diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/smsmessenger/activities/ThreadActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/smsmessenger/activities/ThreadActivity.kt
index 6fc6c5b5..dfc044ee 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/smsmessenger/activities/ThreadActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/smsmessenger/activities/ThreadActivity.kt
@@ -676,7 +676,9 @@ class ThreadActivity : SimpleActivity() {
             } else {
                 messages.first().participants
             }
-            maybeDisableShortCodeReply()
+            runOnUiThread {
+                maybeDisableShortCodeReply()
+            }
         }
     }