diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ChannelFeed.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ChannelFeed.cpp
index 21f4e52ad..7775f790e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ChannelFeed.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ChannelFeed.cpp
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ void ChannelFeed::subscribeChannel()
 #endif
 
     if (rsChannels) {
-        rsChannels->channelSubscribe(mChannelId, true, true);
+        rsChannels->channelSubscribe(mChannelId, true, false);
     }
 
     updateChannelMsgs();