diff --git a/lib/pages/chat/chat_event_list.dart b/lib/pages/chat/chat_event_list.dart
index 3fc1aac9c..fed94554a 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat/chat_event_list.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat/chat_event_list.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:fluffychat/pages/chat/seen_by_row.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pages/chat/typing_indicators.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pages/user_bottom_sheet/user_bottom_sheet.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/extensions/pangea_room_extension/pangea_room_extension.dart';
+import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/utils/instructions.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/widgets/chat/locked_chat_message.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/utils/account_config.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/utils/adaptive_bottom_sheet.dart';
@@ -40,6 +41,19 @@ class ChatEventList extends StatelessWidget {
     final hasWallpaper =
         controller.room.client.applicationAccountConfig.wallpaperUrl != null;
 
+    // #Pangea
+    // after the chat event list mounts, if the user hasn't yet seen this instruction
+    // card, attach it on top of the first shown message
+    WidgetsBinding.instance.addPostFrameCallback((_) {
+      controller.pangeaController.instructions.show(
+        context,
+        InstructionsEnum.clickMessage,
+        events[0].eventId,
+        true,
+      );
+    });
+    // Pangea#
+
     return SelectionArea(
       child: ListView.custom(
         padding: EdgeInsets.only(
diff --git a/lib/pangea/widgets/igc/pangea_rich_text.dart b/lib/pangea/widgets/igc/pangea_rich_text.dart
index 5f8dc615e..cee67cafd 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/widgets/igc/pangea_rich_text.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/widgets/igc/pangea_rich_text.dart
@@ -121,13 +121,6 @@ class PangeaRichTextState extends State<PangeaRichText> {
         InstructionsEnum.blurMeansTranslate,
         widget.pangeaMessageEvent.eventId,
       );
-    } else {
-      pangeaController.instructions.show(
-        context,
-        InstructionsEnum.clickMessage,
-        widget.pangeaMessageEvent.eventId,
-        true,
-      );
     }
 
     //TODO - take out of build function of every message