diff --git a/ts/models/conversation.ts b/ts/models/conversation.ts
index bc14d2ccf..b080af0e4 100644
--- a/ts/models/conversation.ts
+++ b/ts/models/conversation.ts
@@ -479,10 +479,6 @@ export class ConversationModel extends Backbone.Model<ConversationAttributes> {
     );
   }
 
-  public async getUnread() {
-    return Data.getUnreadByConversation(this.id);
-  }
-
   public async getUnreadCount() {
     const unreadCount = await Data.getUnreadCountByConversation(this.id);
 
@@ -1908,6 +1904,10 @@ export class ConversationModel extends Backbone.Model<ConversationAttributes> {
       : null;
   }
 
+  private async getUnread() {
+    return Data.getUnreadByConversation(this.id);
+  }
+
   /**
    *
    * @returns The open group conversationId this conversation originated from
diff --git a/ts/node/sql.ts b/ts/node/sql.ts
index 9d4ad82ad..1d55f72b5 100644
--- a/ts/node/sql.ts
+++ b/ts/node/sql.ts
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ function getUnreadByConversation(conversationId: string) {
       conversationId,
     });
 
-  return rows;
+  return map(rows, row => jsonToObject(row.json));
 }
 
 function getUnreadCountByConversation(conversationId: string) {