diff --git a/lib/utils/push_helper.dart b/lib/utils/push_helper.dart
index 799407de7..3b1194690 100644
--- a/lib/utils/push_helper.dart
+++ b/lib/utils/push_helper.dart
@@ -202,16 +202,14 @@ Future<void> _tryPushHelper(
   final newMessage = Message(
     body,
     event.originServerTs,
-    event.senderId == event.room.directChatMatrixID
-        ? null
-        : Person(
-            bot: event.messageType == MessageTypes.Notice,
-            key: event.senderId,
-            name: event.senderFromMemoryOrFallback.calcDisplayname(),
-            icon: senderAvatarFile == null
-                ? null
-                : ByteArrayAndroidIcon(senderAvatarFile),
-          ),
+    Person(
+      bot: event.messageType == MessageTypes.Notice,
+      key: event.senderId,
+      name: event.senderFromMemoryOrFallback.calcDisplayname(),
+      icon: senderAvatarFile == null
+          ? null
+          : ByteArrayAndroidIcon(senderAvatarFile),
+    ),
   );
 
   final messagingStyleInformation = PlatformInfos.isAndroid