diff --git a/app/actions/websocket/channel.ts b/app/actions/websocket/channel.ts
index f7814bb1e..6edc4013f 100644
--- a/app/actions/websocket/channel.ts
+++ b/app/actions/websocket/channel.ts
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export async function handleDirectAddedEvent(serverUrl: string, msg: WebSocketMe
         }
 
         const models: Model[] = [];
-        const channelModels = await storeMyChannelsForTeam(serverUrl, '', directChannels, memberships);
+        const channelModels = await storeMyChannelsForTeam(serverUrl, '', directChannels, memberships, true);
         if (channelModels.models?.length) {
             models.push(...channelModels.models);
         }
diff --git a/app/queries/servers/channel.ts b/app/queries/servers/channel.ts
index 754220d20..cc75653f5 100644
--- a/app/queries/servers/channel.ts
+++ b/app/queries/servers/channel.ts
@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@ export const queryUsersOnChannel = (database: Database, channelId: string) => {
 };
 
 export const getMembersCountByChannelsId = async (database: Database, channelsId: string[]) => {
+    const result = channelsId.reduce((r: Record<string, number>, cId) => {
+        r[cId] = 0;
+        return r;
+    }, {});
     const q = await database.get<ChannelMembershipModel>(CHANNEL_MEMBERSHIP).query(Q.where('channel_id', Q.oneOf(channelsId))).fetch();
     return q.reduce((r: Record<string, number>, m) => {
         if (r[m.channelId]) {
@@ -323,7 +327,7 @@ export const getMembersCountByChannelsId = async (database: Database, channelsId
 
         r[m.channelId] = 1;
         return r;
-    }, {});
+    }, result);
 };
 
 export const queryChannelsByTypes = (database: Database, channelTypes: ChannelType[]) => {