diff --git a/src/app/modules/main/app_search/module.nim b/src/app/modules/main/app_search/module.nim
index c97f6cd645..2016085e70 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/main/app_search/module.nim
+++ b/src/app/modules/main/app_search/module.nim
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ proc getChatSubItems(self: Module, chats: seq[ChatDto], categories: seq[Category
   var categoryChats: OrderedTable[int, seq[ChatDto]] = initOrderedTable[int, seq[ChatDto]]()
 
   for chatDto in chats:
-    if chatDto.isHiddenChat:
+    if not chatDto.canView and not chatDto.missingEncryptionKey:
       continue
     
     var chatName = chatDto.name
diff --git a/src/app_service/service/chat/dto/chat.nim b/src/app_service/service/chat/dto/chat.nim
index 0b988ebce2..5f6152cfe2 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/chat/dto/chat.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/chat/dto/chat.nim
@@ -254,10 +254,6 @@ proc toChatDto*(jsonObj: JsonNode): ChatDto =
   discard jsonObj.getProp("readMessagesAtClockValue", result.readMessagesAtClockValue)
   discard jsonObj.getProp("unviewedMessagesCount", result.unviewedMessagesCount)
   discard jsonObj.getProp("unviewedMentionsCount", result.unviewedMentionsCount)
-  discard jsonObj.getProp("canPostReactions", result.canPostReactions)
-  discard jsonObj.getProp("canPost", result.canPost)
-  discard jsonObj.getProp("canView", result.canView)
-  discard jsonObj.getProp("viewersCanPostReactions", result.viewersCanPostReactions)
   discard jsonObj.getProp("alias", result.alias)
   discard jsonObj.getProp("muted", result.muted)
   discard jsonObj.getProp("categoryId", result.categoryId)
@@ -286,6 +282,17 @@ proc toChatDto*(jsonObj: JsonNode): ChatDto =
     (chatTypeInt >= ord(low(ChatType)) or chatTypeInt <= ord(high(ChatType)))):
       result.chatType = ChatType(chatTypeInt)
 
+  # Default those properties to true as they are only provided for community chats
+  # To be refactored with https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/issues/11694
+  result.canPostReactions = true
+  result.canPost = true
+  result.canView = true
+  result.viewersCanPostReactions = true
+  discard jsonObj.getProp("canPostReactions", result.canPostReactions)
+  discard jsonObj.getProp("canPost", result.canPost)
+  discard jsonObj.getProp("canView", result.canView)
+  discard jsonObj.getProp("viewersCanPostReactions", result.viewersCanPostReactions)
+
   var chatImage: string
   discard jsonObj.getProp("image", chatImage)
   if (result.chatType == ChatType.PrivateGroupChat and len(chatImage) > 0):