diff --git a/src/viewmodels/ChatterboxViewModel.ts b/src/viewmodels/ChatterboxViewModel.ts
index af2de40fb1827fa761eb0a6f6f492da2289feeac..f225dbcf79987edbde8d15639dc7fbf6a8e799dc 100644
--- a/src/viewmodels/ChatterboxViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/viewmodels/ChatterboxViewModel.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export class ChatterboxViewModel extends ViewModel {
         const roomStatusObservable = await this._session.observeRoomStatus(roomBeingCreated.id);
         await roomStatusObservable.waitFor(status => status === (RoomStatus.BeingCreated | RoomStatus.Replaced)).promise;
         const roomId = roomBeingCreated.roomId;
+        await this.platform.settingsStorage.setString("created-room-id", roomId);
         room = this._session.rooms.get(roomId);
         return room;
     }
diff --git a/src/viewmodels/RootViewModel.ts b/src/viewmodels/RootViewModel.ts
index 43387c833e29da7c05127e5b809e7e2800bf5041..82e515ccbde432136c005c35f9135fc601bb8cae 100644
--- a/src/viewmodels/RootViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/viewmodels/RootViewModel.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ViewModel, Client, Navigation, createRouter, Platform } from "hydrogen-view-sdk";
+import { ViewModel, Client, Navigation, createRouter, Platform, RoomStatus } from "hydrogen-view-sdk";
 import { IChatterboxConfig } from "../types/IChatterboxConfig";
 import { ChatterboxViewModel } from "./ChatterboxViewModel";
 import "hydrogen-view-sdk/style.css";
@@ -99,8 +99,11 @@ export class RootViewModel extends ViewModel {
         return false;
     }
 
-    private _watchNotificationCount() {
-        const [room] = this._client.session.rooms.values();
+    private async _watchNotificationCount() {
+        const roomId = await this.platform.settingsStorage.getString("created-room-id") ?? this._config.auto_join_room;
+        const observable = await this._client.session.observeRoomStatus(roomId);
+        await observable.waitFor((status) => status === RoomStatus.Joined).promise;
+        const room = this._client.session.rooms.get(roomId);
         let previousCount = room.notificationCount;
         (window as any).sendNotificationCount(previousCount);
         const subscription = {