diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/Stats.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/Stats.hs
index 82170e90f..b462eaffa 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/Stats.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/Stats.hs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ data ServerStatsData = ServerStatsData
     _qCount :: Int,
     _msgCount :: Int
   }
+  deriving (Show)
 
 newServerStats :: UTCTime -> STM ServerStats
 newServerStats ts = do
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ setServerStats s d = do
   writeTVar (qDeleted s) $! _qDeleted d
   writeTVar (msgSent s) $! _msgSent d
   writeTVar (msgRecv s) $! _msgRecv d
-  setPeriodStats (activeQueuesNtf s) (_activeQueuesNtf d)
+  setPeriodStats (activeQueues s) (_activeQueues d)
   writeTVar (msgSentNtf s) $! _msgSentNtf d
   writeTVar (msgRecvNtf s) $! _msgRecvNtf d
   setPeriodStats (activeQueuesNtf s) (_activeQueuesNtf d)
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ data PeriodStatsData a = PeriodStatsData
     _week :: Set a,
     _month :: Set a
   }
+  deriving (Show)
 
 newPeriodStatsData :: PeriodStatsData a
 newPeriodStatsData = PeriodStatsData {_day = S.empty, _week = S.empty, _month = S.empty}
diff --git a/tests/ServerTests.hs b/tests/ServerTests.hs
index 66315336a..5a83e5f1e 100644
--- a/tests/ServerTests.hs
+++ b/tests/ServerTests.hs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 module ServerTests where
 
+import AgentTests.NotificationTests (removeFileIfExists)
 import Control.Concurrent (ThreadId, killThread, threadDelay)
 import Control.Concurrent.STM
 import Control.Exception (SomeException, try)
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import Data.Bifunctor (first)
 import Data.ByteString.Base64
 import Data.ByteString.Char8 (ByteString)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B
+import qualified Data.Set as S
 import SMPClient
 import qualified Simplex.Messaging.Crypto as C
 import Simplex.Messaging.Encoding
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ import Simplex.Messaging.Parsers (parseAll)
 import Simplex.Messaging.Protocol
 import Simplex.Messaging.Server.Env.STM (ServerConfig (..))
 import Simplex.Messaging.Server.Expiration
+import Simplex.Messaging.Server.Stats (PeriodStatsData (..), ServerStatsData (..))
 import Simplex.Messaging.Transport
 import System.Directory (removeFile)
 import System.TimeIt (timeItT)
@@ -605,6 +608,10 @@ logSize f =
 testRestoreMessages :: ATransport -> Spec
 testRestoreMessages at@(ATransport t) =
   it "should store messages on exit and restore on start" $ do
+    removeFileIfExists testStoreLogFile
+    removeFileIfExists testStoreMsgsFile
+    removeFileIfExists testServerStatsBackupFile
+
     (sPub, sKey) <- C.generateSignatureKeyPair C.SEd25519
     recipientId <- newTVarIO ""
     recipientKey <- newTVarIO Nothing
@@ -632,11 +639,15 @@ testRestoreMessages at@(ATransport t) =
       Resp "6" _ (ERR QUOTA) <- signSendRecv h sKey ("6", sId, _SEND "hello 6")
       pure ()
 
+    rId <- readTVarIO recipientId
+
     logSize testStoreLogFile `shouldReturn` 2
     logSize testStoreMsgsFile `shouldReturn` 5
+    logSize testServerStatsBackupFile `shouldReturn` 16
+    Right stats1 <- strDecode <$> B.readFile testServerStatsBackupFile
+    checkStats stats1 [rId] 5 1
 
     withSmpServerStoreMsgLogOn at testPort . runTest t $ \h -> do
-      rId <- readTVarIO recipientId
       Just rKey <- readTVarIO recipientKey
       Just dh <- readTVarIO dhShared
       let dec = decryptMsgV3 dh
@@ -650,9 +661,11 @@ testRestoreMessages at@(ATransport t) =
     logSize testStoreLogFile `shouldReturn` 1
     -- the last message is not removed because it was not ACK'd
     logSize testStoreMsgsFile `shouldReturn` 3
+    logSize testServerStatsBackupFile `shouldReturn` 16
+    Right stats2 <- strDecode <$> B.readFile testServerStatsBackupFile
+    checkStats stats2 [rId] 5 3
 
     withSmpServerStoreMsgLogOn at testPort . runTest t $ \h -> do
-      rId <- readTVarIO recipientId
       Just rKey <- readTVarIO recipientKey
       Just dh <- readTVarIO dhShared
       let dec = decryptMsgV3 dh
@@ -667,9 +680,13 @@ testRestoreMessages at@(ATransport t) =
 
     logSize testStoreLogFile `shouldReturn` 1
     logSize testStoreMsgsFile `shouldReturn` 0
+    logSize testServerStatsBackupFile `shouldReturn` 16
+    Right stats3 <- strDecode <$> B.readFile testServerStatsBackupFile
+    checkStats stats3 [rId] 5 5
 
     removeFile testStoreLogFile
     removeFile testStoreMsgsFile
+    removeFile testServerStatsBackupFile
   where
     runTest :: Transport c => TProxy c -> (THandle c -> IO ()) -> ThreadId -> Expectation
     runTest _ test' server = do
@@ -679,6 +696,20 @@ testRestoreMessages at@(ATransport t) =
     runClient :: Transport c => TProxy c -> (THandle c -> IO ()) -> Expectation
     runClient _ test' = testSMPClient test' `shouldReturn` ()
 
+checkStats :: ServerStatsData -> [RecipientId] -> Int -> Int -> Expectation
+checkStats s qs sent received = do
+  _qCreated s `shouldBe` length qs
+  _qSecured s `shouldBe` length qs
+  _qDeleted s `shouldBe` 0
+  _msgSent s `shouldBe` sent
+  _msgRecv s `shouldBe` received
+  _msgSentNtf s `shouldBe` 0
+  _msgRecvNtf s `shouldBe` 0
+  let PeriodStatsData {_day, _week, _month} = _activeQueues s
+  S.toList _day `shouldBe` qs
+  S.toList _week `shouldBe` qs
+  S.toList _month `shouldBe` qs
+
 testRestoreMessagesV2 :: ATransport -> Spec
 testRestoreMessagesV2 at@(ATransport t) =
   it "should store messages on exit and restore on start" $ do