diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Helper.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Helper.java
index b59e27174d..ea9b7aea9a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Helper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Helper.java
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ public class Helper {
             draft.to = new Address[]{myAddress()};
             draft.subject = context.getString(R.string.app_name) + " " + BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME + " debug info";
             draft.received = new Date().getTime();
+            draft.seen = true;
+            draft.ui_seen = true;
             draft.id = db.message().insertMessage(draft);
             writeText(draft.getFile(context), body);
             db.message().setMessageContent(draft.id, true, HtmlHelper.getPreview(body), null);