diff --git a/gui/src/components/chat_conversations.vue b/gui/src/components/chat_conversations.vue
index 1281ed15..fa593212 100644
--- a/gui/src/components/chat_conversations.vue
+++ b/gui/src/components/chat_conversations.vue
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ function getDateTime(timestamp) {
         aria-controls="list-{{callsign}}-messages"
         @click="chatSelected(callsign)"
       >
+       <!-- Fixme Dirty hack for ensuring we have a value set for chatSelected... -->
+       <span style="display: none;">{{ key === 0 && void chatSelected(callsign) }}</span>
+       <!-- End of hack -->
+
+
         <div class="row">
           <div class="col-9 text-truncate">
             <strong>{{ callsign }}</strong>