diff --git a/deltachat-ios/Chat/ChatViewController.swift b/deltachat-ios/Chat/ChatViewController.swift
index b71953082..905638301 100644
--- a/deltachat-ios/Chat/ChatViewController.swift
+++ b/deltachat-ios/Chat/ChatViewController.swift
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ class ChatViewController: UITableViewController, UITableViewDropDelegate {
             showWebxdcViewFor(message: message)
         case (_, DC_INFO_WEBXDC_INFO_MESSAGE):
             if let parent = message.parent {
-                scrollToMessage(msgId: parent.id)
+                showWebxdcViewFor(message: parent)
             }
         case (_, DC_INFO_PROTECTION_ENABLED):
             showProtectionEnabledDialog()