diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs
index 67bb4f9194..7301635d83 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Library/Commands.hs
@@ -532,10 +532,9 @@ processChatCommand vr nm = \case
           GroupChat gInfo (Just GCSIMemberSupport {groupMember_ = Just scopeMem}) -> do
             case correctedMemAttention scopeMem chatItems of
               Just newMemAttention -> do
-                scopeMem' <- withFastStore $ \db -> do
-                  liftIO $ setSupportChatMemberAttention db (groupMemberId' scopeMem) newMemAttention
-                  getGroupMemberById db vr user (groupMemberId' scopeMem)
-                pure $ groupChat {chatInfo = GroupChat gInfo (Just $ GCSIMemberSupport (Just scopeMem'))}
+                (gInfo', scopeMem') <-
+                  withFastStore' $ \db -> setSupportChatMemberAttention db vr user gInfo scopeMem newMemAttention
+                pure $ groupChat {chatInfo = GroupChat gInfo' (Just $ GCSIMemberSupport (Just scopeMem'))}
               Nothing -> pure groupChat
           _ -> pure groupChat
         where
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Messages.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Messages.hs
index d0658b281d..ae2b6f46cc 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Messages.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Messages.hs
@@ -501,9 +501,20 @@ setSupportChatTs :: DB.Connection -> GroupMemberId -> UTCTime -> IO ()
 setSupportChatTs db groupMemberId chatTs =
   DB.execute db "UPDATE group_members SET support_chat_ts = ? WHERE group_member_id = ?" (chatTs, groupMemberId)
 
-setSupportChatMemberAttention :: DB.Connection -> GroupMemberId -> Int64 -> IO ()
-setSupportChatMemberAttention db groupMemberId memberAttention =
-  DB.execute db "UPDATE group_members SET support_chat_items_member_attention = ? WHERE group_member_id = ?" (memberAttention, groupMemberId)
+setSupportChatMemberAttention :: DB.Connection -> VersionRangeChat -> User -> GroupInfo -> GroupMember -> Int64 -> IO (GroupInfo, GroupMember)
+setSupportChatMemberAttention db vr user g m memberAttention = do
+  m' <- updateGMAttention m
+  g' <- updateGroupMembersRequireAttention db user g m m'
+  pure (g', m')
+  where
+    updateGMAttention m@GroupMember {groupMemberId} = do
+      currentTs <- getCurrentTime
+      DB.execute
+        db
+        "UPDATE group_members SET support_chat_items_member_attention = ?, updated_at = ? WHERE group_member_id = ?"
+        (memberAttention, currentTs, groupMemberId' m)
+      m_ <- runExceptT $ getGroupMemberById db vr user groupMemberId
+      pure $ either (const m) id m_ -- Left shouldn't happen, but types require it
 
 createNewSndChatItem :: DB.Connection -> User -> ChatDirection c 'MDSnd -> SndMessage -> CIContent 'MDSnd -> Maybe (CIQuote c) -> Maybe CIForwardedFrom -> Maybe CITimed -> Bool -> UTCTime -> IO ChatItemId
 createNewSndChatItem db user chatDirection SndMessage {msgId, sharedMsgId} ciContent quotedItem itemForwarded timed live createdAt =
diff --git a/tests/ChatTests/Groups.hs b/tests/ChatTests/Groups.hs
index 0aca66113d..7a2f0d8e7a 100644
--- a/tests/ChatTests/Groups.hs
+++ b/tests/ChatTests/Groups.hs
@@ -8104,6 +8104,7 @@ testScopedSupportUnreadStatsCorrectOnOpen =
     alice <## "members require attention: 1"
     alice <## "bob (Bob) (id 2): unread: 3, require attention: 3, mentions: 0"
 
+    -- opening chat should correct group_members.support_chat_items_member_attention value if it got out of sync
     void $ withCCTransaction alice $ \db ->
       DB.execute db "UPDATE group_members SET support_chat_items_member_attention=100 WHERE group_member_id=?" (Only (2 :: Int64))
 
@@ -8123,6 +8124,21 @@ testScopedSupportUnreadStatsCorrectOnOpen =
     alice ##> "/member support chats #team"
     alice <## "members require attention: 0"
     alice <## "bob (Bob) (id 2): unread: 0, require attention: 0, mentions: 0"
+
+    -- opening chat should also correct groups.members_require_attention value if corrected member no longer requires attention
+    void $ withCCTransaction alice $ \db -> do
+      DB.execute db "UPDATE group_members SET support_chat_items_member_attention=100 WHERE group_member_id=?" (Only (2 :: Int64))
+      DB.execute db "UPDATE groups SET members_require_attention=1 WHERE group_id=?" (Only (1 :: Int64))
+
+    alice ##> "/member support chats #team"
+    alice <## "members require attention: 1"
+    alice <## "bob (Bob) (id 2): unread: 0, require attention: 100, mentions: 0"
+
+    alice #$> ("/_get chat #1(_support:2) count=100", chat, [(0, "1"), (0, "2"), (0, "3"), (0, "4"), (0, "5")])
+
+    alice ##> "/member support chats #team"
+    alice <## "members require attention: 0"
+    alice <## "bob (Bob) (id 2): unread: 0, require attention: 0, mentions: 0"
   where
     opts =
       testOpts