diff --git a/tools/chatgui/db/db_manager.cpp b/tools/chatgui/db/db_manager.cpp
index 6e764378..0bcde3a2 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/db/db_manager.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/db/db_manager.cpp
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ QList<MessageRow> DbManager::getMessagesSince(const QString& chId, qint64 sinceI
         m.id           = sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, 0);
         m.authorNodeId = (quint64)sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, 1);
         QByteArray jdata = colBlob(stmt, 2);
+        m.contentType  = QString::fromUtf8(parseJsonField(jdata, "ct"));
+        if (m.contentType.isEmpty()) m.contentType = "text/plain";
         m.data         = parseJsonField(jdata, "d");
         m.timestamp    = sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, 3);
         m.datahash     = 0;
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/src/messagelist.cpp b/tools/chatgui/src/messagelist.cpp
index 35f6d4df..8444b86e 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/src/messagelist.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/src/messagelist.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void setVoiceMessageRoles(QStandardItem* item, const QByteArray& data,
     item->setData(ct, MsgContentTypeRole);
 
     if (ct == "audio/opus") {
-        QString raw = parseJsonField(data, "d");
+        QString raw = QString::fromUtf8(data);
         int pipe = raw.indexOf('|');
         QString fname = pipe >= 0 ? raw.left(pipe) : raw;
         QString dur = pipe >= 0 ? raw.mid(pipe + 1) : QString();