diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/model/SimpleXAPI.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/model/SimpleXAPI.kt
index b3e2a681fa..b9dc4b897f 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/model/SimpleXAPI.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/model/SimpleXAPI.kt
@@ -599,19 +599,13 @@ open class ChatController(private val ctrl: ChatCtrl, val ntfManager: NtfManager
     return null
   }
 
-  suspend fun apiAddMember(groupId: Long, contactId: Long, memberRole: GroupMemberRole) {
+  suspend fun apiAddMember(groupId: Long, contactId: Long, memberRole: GroupMemberRole): GroupMember? {
     val r = sendCmd(CC.ApiAddMember(groupId, contactId, memberRole))
-    if (r is CR.SentGroupInvitation) return
+    if (r is CR.SentGroupInvitation) return r.member
     Log.e(TAG, "apiAddMember bad response: ${r.responseType} ${r.details}")
+    return null
   }
 
-//  suspend fun apiAddMember(groupId: Long, contactId: Long, memberRole: GroupMemberRole): GroupMember? {
-//    val r = sendCmd(CC.ApiAddMember(groupId, contactId, memberRole))
-//    if (r is CR.SentGroupInvitation) return r.member
-//    Log.e(TAG, "apiAddMember bad response: ${r.responseType} ${r.details}")
-//    return null
-//  }
-
   suspend fun apiJoinGroup(groupId: Long) {
     val r = sendCmd(CC.ApiJoinGroup(groupId))
     when (r) {
@@ -1407,8 +1401,7 @@ sealed class CR {
   @Serializable @SerialName("contactsList") class ContactsList(val contacts: List<Contact>): CR()
   // group events
   @Serializable @SerialName("groupCreated") class GroupCreated(val groupInfo: GroupInfo): CR()
-  @Serializable @SerialName("sentGroupInvitation") class SentGroupInvitation(val groupInfo: GroupInfo, val contact: Contact): CR()
-//  @Serializable @SerialName("sentGroupInvitation") class SentGroupInvitation(val groupInfo: GroupInfo, val contact: Contact, val member: GroupMember): CR()
+  @Serializable @SerialName("sentGroupInvitation") class SentGroupInvitation(val groupInfo: GroupInfo, val contact: Contact, val member: GroupMember): CR()
   @Serializable @SerialName("userAcceptedGroupSent") class UserAcceptedGroupSent (val groupInfo: GroupInfo): CR()
   @Serializable @SerialName("userDeletedMember") class UserDeletedMember(val groupInfo: GroupInfo, val member: GroupMember): CR()
   @Serializable @SerialName("leftMemberUser") class LeftMemberUser(val groupInfo: GroupInfo): CR()
@@ -1577,7 +1570,7 @@ sealed class CR {
     is ChatItemDeleted -> "deletedChatItem:\n${json.encodeToString(deletedChatItem)}\ntoChatItem:\n${json.encodeToString(toChatItem)}"
     is ContactsList -> json.encodeToString(contacts)
     is GroupCreated -> json.encodeToString(groupInfo)
-    is SentGroupInvitation -> "groupInfo: $groupInfo\ncontact: $contact"
+    is SentGroupInvitation -> "groupInfo: $groupInfo\ncontact: $contact\nmember: $member"
     is UserAcceptedGroupSent -> json.encodeToString(groupInfo)
     is UserDeletedMember -> "groupInfo: $groupInfo\nmember: $member"
     is LeftMemberUser -> json.encodeToString(groupInfo)
diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chat/group/AddGroupMembersView.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chat/group/AddGroupMembersView.kt
index 57dc06f4c3..b88c0b5470 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chat/group/AddGroupMembersView.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/chat/group/AddGroupMembersView.kt
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ fun AddGroupMembersView(groupInfo: GroupInfo, chatModel: ChatModel, close: () ->
     inviteMembers = {
       withApi {
         selectedContacts.forEach {
-          chatModel.controller.apiAddMember(groupInfo.groupId, it, selectedRole.value)
-          // chatModel.upsertGroupMember(groupInfo, member)
+          val member = chatModel.controller.apiAddMember(groupInfo.groupId, it, selectedRole.value)
+          if (member != null) {
+            chatModel.upsertGroupMember(groupInfo, member)
+          }
         }
         close.invoke()
       }
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
index fd114528a9..d7dd4c7b9d 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
@@ -567,18 +567,12 @@ func apiNewGroup(_ p: GroupProfile) throws -> GroupInfo {
     throw r
 }
 
