diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 803672cd9..b5ac4b949 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.94.6
+0.94.7
diff --git a/protocol/activity_center_persistence.go b/protocol/activity_center_persistence.go
index 31b89a9f1..76f3a131d 100644
--- a/protocol/activity_center_persistence.go
+++ b/protocol/activity_center_persistence.go
@@ -303,7 +303,14 @@ func (db sqlitePersistence) HasPendingNotificationsForChat(chatID string) (bool,
 		return false, err
 	}
 
-	return rows.Next(), nil
+	result := false
+
+	if rows.Next() {
+		result = true
+		rows.Close()
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
 }
 
 func (db sqlitePersistence) GetActivityCenterNotificationsByID(ids []types.HexBytes) ([]*ActivityCenterNotification, error) {