diff --git a/src/app/modules/main/communities/models/curated_community_item.nim b/src/app/modules/main/communities/models/curated_community_item.nim
index 0d9a20f167..b98986a694 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/main/communities/models/curated_community_item.nim
+++ b/src/app/modules/main/communities/models/curated_community_item.nim
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type
     tags: string
     members: int
     activeMembers: int
+    featured: bool
 
 proc initCuratedCommunityItem*(
   id: string,
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ proc initCuratedCommunityItem*(
   color: string,
   tags: string,
   members: int,
-  activeMembers: int
+  activeMembers: int,
+  featured: bool
 ): CuratedCommunityItem =
   result.id = id
   result.name = name
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ proc initCuratedCommunityItem*(
   result.tags  = tags
   result.members = members
   result.activeMembers = activeMembers
+  result.featured = featured
 
 proc `$`*(self: CuratedCommunityItem): string =
   result = fmt"""CuratedCommunityItem(
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ proc `$`*(self: CuratedCommunityItem): string =
     tags: {self.tags},
     members: {self.members}
     activeMembers: {self.activeMembers}
+    featured: {self.featured}
     ]"""
 
 proc getId*(self: CuratedCommunityItem): string =
@@ -77,3 +81,6 @@ proc getColor*(self: CuratedCommunityItem): string =
 
 proc getTags*(self: CuratedCommunityItem): string =
   return self.tags
+
+proc getFeatured*(self: CuratedCommunityItem): bool =
+  return self.featured
diff --git a/src/app/modules/main/communities/models/curated_community_model.nim b/src/app/modules/main/communities/models/curated_community_model.nim
index bfc2d0960e..2f1bb31b40 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/main/communities/models/curated_community_model.nim
+++ b/src/app/modules/main/communities/models/curated_community_model.nim
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ QtObject:
       ModelRole.ActiveMembers.int:"activeMembers",
       ModelRole.Color.int:"color",
       ModelRole.Popularity.int:"popularity",
-      ModelRole.Tags.int:"tags"
+      ModelRole.Tags.int:"tags",
     }.toTable
 
   method data(self: CuratedCommunityModel, index: QModelIndex, role: int): QVariant =
@@ -96,11 +96,7 @@ QtObject:
       of ModelRole.Tags:
         result = newQVariant(item.getTags())
       of ModelRole.Featured:
-        # TODO: replace this with a real value
-        var featured = false
-        if index.row < 3:
-          featured = true
-        result = newQVariant(featured)
+        result = newQVariant(item.getFeatured())
 
   proc findIndexById(self: CuratedCommunityModel, id: string): int =
     for i in 0 ..< self.items.len:
diff --git a/src/app/modules/main/communities/module.nim b/src/app/modules/main/communities/module.nim
index ce4dd985cb..3e4b1a0ed5 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/main/communities/module.nim
+++ b/src/app/modules/main/communities/module.nim
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ proc getCuratedCommunityItem(self: Module, c: CommunityDto): CuratedCommunityIte
       c.color,
       c.tags,
       len(c.members),
-      int(c.activeMembersCount))
+      int(c.activeMembersCount),
+      c.featuredInDirectory)
 
 proc getDiscordCategoryItem(self: Module, c: DiscordCategoryDto): DiscordCategoryItem =
   return initDiscordCategoryItem(
diff --git a/src/app_service/service/community/dto/community.nim b/src/app_service/service/community/dto/community.nim
index 2cce20e5ac..ed71370fd7 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/community/dto/community.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/community/dto/community.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {.used.}
 
+import std/jsonutils
 import json, sequtils, sugar, tables, strutils, json_serialization
 
 import ../../../../backend/communities
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ type CommunityDto* = object
   isMember*: bool
   muted*: bool
   listedInDirectory*: bool
+  featuredInDirectory*: bool
   pendingRequestsToJoin*: seq[CommunityMembershipRequestDto]
   settings*: CommunitySettingsDto
   adminSettings*: CommunityAdminSettingsDto
@@ -355,7 +357,12 @@ proc parseCuratedCommunities*(response: JsonNode): seq[CommunityDto] =
     result = parseKnownCuratedCommunities(response["communities"])
   if (response["unknownCommunities"].kind == JArray):
     result = concat(result, parseUnknownCuratedCommunities(response["unknownCommunities"]))
-  
+  if (response["contractFeaturedCommunities"].kind == JArray):
+    let featuredCommunityIDs = response["contractFeaturedCommunities"].to(seq[string])
+    for i in 0..<result.len:
+      let communityID = result[i].id
+      result[i].featuredInDirectory = any(featuredCommunityIDs, id => id == communityID)
+
 proc contains(arrayToSearch: seq[int], searched: int): bool =
   for element in arrayToSearch:
     if element == searched: