diff --git a/protocol/communities_messenger_test.go b/protocol/communities_messenger_test.go
index fab89c9c8a5..56e8c060d58 100644
--- a/protocol/communities_messenger_test.go
+++ b/protocol/communities_messenger_test.go
@@ -3630,7 +3630,7 @@ func (s *MessengerCommunitiesSuite) TestHandleImport() {
 	message.Sig = crypto.FromECDSAPub(&s.owner.identity.PublicKey)
 	message.Payload = wrappedPayload
 
-	filter := s.alice.transport.FilterByChatID(chat.ID)
+	filter := s.alice.transport.FilterByChatID(community.MemberUpdateChannelID())
 	importedMessages := make(map[transport.Filter][]*types.Message, 0)
 
 	importedMessages[*filter] = append(importedMessages[*filter], message)
diff --git a/protocol/messenger_communities.go b/protocol/messenger_communities.go
index 392286c74bb..2a46717d2d0 100644
--- a/protocol/messenger_communities.go
+++ b/protocol/messenger_communities.go
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) initCommunityChats(community *communities.Community) ([]*Cha
 	chats := CreateCommunityChats(community, m.getTimesource())
 
 	for _, chat := range chats {
-		publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: chat.ID, PubsubTopic: community.PubsubTopic()})
+		publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: chat.ID, PubsubTopic: community.PubsubTopic(), ContentTopicOverrideID: community.MemberUpdateChannelID()})
 
 	}
 
@@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) CreateCommunityChat(communityID types.HexBytes, c *protobuf.
 	for chatID, chat := range changes.ChatsAdded {
 		c := CreateCommunityChat(changes.Community.IDString(), chatID, chat, m.getTimesource())
 		chats = append(chats, c)
-		publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: c.ID, PubsubTopic: changes.Community.PubsubTopic()})
+		publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: c.ID, PubsubTopic: changes.Community.PubsubTopic(), ContentTopicOverrideID: changes.Community.MemberUpdateChannelID()})
 
 		response.AddChat(c)
 	}
@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) EditCommunityChat(communityID types.HexBytes, chatID string,
 	for chatID, change := range changes.ChatsModified {
 		c := CreateCommunityChat(community.IDString(), chatID, change.ChatModified, m.getTimesource())
 		chats = append(chats, c)
-		publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: c.ID, PubsubTopic: community.PubsubTopic()})
+		publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: c.ID, PubsubTopic: community.PubsubTopic(), ContentTopicOverrideID: community.MemberUpdateChannelID()})
 		response.AddChat(c)
 	}
 
@@ -2498,8 +2498,8 @@ func (m *Messenger) DefaultFilters(o *communities.Community) []transport.Filters
 
 	filters := []transport.FiltersToInitialize{
 		{ChatID: cID, PubsubTopic: communityPubsubTopic},
-		{ChatID: updatesChannelID, PubsubTopic: communityPubsubTopic},
-		{ChatID: mlChannelID, PubsubTopic: communityPubsubTopic},
+		{ChatID: updatesChannelID, PubsubTopic: communityPubsubTopic, ContentTopicOverrideID: memberUpdateChannelID},
+		{ChatID: mlChannelID, PubsubTopic: communityPubsubTopic, ContentTopicOverrideID: memberUpdateChannelID},
 		{ChatID: memberUpdateChannelID, PubsubTopic: communityPubsubTopic},
 		{ChatID: uncompressedPubKey, PubsubTopic: shard.DefaultNonProtectedPubsubTopic()},
 	}
@@ -2725,7 +2725,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) UpdateCommunityFilters(community *communities.Community) err
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: communityChatID, PubsubTopic: community.PubsubTopic()})
+		publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: communityChatID, PubsubTopic: community.PubsubTopic(), ContentTopicOverrideID: community.MemberUpdateChannelID()})
 	}
 
 	_, err := m.transport.InitPublicFilters(publicFiltersToInit)
@@ -3419,8 +3419,9 @@ func (m *Messenger) handleCommunityResponse(state *ReceivedMessageState, communi
 
 			state.Response.AddChat(chat)
 			publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{
-				ChatID:      chat.ID,
-				PubsubTopic: community.PubsubTopic(),
+				ChatID:                 chat.ID,
+				PubsubTopic:            community.PubsubTopic(),
+				ContentTopicOverrideID: community.MemberUpdateChannelID(),
 			})
 			// Update name, currently is the only field is mutable
 		} else if oldChat.Name != chat.Name ||
diff --git a/protocol/transport/filters_manager.go b/protocol/transport/filters_manager.go
index 3ac990508b0..fb00be0def6 100644
--- a/protocol/transport/filters_manager.go
+++ b/protocol/transport/filters_manager.go
@@ -624,8 +624,13 @@ func (f *FiltersManager) LoadContactCode(pubKey *ecdsa.PublicKey) (*Filter, erro
 func (f *FiltersManager) addSymmetric(chatID string, pubsubTopic string, contentTopicID string) (*RawFilter, error) {
 	var symKeyID string
 	var err error
-
-	topic := ToTopic(chatID)
+	var topic []byte
+	if contentTopicID != "" {
+		//use override contentTopicID to generate contentTopic
+		topic = ToTopic(contentTopicID)
+	} else {
+		topic = ToTopic(chatID)
+	}
 	topics := [][]byte{topic}
 
 	symKey, ok := f.keys[chatID]
@@ -650,12 +655,6 @@ func (f *FiltersManager) addSymmetric(chatID string, pubsubTopic string, content
 		}
 	}
 
-	if contentTopicID != "" {
-		//add receive filter for the single default contentTopic for all community chats
-		topic = ToTopic(contentTopicID)
-		topics = append(topics, topic)
-	}
-
 	id, err := f.service.Subscribe(&types.SubscriptionOptions{
 		SymKeyID:    symKeyID,
 		PoW:         minPow,