diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.cpp
index 43b4688e9..5e54135ee 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.cpp
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ void NotifyQt::notifyChatLobbyEvent(uint64_t lobby_id,uint32_t event_type,const
 
 void NotifyQt::notifyChatShow(const std::string& peer_id)
 {
-	emit raiseChatWindow(RsPeerId(peer_id)) ;
+	emit raiseChatWindow(QString::fromStdString(peer_id)) ;
 }
 
 void NotifyQt::notifyChatStatus(const std::string& peer_id,const std::string& status_string,bool is_private)
@@ -527,9 +527,9 @@ void NotifyQt::notifyChatStatus(const std::string& peer_id,const std::string& st
 	emit chatStatusChanged(QString::fromStdString(peer_id),QString::fromUtf8(status_string.c_str()),is_private) ;
 }
 
-void NotifyQt::raiseChatWindow_slot(const RsPeerId& peer_str)
+void NotifyQt::raiseChatWindow_slot(const QString& peer_str)
 {
-	ChatDialog::chatFriend(peer_str) ;
+	ChatDialog::chatFriend(RsPeerId(peer_str.toStdString())) ;
 }
 
 void NotifyQt::notifyTurtleSearchResult(uint32_t search_id,const std::list<TurtleFileInfo>& files) 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.h
index 690334728..9634b796c 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/notifyqt.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class NotifyQt: public QObject, public NotifyClient
 		void peerStatusChangedSummary() const;
 		void publicChatChanged(int type) const ;
 		void privateChatChanged(int list, int type) const ;
-		void raiseChatWindow(const RsPeerId&) const ;
+		void raiseChatWindow(const QString&) const ;
 		void groupsChanged(int type) const ;
 		void discInfoChanged() const ;
 		void downloadComplete(const QString& /* fileHash */);
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class NotifyQt: public QObject, public NotifyClient
 		void runningTick();
 		void handleSignatureEvent() ;
 		void handleChatLobbyTimeShift(int) ;
-		void raiseChatWindow_slot(const RsPeerId&) ;
+		void raiseChatWindow_slot(const QString&) ;
 
 	private:
 		NotifyQt();