diff --git a/client/src/components/chat-conversation/chat-conversation.container.jsx b/client/src/components/chat-conversation/chat-conversation.container.jsx
index ffaa3d807..4a2992f6d 100644
--- a/client/src/components/chat-conversation/chat-conversation.container.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/chat-conversation/chat-conversation.container.jsx
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ function ChatConversationContainer({ bodyshop, selectedConversation }) {
 
       messages.forEach((message) => {
         const messageRef = client.cache.identify(message);
-
         // Write the new message to the cache
         client.cache.writeFragment({
           id: messageRef,
@@ -72,6 +71,9 @@ function ChatConversationContainer({ bodyshop, selectedConversation }) {
               const alreadyExists = existingMessages.some((msg) => msg.__ref === messageRef);
               if (alreadyExists) return existingMessages;
               return [...existingMessages, { __ref: messageRef }];
+            },
+            updated_at() {
+              return message.created_at;
             }
           }
         });
@@ -91,13 +93,6 @@ function ChatConversationContainer({ bodyshop, selectedConversation }) {
           }
         });
       });
-
-      client.cache.modify({
-        id: client.cache.identify({ __typename: "conversations", id: conversationId }),
-        fields: {
-          unreadcnt: () => 0
-        }
-      });
     },
     [client.cache]
   );