diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/models/loading.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/models/loading.cljs
index 622671d9c2..b5b89761a5 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/models/loading.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/models/loading.cljs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     {:db (update-in db [:chats chat-id] merge chat)}))
 
 (rf/defn load-chat
+  {:events [:chats-list/load-chat]}
   [_ chat-id]
   {:json-rpc/call [{:method     "wakuext_chat"
                     :params     [chat-id]
diff --git a/src/status_im2/contexts/shell/activity_center/events.cljs b/src/status_im2/contexts/shell/activity_center/events.cljs
index e0274d6648..4d368579ae 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/contexts/shell/activity_center/events.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/contexts/shell/activity_center/events.cljs
@@ -122,10 +122,13 @@
                       :on-error   [:activity-center/process-notification-failure notification-id
                                    :notification/mark-as-read]}]}))
 
-(rf/defn mark-as-read-success
-  {:events [:activity-center.notifications/mark-as-read-success]}
-  [cofx notification]
-  (notifications-reconcile cofx [(assoc notification :read true)]))
+(defn mark-as-read-success
+  [_ [{:keys [chat-id] :as notification}]]
+  {:fx [(when chat-id
+          [:dispatch [:chats-list/load-chat chat-id]])
+        [:dispatch [:activity-center.notifications/reconcile [(assoc notification :read true)]]]]})
+
+(rf/reg-event-fx :activity-center.notifications/mark-as-read-success mark-as-read-success)
 
 (rf/defn mark-as-unread
   {:events [:activity-center.notifications/mark-as-unread]}
diff --git a/src/status_im2/contexts/shell/activity_center/events_test.cljs b/src/status_im2/contexts/shell/activity_center/events_test.cljs
index 4fdc4ec1f4..8f0028e24a 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/contexts/shell/activity_center/events_test.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/contexts/shell/activity_center/events_test.cljs
@@ -63,16 +63,12 @@
                   (events/mark-as-read cofx (:id notif)))))))
 
 (deftest mark-as-read-success-test
-  (let [f-args (atom [])
-        cofx   {:db {}}
-        notif  {:id "0x1" :read false :type types/one-to-one-chat}]
-    (with-redefs [events/notifications-reconcile
-                  (fn [& args]
-                    (reset! f-args args)
-                    :result)]
-      (is (= :result (events/mark-as-read-success cofx notif)))
-      (is (match? [cofx [(assoc notif :read true)]]
-                  @f-args)))))
+  (let [cofx        {:db {}}
+        notif       {:id "0x1" :read false :type types/one-to-one-chat :chat-id "chat-id"}
+        expected-fx {:fx [[:dispatch [:chats-list/load-chat "chat-id"]]
+                          [:dispatch
+                           [:activity-center.notifications/reconcile [(assoc notif :read true)]]]]}]
+    (is (match? expected-fx (events/mark-as-read-success cofx [notif])))))
 
 (deftest mark-as-unread-test
   (testing "does nothing if the notification ID cannot be found in the app db"