diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/composable/NostrEventDetailScreen.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/composable/NostrEventDetailScreen.kt
index 205f0fb6..845bce53 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/composable/NostrEventDetailScreen.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/composable/NostrEventDetailScreen.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ fun NostrEventDetailScreen(
     nostrRepository: NostrRepository,
     onNavigateBack: () -> Unit,
     onNavigateToEvent: (Route) -> Unit,
+    onNavigateToDirectMessage: (Route) -> Unit,
     onNavigateToEditProfile: () -> Unit,
     onNavigateToWriteAReply: (String) -> Unit,
     onNavigateToQuoteNostrEvent: (String) -> Unit,
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ fun NostrEventDetailScreen(
                         localNostrEvent = feedListUIState.localNostrEvent,
                         onNavigateBack = onNavigateBack,
                         onNavigateToEvent = onNavigateToEvent,
+                        onNavigateToChatRoom = onNavigateToDirectMessage,
                         onNavigateToEditProfile = onNavigateToEditProfile,
                         nostrRepository = nostrRepository
                     )
@@ -167,7 +169,8 @@ It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic types
                 onNavigateToEvent = {},
                 onNavigateToWriteAReply = {},
                 onNavigateToEditProfile = {},
-                onNavigateToQuoteNostrEvent = {}
+                onNavigateToQuoteNostrEvent = {},
+                onNavigateToDirectMessage = {}
             )
         }
     }
diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/composable/navigation/AuxNavHost.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/composable/navigation/AuxNavHost.kt
index 05d16c05..8e3a90c1 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/composable/navigation/AuxNavHost.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/composable/navigation/AuxNavHost.kt
@@ -423,7 +423,12 @@ fun AuxNavHost(
                             quotedEventId = nostrEventId
                         )
                     )
-                }
+                },
+                onNavigateToDirectMessage = { route ->
+                    navController.navigate(
+                        route = route
+                    )
+                },
             )
         }
         composable<ImplementationPendingRoute> { backStackEntry ->
diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/composable/widgets/detail/MetadataEventDetail.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/composable/widgets/detail/MetadataEventDetail.kt
index 788473ec..f710aa9e 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/composable/widgets/detail/MetadataEventDetail.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/composable/widgets/detail/MetadataEventDetail.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import ac.cord.auxiliary.compose.database.model.NostrEvent
 import ac.cord.auxiliary.compose.database.model.Profile
 import ac.cord.auxiliary.compose.database.model.intermdiate.LocalNostrEvent
 import ac.cord.auxiliary.compose.repository.NostrRepository
+import ac.cord.auxiliary.compose.ui.composable.navigation.routes.ImplementationPendingRoute
 import ac.cord.auxiliary.compose.ui.composable.navigation.routes.Route
 import ac.cord.auxiliary.compose.ui.composable.widgets.profile.ProfileAvatar
 import ac.cord.auxiliary.compose.ui.theme.AuxTheme
@@ -27,11 +28,11 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.size
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyColumn
 import androidx.compose.foundation.pager.HorizontalPager
 import androidx.compose.foundation.pager.rememberPagerState
-import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.CircleShape
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.ArrowBackIosNew
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Bolt
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Error
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Mail
 import androidx.compose.material3.Button
 import androidx.compose.material3.ExperimentalMaterial3Api
 import androidx.compose.material3.ExperimentalMaterial3ExpressiveApi
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.key
 import androidx.compose.runtime.rememberCoroutineScope
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
-import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
 import androidx.compose.ui.input.nestedscroll.nestedScroll
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextAlign
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ fun MetadataEventDetail(
     onNavigateBack: () -> Unit,
     onNavigateToEvent: (Route) -> Unit,
     onNavigateToEditProfile: () -> Unit,
+    onNavigateToChatRoom: (Route) -> Unit,
     nostrRepository: NostrRepository
 ) {
     val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
@@ -162,6 +163,20 @@ fun MetadataEventDetail(
                                 modifier = Modifier.weight(1f)
                             )
 
+                            if (!metadataEventDetailViewModel.isActiveUser()) {
+                                IconButton(
+                                    onClick = {
+                                        onNavigateToChatRoom.invoke(
+                                            ImplementationPendingRoute("Direct message")
+                                        )
+                                    }
+                                ) {
+                                    Icon(
+                                        Icons.Default.Mail,
+                                        contentDescription = "Direct Message"
+                                    )
+                                }
+                            }
 
 
                             when(val metadataEventDetailUIState = metadataEventDetailViewModel.metadataEventDetailUIState) {
@@ -383,6 +398,7 @@ private fun MetadataEventEventDetailPreview() {
                 onNavigateBack = {},
                 onNavigateToEvent = {},
                 onNavigateToEditProfile = {},
+                onNavigateToChatRoom = {},
                 nostrRepository = NostrRepository.NO_OP_NOSTR_REPOSITORY
             )
         }
diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/view/model/MetadataEventDetailViewModel.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/view/model/MetadataEventDetailViewModel.kt
index dcb96625..df70b6bb 100755
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/view/model/MetadataEventDetailViewModel.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/ac/cord/auxiliary/compose/ui/view/model/MetadataEventDetailViewModel.kt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class MetadataEventDetailViewModel(
                 logger.d("We found relations: $relations")
 
                 metadataEventDetailUIState = MetadataEventDetailUIState.Loaded(
-                    isActiveUser = activePublicKey == publicKey,
+                    isActiveUser = isActiveUser(activePublicKey),
                     followingActiveUserConnection = relations.find { connection -> connection.sourcePublicKey == publicKey && connection.destinationPublicKey == activePublicKey },
                     followedByActiveUserConnection = relations.find { connection -> connection.sourcePublicKey == activePublicKey && connection.destinationPublicKey == publicKey }
                 )
@@ -87,6 +87,18 @@ class MetadataEventDetailViewModel(
         }
     }
 
+    fun isActiveUser(activePublicKey: HexKey): Boolean {
+        return activePublicKey == publicKey
+    }
+
+    fun isActiveUser(): Boolean {
+        val activePublicKey = SeedManager.activePublicKey().toHexKey()
+
+        return isActiveUser(
+            activePublicKey = activePublicKey
+        )
+    }
+
     fun getSynchronizationFilter(
         metadataEventDetailType: MetadataEventDetailType
     ) = when (metadataEventDetailType) {