diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/ChatActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/ChatActivity.kt
index fdf5eb6e9..8723a4bee 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/ChatActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/ChatActivity.kt
@@ -411,12 +411,11 @@ class ChatActivity :
         setContentView(binding.root)
         setupSystemColors()
 
-        messageInputFragment = MessageInputFragment()
-
         conversationUser = currentUserProvider.currentUser.blockingGet()
-
         handleIntent(intent)
 
+        messageInputFragment = getMessageInputFragment()
+
         chatViewModel = ViewModelProvider(this, viewModelFactory)[ChatViewModel::class.java]
 
         messageInputViewModel = ViewModelProvider(this, viewModelFactory)[MessageInputViewModel::class.java]
@@ -457,6 +456,15 @@ class ChatActivity :
         }
     }
 
+    private fun getMessageInputFragment(): MessageInputFragment {
+        val internalId = conversationUser!!.id.toString() + "@" + roomToken
+        return MessageInputFragment().apply {
+            arguments = Bundle().apply {
+                putString(CONVERSATION_INTERNAL_ID, internalId)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     override fun onNewIntent(intent: Intent) {
         super.onNewIntent(intent)
         val extras: Bundle? = intent.extras
@@ -990,7 +998,7 @@ class ChatActivity :
             } else {
                 supportFragmentManager.commit {
                     setReorderingAllowed(true)
-                    replace(R.id.fragment_container_activity_chat, MessageInputFragment())
+                    replace(R.id.fragment_container_activity_chat, getMessageInputFragment())
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -3786,5 +3794,6 @@ class ChatActivity :
         private const val RESUME_AUDIO_TAG = "RESUME_AUDIO_TAG"
         private const val DELAY_TO_SHOW_PROGRESS_BAR = 1000L
         private const val FIVE_MINUTES_IN_SECONDS: Long = 300
+        const val CONVERSATION_INTERNAL_ID = "CONVERSATION_INTERNAL_ID"
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/MessageInputFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/MessageInputFragment.kt
index 9ddcc6c56..294692788 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/MessageInputFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/MessageInputFragment.kt
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class MessageInputFragment : Fragment() {
     lateinit var networkMonitor: NetworkMonitor
 
     lateinit var binding: FragmentMessageInputBinding
+    private lateinit var conversationInternalId: String
     private var typedWhileTypingTimerIsRunning: Boolean = false
     private var typingTimer: CountDownTimer? = null
     private lateinit var chatActivity: ChatActivity
@@ -122,6 +123,10 @@ class MessageInputFragment : Fragment() {
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
         sharedApplication!!.componentApplication.inject(this)
+        conversationInternalId = arguments?.getString(ChatActivity.CONVERSATION_INTERNAL_ID).orEmpty()
+        if (conversationInternalId.isEmpty()) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "internalId for conversation passed to MessageInputFragment is empty")
+        }
     }
 
     override fun onCreateView(inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?, savedInstanceState: Bundle?): View {
@@ -143,7 +148,7 @@ class MessageInputFragment : Fragment() {
 
     override fun onResume() {
         super.onResume()
-        chatActivity.messageInputViewModel.restoreMessageQueue(chatActivity.currentConversation!!.internalId)
+        chatActivity.messageInputViewModel.restoreMessageQueue(conversationInternalId)
     }
 
     override fun onDestroyView() {
@@ -728,9 +733,8 @@ class MessageInputFragment : Fragment() {
         }
     }
 
-    private fun isTypingStatusEnabled(): Boolean {
-        return !CapabilitiesUtil.isTypingStatusPrivate(chatActivity.conversationUser!!)
-    }
+    private fun isTypingStatusEnabled(): Boolean =
+        !CapabilitiesUtil.isTypingStatusPrivate(chatActivity.conversationUser!!)
 
     private fun uploadFile(fileUri: String, isVoiceMessage: Boolean, caption: String = "", token: String = "") {
         var metaData = ""