diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
index 24a77cb3d3..d1a16f73a8 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ func filterMembersToAdd(_ ms: [GMember]) -> [Contact] {
     let memberContactIds = ms.compactMap{ m in m.wrapped.memberCurrent ? m.wrapped.memberContactId : nil }
     return ChatModel.shared.chats
         .compactMap{ $0.chatInfo.contact }
-        .filter{ !memberContactIds.contains($0.apiId) }
+        .filter{ c in c.ready && c.active && !memberContactIds.contains(c.apiId) }
         .sorted{ $0.displayName.lowercased() < $1.displayName.lowercased() }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/group/AddGroupMembersView.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/group/AddGroupMembersView.kt
index e4f31748cc..dcf3b36a5b 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/group/AddGroupMembersView.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chat/group/AddGroupMembersView.kt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ fun getContactsToAdd(chatModel: ChatModel, search: String): List<Contact> {
     .map { it.chatInfo }
     .filterIsInstance<ChatInfo.Direct>()
     .map { it.contact }
-    .filter { it.contactId !in memberContactIds && it.chatViewName.lowercase().contains(s) }
+    .filter { c -> c.ready && c.active && c.contactId !in memberContactIds && c.chatViewName.lowercase().contains(s) }
     .sortedBy { it.displayName.lowercase() }
     .toList()
 }