diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/message/message-item/ReadableMessage.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/message/message-item/ReadableMessage.tsx
index 9365a09ff..af0ce7584 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/message/message-item/ReadableMessage.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/message/message-item/ReadableMessage.tsx
@@ -144,9 +144,18 @@ export const ReadableMessage = (props: ReadableMessageProps) => {
           const found = await getMessageById(messageId);
 
           if (found && Boolean(found.get('unread'))) {
+            const foundReceivedAt = found.get('received_at');
             // mark the message as read.
             // this will trigger the expire timer.
             await found.markRead(Date.now());
+
+            // we should stack those and send them in a single message once every 5secs or something.
+            // this would be part of an redesign of the sending pipeline
+            if (foundReceivedAt) {
+              void getConversationController()
+                .get(found.id)
+                ?.sendReadReceiptsIfNeeded([foundReceivedAt]);
+            }
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/ts/models/conversation.ts b/ts/models/conversation.ts
index b5860ba01..cfcab74c7 100644
--- a/ts/models/conversation.ts
+++ b/ts/models/conversation.ts
@@ -1146,7 +1146,14 @@ export class ConversationModel extends Backbone.Model<ConversationAttributes> {
     //      conversation is viewed, another error message shows up for the contact
     read = read.filter(item => !item.hasErrors);
 
-    if (!this.isPrivate() || !read.length || !options.sendReadReceipts) {
+    if (read.length && options.sendReadReceipts) {
+      const timestamps = _.map(read, 'timestamp').filter(t => !!t) as Array<number>;
+      await this.sendReadReceiptsIfNeeded(timestamps);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public async sendReadReceiptsIfNeeded(timestamps: Array<number>) {
+    if (!this.isPrivate() || !timestamps.length) {
       return;
     }
     const settingsReadReceiptEnabled = Storage.get(SettingsKey.settingsReadReceipt) || false;
@@ -1154,9 +1161,9 @@ export class ConversationModel extends Backbone.Model<ConversationAttributes> {
       settingsReadReceiptEnabled && !this.isBlocked() && !this.isIncomingRequest();
 
     if (sendReceipt) {
-      window?.log?.info(`Sending ${read.length} read receipts.`);
+      window?.log?.info(`Sending ${timestamps.length} read receipts.`);
+      // we should probably stack read receipts and send them every 5 seconds for instance per conversation
 
-      const timestamps = _.map(read, 'timestamp').filter(t => !!t) as Array<number>;
       const receiptMessage = new ReadReceiptMessage({
         timestamp: Date.now(),
         timestamps,