diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs
index 302f9bbb56..746d7df12b 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Groups.hs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ type MaybeGroupMemberRow = ((Maybe Int64, Maybe Int64, Maybe MemberId, Maybe Ver
 
 toGroupInfo :: Int64 -> GroupInfoRow -> GroupInfo
 toGroupInfo userContactId ((groupId, localDisplayName, displayName, fullName, description, image, hostConnCustomUserProfileId, enableNtfs_, sendRcpts, favorite, groupPreferences) :. (createdAt, updatedAt, chatTs) :. userMemberRow) =
-  let membership = toGroupMember userContactId userMemberRow
+  let membership = (toGroupMember userContactId userMemberRow) {memberChatVRange = JVersionRange supportedChatVRange}
       chatSettings = ChatSettings {enableNtfs = fromMaybe MFAll enableNtfs_, sendRcpts, favorite}
       fullGroupPreferences = mergeGroupPreferences groupPreferences
       groupProfile = GroupProfile {displayName, fullName, description, image, groupPreferences}
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Messages.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Messages.hs
index 3429a24aaf..82acd646c7 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Messages.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Messages.hs
@@ -2092,7 +2092,9 @@ getGroupHistoryLastItems db user@User {userId} GroupInfo {groupId} count = do
           [sql|
             SELECT chat_item_id
             FROM chat_items
-            WHERE user_id = ? AND group_id = ? AND item_content_tag IN (?,?)
+            WHERE user_id = ? AND group_id = ?
+              AND item_content_tag IN (?,?)
+              AND item_deleted = 0
             ORDER BY item_ts DESC, chat_item_id DESC
             LIMIT ?
           |]
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs
index 4157c85c34..de2dfa8b58 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs
@@ -627,7 +627,8 @@ data GroupMember = GroupMember
     memberContactProfileId :: ProfileId,
     activeConn :: Maybe Connection,
     -- member chat protocol version range; if member has active connection, its version range is preferred;
-    -- for membership current supportedChatVRange is set, it's not updated on protocol version increase
+    -- for membership current supportedChatVRange is set, it's not updated on protocol version increase in database,
+    -- but it's correctly set on read (see toGroupInfo)
     memberChatVRange :: JVersionRange
   }
   deriving (Eq, Show)