UserListPanel {
+                usersModel: model
+                messageContextMenu: null
+                label: "Some label"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    LogsAndControlsPanel {
+        id: logsAndControlsPanel
+
+        SplitView.minimumHeight: 100
+        SplitView.preferredHeight: 200
+
+        logsView.logText: logs.logText
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/panels/UserListPanel.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/panels/UserListPanel.qml
index 63f080ad2e..08e6e6e0c8 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/panels/UserListPanel.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/panels/UserListPanel.qml
@@ -16,15 +16,10 @@ Item {
     id: root
     anchors.fill: parent
 
-    // Important:
-    // Each chat/channel has its own ChatContentModule and each ChatContentModule has a single usersModule
-    // usersModule on the backend contains everything needed for this component
-    property var usersModule
+    property var usersModel
     property var messageContextMenu
     property string label
 
-    property var rootStore
-
     StatusBaseText {
         id: titleText
         anchors.top: parent.top
@@ -63,7 +58,7 @@ Item {
             displayMarginEnd: anchors.bottomMargin
 
             model: SortFilterProxyModel {
-                sourceModel: usersModule.model
+                sourceModel: root.usersModel
 
                 sorters: [
                     RoleSorter {
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/panels/qmldir b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/panels/qmldir
index fb8721e1df..3a2f2024e7 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/panels/qmldir
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/panels/qmldir
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 SuggestionBoxPanel 1.0 SuggestionBoxPanel.qml
+UserListPanel 1.0 UserListPanel.qml
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/views/ChatView.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/views/ChatView.qml
index 9ac02fa292..09bc1aafac 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/views/ChatView.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/views/ChatView.qml
@@ -113,16 +113,15 @@ StatusSectionLayout {
     rightPanel: Component {
         id: userListComponent
         UserListPanel {
-            rootStore: root.rootStore
             label: qsTr("Members")
             messageContextMenu: quickActionMessageOptionsMenu
-            usersModule: {
+            usersModel: {
                 let chatContentModule = root.rootStore.currentChatContentModule()
                 if (!chatContentModule || !chatContentModule.usersModule) {
                     // New communities have no chats, so no chatContentModule
-                    return {}
+                    return 0
                 }
-                return chatContentModule.usersModule
+                return chatContentModule.usersModule.model
             }
         }
     }