diff --git a/src/components/elements/Stub.jsx b/src/components/elements/Stub.jsx
index 7fb036ee..8615c1e2 100644
--- a/src/components/elements/Stub.jsx
+++ b/src/components/elements/Stub.jsx
@@ -145,17 +145,15 @@ export const renderStubs = (the_group, to, username, accounts) => {
     }
 
     const { privacy } = the_group
-    if (privacy !== 'public_group') {
-        const { amBanned, amMember, amModer, amPending } = getRoleInGroup(the_group, username)
-        const notMember = !amModer && !amMember
-        if (amBanned || notMember) {
-            composeStub = { ui: <Stub type='compose' banned={amBanned} notMember={notMember}
+    const { amBanned, amMember, amModer, amPending } = getRoleInGroup(the_group, username)
+    const notMember = !amModer && !amMember
+    if (amBanned || (privacy !== 'public_group' && notMember)) {
+        composeStub = { ui: <Stub type='compose' banned={amBanned} notMember={notMember}
+            pending={amPending} group={the_group} /> }
+        if (privacy === 'private_group') {
+            composeStub = { disabled: true }
+            msgsStub = { ui: <Stub type='messages' banned={amBanned} notMember={notMember}
                 pending={amPending} group={the_group} /> }
-            if (privacy === 'private_group') {
-                composeStub = { disabled: true }
-                msgsStub = { ui: <Stub type='messages' banned={amBanned} notMember={notMember}
-                    pending={amPending} group={the_group} /> }
-            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/redux/FetchDataSaga.js b/src/redux/FetchDataSaga.js
index 13def8b3..8da81304 100644
--- a/src/redux/FetchDataSaga.js
+++ b/src/redux/FetchDataSaga.js
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ export function* watchFetchState() {
     yield takeLatest('FETCH_STATE', fetchState)
 }
 
+const setMiniAccount = (state, account) => {
+    if (account) {
+        state.accounts[account.name] = account
+    }
+}
+const addMiniAccounts = (state, accounts) => {
+    if (accounts) {
+        for (const [n, acc] of Object.entries(accounts)) {
+            setMiniAccount(state, acc)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 export function* fetchState(location_change_action) {
     try {
 
@@ -59,8 +72,6 @@ export function* fetchState(location_change_action) {
 
             const account = yield select(state => state.user.getIn(['current', 'username']));
             if (account) {
-                accounts.add(account);
-
                 const posting = yield select(state => state.user.getIn(['current', 'private_keys', 'posting_private']))
 
                 const path = parts[1]
@@ -75,6 +86,7 @@ export function* fetchState(location_change_action) {
                                 ...loginData,
                                 owner: account, limit: 100,
                                 cache: Object.keys(conCache),
+                                accounts: true,
                             })
                         }
                     })
@@ -83,12 +95,13 @@ export function* fetchState(location_change_action) {
                     state.contacts = con.contacts
                     if (hasErr) return
                     console.timeEnd('prof: getContactsAsync')
+
+                    addMiniAccounts(state, con.accounts)
                 }
 
                 if (path) {
                     if (path.startsWith('@')) {
                         const to = path.replace('@', '');
-                        accounts.add(to);
 
                         state.messages = yield callSafe(state, [], 'getThreadAsync', [api, api.getThreadAsync], account, to, {});
                         if (hasErr) return
@@ -139,11 +152,7 @@ export function* fetchState(location_change_action) {
                             thRes = yield call(getThread)
                         }
 
-                        if (thRes.accounts) {
-                            for (const [n, acc] of Object.entries(thRes.accounts)) {
-                                state.accounts[n] = acc
-                            }
-                        }
+                        addMiniAccounts(state, thRes.accounts)
 
                         console.log('proc:' + thRes._dec_processed)
                         if (the_group && thRes.error) {
@@ -159,9 +168,6 @@ export function* fetchState(location_change_action) {
                         console.timeEnd('prof: getThreadAsync')
                     }
                 }
-                for (let contact of state.contacts) {
-                    accounts.add(contact.contact);
-                }
             }
 
             if (accounts.size > 0) {
@@ -295,6 +301,7 @@ export function* fetchGroupMembers({ payload: { group, creatingNew, memberTypes,
             sort_conditions: sortConditions,
             start_member: '',
             limit: 100,
+            accounts: true,
         })
 
         yield put(g.actions.receiveGroupMembers({ group, members }))
diff --git a/src/redux/GlobalReducer.js b/src/redux/GlobalReducer.js
index f8dc6138..0d415b83 100644
--- a/src/redux/GlobalReducer.js
+++ b/src/redux/GlobalReducer.js
@@ -359,6 +359,16 @@ export default createModule({
                     })
                     return gro
                 })
+                for (const mem of (members || [])) {
+                    if (mem.account_data) {
+                        const account = fromJS(mem.account_data)
+                        new_state = new_state.updateIn(
+                            ['accounts', account.get('name')],
+                            Map(),
+                            a => a.mergeDeep(account)
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
                 return new_state
             },
         },