diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/components-data/chat-context/context.jsx b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/components-data/chat-context/context.jsx
index e72e79c4a1f01525e78ff8ddfd5c0e1331244adf..3e12ba996840d21945525e161e2b2c0049d8d5a7 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/components-data/chat-context/context.jsx
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/components-data/chat-context/context.jsx
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ const reducer = (state, action) => {
           count: 0,
           lastSender: '',
           chatIndexes: {},
+          syncing: false,
           preJoinMessages: {},
           posJoinMessages: {},
           unreadTimeWindows: new Set(),