-func apiAddMember(_ groupId: Int64, _ contactId: Int64, _ memberRole: GroupMemberRole) async throws {
+func apiAddMember(_ groupId: Int64, _ contactId: Int64, _ memberRole: GroupMemberRole) async throws -> GroupMember {
     let r = await chatSendCmd(.apiAddMember(groupId: groupId, contactId: contactId, memberRole: memberRole))
-    if case .sentGroupInvitation = r { return }
+    if case let .sentGroupInvitation(_, _, member) = r { return member }
     throw r
 }
 
-//func apiAddMember(_ groupId: Int64, _ contactId: Int64, _ memberRole: GroupMemberRole) async throws -> GroupMember {
-//    let r = await chatSendCmd(.apiAddMember(groupId: groupId, contactId: contactId, memberRole: memberRole))
-//    if case let .sentGroupInvitation(_, _, member) = r { return member }
-//    throw r
-//}
-
 enum JoinGroupResult {
     case joined(groupInfo: GroupInfo)
     case invitationRemoved
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/Group/AddGroupMembersView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/Group/AddGroupMembersView.swift
index 7e4b9cbafa..d001d9ff0c 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/Group/AddGroupMembersView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/Group/AddGroupMembersView.swift
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ struct AddGroupMembersView: View {
             Task {
                 do {
                     for contactId in selectedContacts {
-                        try await apiAddMember(groupInfo.groupId, contactId, selectedRole)
-                        // await MainActor.run { ChatModel.shared.upsertGroupMember(groupInfo, member) }
+                        let member = try await apiAddMember(groupInfo.groupId, contactId, selectedRole)
+                        await MainActor.run { _ = ChatModel.shared.upsertGroupMember(groupInfo, member) }
                     }
                     await MainActor.run { dismiss() }
                     if let cb = addedMembersCb { cb(selectedContacts) }
diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/APITypes.swift b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/APITypes.swift
index 61e32fcef3..1fc620c0a3 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/APITypes.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/APITypes.swift
@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ public enum ChatResponse: Decodable, Error {
     case contactsList(contacts: [Contact])
     // group events
     case groupCreated(groupInfo: GroupInfo)
-    case sentGroupInvitation(groupInfo: GroupInfo, contact: Contact)
-//    case sentGroupInvitation(groupInfo: GroupInfo, contact: Contact, member: GroupMember)
+    case sentGroupInvitation(groupInfo: GroupInfo, contact: Contact, member: GroupMember)
     case userAcceptedGroupSent(groupInfo: GroupInfo)
     case userDeletedMember(groupInfo: GroupInfo, member: GroupMember)
     case leftMemberUser(groupInfo: GroupInfo)
@@ -437,7 +436,7 @@ public enum ChatResponse: Decodable, Error {
             case let .chatItemDeleted(deletedChatItem, toChatItem): return "deletedChatItem:\n\(String(describing: deletedChatItem))\ntoChatItem:\n\(String(describing: toChatItem))"
             case let .contactsList(contacts): return String(describing: contacts)
             case let .groupCreated(groupInfo): return String(describing: groupInfo)
-            case let .sentGroupInvitation(groupInfo, contact): return "groupInfo: \(groupInfo)\ncontact: \(contact)"
+            case let .sentGroupInvitation(groupInfo, contact, member): return "groupInfo: \(groupInfo)\ncontact: \(contact)\nmember: \(member)"
             case let .userAcceptedGroupSent(groupInfo): return String(describing: groupInfo)
             case let .userDeletedMember(groupInfo, member): return "groupInfo: \(groupInfo)\nmember: \(member)"
             case let .leftMemberUser(groupInfo): return String(describing: groupInfo)