diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chat/item/TextItemView.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chat/item/TextItemView.kt
index 08cc9cae36..e4339d3d7f 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chat/item/TextItemView.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chat/item/TextItemView.kt
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ fun MarkdownText (
     else -> "    "
   }
   CompositionLocalProvider(
-    // When we draw `sender` is has issues on LTR languages set globally with RTL text language
-    LocalLayoutDirection provides if (textLayoutDirection != LocalLayoutDirection.current && sender == null)
+    LocalLayoutDirection provides if (textLayoutDirection != LocalLayoutDirection.current)
       if (LocalLayoutDirection.current == LayoutDirection.Ltr) LayoutDirection.Rtl else LayoutDirection.Ltr
     else
       LocalLayoutDirection.current
diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chatlist/ChatPreviewView.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chatlist/ChatPreviewView.kt
index 9a8e9f4762..2f12619e81 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chatlist/ChatPreviewView.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chatlist/ChatPreviewView.kt
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ fun ChatPreviewView(chat: Chat, chatModelIncognito: Boolean, currentUserProfileD
       MarkdownText(
         ci.text,
         ci.formattedText,
-        sender = null,
+        sender = if (cInfo is ChatInfo.Group && !ci.chatDir.sent) ci.memberDisplayName else null,
+        senderBold = true,
         metaText = null,
         maxLines = 2,
         overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis,