diff --git a/frontends/src/primitivus/chat.py b/frontends/src/primitivus/chat.py
index 9543d099..c4b58193 100644
--- a/frontends/src/primitivus/chat.py
+++ b/frontends/src/primitivus/chat.py
@@ -300,7 +300,11 @@ class Chat(urwid.WidgetWrap, QuickChat):
                 break
         else:
             self.content.append(new_text)
-        self._notify(from_jid, msg)
+        if not timestamp:
+            # XXX: do not send notifications for each line of the history being displayed
+            # FIXME: this must be changed in the future if the timestamp is passed with
+            # all messages and not only with the messages coming from the history.
+            self._notify(from_jid, msg)
 
     def printInfo(self, msg, type_='normal', timestamp=""):
         """Print general info