diff --git a/src/components/chat/ChatModel.cpp b/src/components/chat/ChatModel.cpp
index e84922a7f..3b644d7f4 100644
--- a/src/components/chat/ChatModel.cpp
+++ b/src/components/chat/ChatModel.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QImage>
-#include <QtDebug>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QUuid>
 
@@ -273,6 +272,8 @@ void ChatModel::setSipAddress (const QString &sipAddress) {
   mChatRoom = core->getChatRoomFromUri(::Utils::appStringToCoreString(sipAddress));
   Q_CHECK_PTR(mChatRoom.get());
 
+  handleIsComposingChanged(mChatRoom);
+
   if (mChatRoom->getUnreadMessagesCount() > 0)
     resetMessagesCount();
 
diff --git a/ui/modules/Linphone/Styles/Chat/ChatStyle.qml b/ui/modules/Linphone/Styles/Chat/ChatStyle.qml
index d36c16536..b6afcea10 100644
--- a/ui/modules/Linphone/Styles/Chat/ChatStyle.qml
+++ b/ui/modules/Linphone/Styles/Chat/ChatStyle.qml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ QtObject {
   property QtObject composingText: QtObject {
     property color color: Colors.b
     property int height: 25
-    property int leftPadding: 6
+    property int leftPadding: 20
     property int pointSize: Units.dp * 9
   }