diff --git a/src/status_im/new_group/screen_private.cljs b/src/status_im/new_group/screen_private.cljs
index ed99083ce3..3c2ac2ce2a 100644
--- a/src/status_im/new_group/screen_private.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/new_group/screen_private.cljs
@@ -96,4 +96,7 @@
        [sticky-button (label :t/save)
         (if (= group-type :contact-group)
           #(dispatch [:create-new-group group-name])
-          #(dispatch [:create-new-group-chat group-name]))])]))
+          #(dispatch [:create-new-group-chat group-name]))
+        ;; once? set to true, so once component is mounted, on-press handler
+        ;; will be executed only once
+        true])]))
diff --git a/src/status_im/new_group/views/chat_group_settings.cljs b/src/status_im/new_group/views/chat_group_settings.cljs
index afa607d01f..c622e6d111 100644
--- a/src/status_im/new_group/views/chat_group_settings.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/new_group/views/chat_group_settings.cljs
@@ -72,4 +72,7 @@
        [view st/separator]
        [group-chat-settings-btns]]]
      (when save-btn-enabled?
-       [sticky-button (label :t/save) #(dispatch [:set-chat-name])])]))
+       [sticky-button (label :t/save) #(dispatch [:set-chat-name])
+        ;; once? set to true, so once component is mounted, on-press handler
+        ;; will be executed only once
+        true])]))