diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/desktop/main/tabs/home/styles.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/desktop/main/tabs/home/styles.cljs
index 8a6a2ce617..086e7728ca 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/desktop/main/tabs/home/styles.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/desktop/main/tabs/home/styles.cljs
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@
   {:flex             1
    :padding-vertical 16})
 
-(def chat-name
-  {:font-size  14})
+(defn chat-name [current?]
+  {:font-size  14
+   :font-weight (if current?
+                  :bold
+                  :normal)})
 
 (def chat-last-message
   {:color      colors/gray
diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/desktop/main/tabs/home/views.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/desktop/main/tabs/home/views.cljs
index c6da157fdd..1088a4b9ca 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/desktop/main/tabs/home/views.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/desktop/main/tabs/home/views.cljs
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
                    (gfycat/generate-gfy public-key))
           [unviewed-messages-label large?] (if (< 9 unviewed-messages-count)
                                              ["9+" true]
-                                             [unviewed-messages-count false])]
-      [react/view {:style (styles/chat-list-item (= current-chat-id chat-id))}
+                                             [unviewed-messages-count false])
+          current? (= current-chat-id chat-id)]
+      [react/view {:style (styles/chat-list-item current?)}
        [react/view {:style styles/img-container}
         (if public?
           [react/view {:style (styles/topic-image color)}
@@ -49,8 +50,7 @@
            [icons/icon :icons/public-chat])
          [react/text {:ellipsize-mode  :tail
                       :number-of-lines 1
-                      :style           styles/chat-name
-                      :font            (if (= current-chat-id chat-id) :medium :default)}
+                      :style           (styles/chat-name current?)}
           name]]
         [react/text {:ellipsize-mode  :tail
                      :number-of-lines 1