diff --git a/src/gui/Base/HListView.qml b/src/gui/Base/HListView.qml
index 2cec4317..3ea29bca 100644
--- a/src/gui/Base/HListView.qml
+++ b/src/gui/Base/HListView.qml
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ ListView {
 
     // https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qml-qtquick-viewtransition.html
     // #handling-interrupted-animations
+    populate: add
+
     add: Transition {
         // ScriptAction { script: if (listView.debug) print("add") }
         HNumberAnimation { property: "opacity"; from: 0; to: 1 }
diff --git a/src/gui/PageLoader.qml b/src/gui/PageLoader.qml
index e0445cb5..be761a07 100644
--- a/src/gui/PageLoader.qml
+++ b/src/gui/PageLoader.qml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ HLoader {
     property var history: []
     property int historyLength: 20
 
+    readonly property alias appearAnimation: appearAnimation
+
     signal aboutToRecycle()
     signal recycled()
     signal previousShown(string componentUrl, var properties)
diff --git a/src/gui/Pages/Chat/RoomPane/MemberView/MemberView.qml b/src/gui/Pages/Chat/RoomPane/MemberView/MemberView.qml
index 777b3424..1d640b88 100644
--- a/src/gui/Pages/Chat/RoomPane/MemberView/MemberView.qml
+++ b/src/gui/Pages/Chat/RoomPane/MemberView/MemberView.qml
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ HColumnLayout {
             id: memberList
             clip: true
 
-            model: ModelStore.get(modelSyncId)
-
             delegate: MemberDelegate {
                 id: member
                 width: memberList.width
@@ -69,6 +67,22 @@ HColumnLayout {
 
             Keys.onMenuPressed:
                 if (currentItem) currentItem.doRightClick(false)
+
+            Timer {
+                id: updateModelTimer
+                interval: pageLoader.appearAnimation.duration
+                running: true
+                onTriggered: memberList.model = ModelStore.get(modelSyncId)
+            }
+
+            Connections {
+                target: pageLoader
+
+                function onRecycled() {
+                    memberList.model = null
+                    updateModelTimer.restart()
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         Layout.fillWidth: true
@@ -102,6 +116,7 @@ HColumnLayout {
 
                 onTextChanged: {
                     stackView.pop(stackView.initialItem)
+                    if (! stackView.currentItem.model) return
                     py.callCoro("set_string_filter", [modelSyncId, text])
                 }