diff --git a/SessionMessagingKit/Common Networking/QueryParam.swift b/SessionMessagingKit/Common Networking/QueryParam.swift
index 78b2c78f1..184c6d4da 100644
--- a/SessionMessagingKit/Common Networking/QueryParam.swift	
+++ b/SessionMessagingKit/Common Networking/QueryParam.swift	
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ enum QueryParam: String {
     case platform                   // For file server session version check
     
     case reactions = "t"
+    case reactors = "reactors"
 }
diff --git a/SessionMessagingKit/Messages/Message.swift b/SessionMessagingKit/Messages/Message.swift
index 6aeaa1788..dcede8ef5 100644
--- a/SessionMessagingKit/Messages/Message.swift
+++ b/SessionMessagingKit/Messages/Message.swift
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ public extension Message {
         reactions: [String:OpenGroupAPI.Message.Reaction]?,
         serverExpirationTimestamp: TimeInterval?,
         serverHash: String?,
-        openGroupId: String? = nil,
+        openGroupId: String,
         openGroupMessageServerId: Int64? = nil,
         openGroupServerPublicKey: String? = nil,
         dependencies: SMKDependencies = SMKDependencies()
@@ -374,6 +374,11 @@ public extension Message {
         var results: [Reaction] = []
         guard let openGroupMessageServerId = openGroupMessageServerId, let reactions = reactions else { return results }
         let userPublicKey: String = getUserHexEncodedPublicKey(db)
+        let blindedUserPublicKey: String? = SessionThread
+            .getUserHexEncodedBlindedKey(
+                threadId: openGroupId,
+                threadVariant: .openGroup
+            )
         for (encodedEmoji, rawReaction) in reactions {
             if let emoji = encodedEmoji.removingPercentEncoding,
                rawReaction.count > 0,
@@ -381,6 +386,7 @@ public extension Message {
             {
                 var count = rawReaction.count
                 for reactor in reactors {
+                    if reactor == blindedUserPublicKey { continue } // Will add a reaction for this case outside of the loop
                     let reaction = Reaction(
                         interactionId: openGroupMessageServerId,
                         serverHash: nil,
diff --git a/SessionMessagingKit/Open Groups/OpenGroupAPI.swift b/SessionMessagingKit/Open Groups/OpenGroupAPI.swift
index 24a83b4ee..6191b4ded 100644
--- a/SessionMessagingKit/Open Groups/OpenGroupAPI.swift	
+++ b/SessionMessagingKit/Open Groups/OpenGroupAPI.swift	
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ public enum OpenGroupAPI {
                                 endpoint: (shouldRetrieveRecentMessages ?
                                     .roomMessagesRecent(openGroup.roomToken) :
                                     .roomMessagesSince(openGroup.roomToken, seqNo: openGroup.sequenceNumber)
-                                )
+                                ),
+                                queryParameters: [.reactions: "r",
+                                                  .reactors: "20"]
                             ),
                             responseType: [Failable<Message>].self
                         )