1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/room.cpp b/lib/room.cpp
index 1f239322..b461b0a1 100644
--- a/lib/room.cpp
+++ b/lib/room.cpp
@@ -2457,7 +2457,9 @@ void Room::Private::addHistoricalMessageEvents(RoomEvents&& events)
             emit q->updatedEvent(relation.eventId);
         }
     }
-    updateUnreadCount(from, historyEdge());
+    if (updateUnreadCount(from, historyEdge()) != NoChange)
+        connection->saveRoomState(q);
+
     // When there are no unread messages and the read marker is within the
     // known timeline, unreadMessages == -1
     // (see https://github.com/quotient-im/libQuotient/wiki/unread_count).