diff --git a/src/app_service/service/community/service.nim b/src/app_service/service/community/service.nim
index e907af2c7cf..1e7ace20a0b 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/community/service.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/community/service.nim
@@ -528,8 +528,10 @@ QtObject:
         self.communities[community.id] = community
         self.events.emit(SIGNAL_COMMUNITY_ADDED, CommunityArgs(community: community))
 
-        if (community.joined and community.isMember):
+        if community.joined and community.isMember:
           self.events.emit(SIGNAL_COMMUNITY_JOINED, CommunityArgs(community: community, fromUserAction: false))
+        elif community.spectated:
+          self.events.emit(SIGNAL_COMMUNITY_SPECTATED, CommunityArgs(community: community, fromUserAction: false, isPendingOwnershipRequest: false))
         return
 
       let prevCommunity = self.communities[community.id]
@@ -554,6 +556,12 @@ QtObject:
       except Exception:
         discard
 
+      # community was joined
+      if not prevCommunity.joined and community.joined:
+        self.events.emit(SIGNAL_COMMUNITY_JOINED, CommunityArgs(community: community, fromUserAction: false))
+      elif not prevCommunity.spectated and community.spectated:
+        self.events.emit(SIGNAL_COMMUNITY_SPECTATED, CommunityArgs(community: community, fromUserAction: false, isPendingOwnershipRequest: false))
+
       # ownership lost
       if prevCommunity.isOwner and not community.isOwner:
         self.events.emit(SIGNAL_COMMUNITY_LOST_OWNERSHIP, CommunityIdArgs(communityId: community.id))
diff --git a/vendor/status-go b/vendor/status-go
index 0fc843266f7..45418a8c53b 160000
--- a/vendor/status-go
+++ b/vendor/status-go
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0fc843266f74c4ce90c7230d89bdd8ef75b0a2f1
+Subproject commit 45418a8c53bf9a4eb73a911d742fc7e6d2c76969