diff --git a/app/components/channel-feed.jsx b/app/components/channel-feed.jsx
index 3001386..4767aa3 100644
--- a/app/components/channel-feed.jsx
+++ b/app/components/channel-feed.jsx
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export default function ChannelFeed(props) {
                         return;
                     }
 
-                    if (prev.optimistic || prev.id == update.id) {
+                    if (!!prev.optimistic || prev.id == update.id) {
 
                         let mp = [...messages];