diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
index ad8a1acdc..fb56c7510 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
@@ -585,6 +585,15 @@ struct ChatItem: Identifiable, Decodable {
 
     var timestampText: Text { get { meta.timestampText } }
 
+    var text: String {
+        get {
+            switch (content.text, file) {
+            case let ("", .some(file)): return file.fileName
+            default: return content.text
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     func isRcvNew() -> Bool {
         if case .rcvNew = meta.itemStatus { return true }
         return false
@@ -725,6 +734,7 @@ enum CIContent: Decodable, ItemContent {
             }
         }
     }
+
     var msgContent: MsgContent? {
         get {
             switch self {
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/FramedItemView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/FramedItemView.swift
index e7f254b32..acd50bda9 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/FramedItemView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/FramedItemView.swift
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct FramedItemView: View {
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 0) {
                 if let qi = chatItem.quotedItem {
                     MsgContentView(
-                        content: qi,
+                        text: qi.content.text,
                         sender: qi.sender
                     )
                     .lineLimit(3)
@@ -53,21 +53,19 @@ struct FramedItemView: View {
                 } else {
                     if case let .image(_, image) = chatItem.content.msgContent {
                         ChatItemImageView(image: image, file: chatItem.file)
+                        ChatItemMsgContentView (chatItem: chatItem, showMember: showMember)
+//                    // TODO make transparent background and change color for meta
+//                    if case let .image(text, image) = chatItem.content.msgContent {
+//                        ChatItemImageView(image: image, file: chatItem.file)
+//                        if !text.isEmpty {
+//                            ChatItemMsgContentView (chatItem: chatItem, showMember: showMember)
+//                        }
                     } else if case let .link(_, preview) = chatItem.content.msgContent {
                         ChatItemLinkView(linkPreview: preview)
+                        ChatItemMsgContentView (chatItem: chatItem, showMember: showMember)
+                    } else {
+                        ChatItemMsgContentView (chatItem: chatItem, showMember: showMember)
                     }
-                    MsgContentView(
-                        content: chatItem.content,
-                        formattedText: chatItem.formattedText,
-                        sender: showMember ? chatItem.memberDisplayName : nil,
-                        metaText: chatItem.timestampText,
-                        edited: chatItem.meta.itemEdited
-                    )
-                    .padding(.vertical, 6)
-                    .padding(.horizontal, 12)
-                    .overlay(DetermineWidth())
-                    .frame(minWidth: 0, alignment: .leading)
-                    .textSelection(.enabled)
                 }
             }
             
@@ -97,6 +95,26 @@ struct FramedItemView: View {
     }
 }
 
+struct ChatItemMsgContentView: View {
+    var chatItem: ChatItem
+    var showMember = false
+
+    var body: some View {
+        MsgContentView(
+            text: chatItem.text,
+            formattedText: chatItem.formattedText,
+            sender: showMember ? chatItem.memberDisplayName : nil,
+            metaText: chatItem.timestampText,
+            edited: chatItem.meta.itemEdited
+        )
+        .padding(.vertical, 6)
+        .padding(.horizontal, 12)
+        .overlay(DetermineWidth())
+        .frame(minWidth: 0, alignment: .leading)
+        .textSelection(.enabled)
+    }
+}
+
 func chatItemFrameColor(_ ci: ChatItem, _ colorScheme: ColorScheme) -> Color {
     ci.chatDir.sent
     ? (colorScheme == .light ? sentColorLight : sentColorDark)
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/MsgContentView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/MsgContentView.swift
index 73a5b9f85..b0b9928c9 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/MsgContentView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/MsgContentView.swift
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ private let uiLinkColor = UIColor(red: 0, green: 0.533, blue: 1, alpha: 1)
 private let linkColor = Color(uiColor: uiLinkColor)
 
 struct MsgContentView: View {
-    var content: ItemContent
+    var text: String
     var formattedText: [FormattedText]? = nil
     var sender: String? = nil
     var metaText: Text? = nil
     var edited = false
 
     var body: some View {
-        let v = messageText(content, formattedText, sender)
+        let v = messageText(text, formattedText, sender)
         if let mt = metaText {
             return v + reserveSpaceForMeta(mt, edited)
         } else {
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ struct MsgContentView: View {
     }
 }
 
-func messageText(_ content: ItemContent, _ formattedText: [FormattedText]?, _ sender: String?, preview: Bool = false) -> Text {
-    let s = content.text
+func messageText(_ text: String, _ formattedText: [FormattedText]?, _ sender: String?, preview: Bool = false) -> Text {
+    let s = text
     var res: Text
     if let ft = formattedText, ft.count > 0 {
         res = formattText(ft[0], preview)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct MsgContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
     static var previews: some View {
         let chatItem = ChatItem.getSample(1, .directSnd, .now, "hello")
         return MsgContentView(
-            content: chatItem.content,
+            text: chatItem.text,
             formattedText: chatItem.formattedText,
             sender: chatItem.memberDisplayName,
             metaText: chatItem.timestampText
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatPreviewView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatPreviewView.swift
index 89694d152..5088d6355 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatPreviewView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatPreviewView.swift
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct ChatPreviewView: View {
 
                 if let cItem = cItem {
                     ZStack(alignment: .topTrailing) {
-                        (itemStatusMark(cItem) + messageText(cItem.content, cItem.formattedText, cItem.memberDisplayName, preview: true))
+                        (itemStatusMark(cItem) + messageText(cItem.text, cItem.formattedText, cItem.memberDisplayName, preview: true))
                             .frame(minWidth: 0, maxWidth: .infinity, minHeight: 44, maxHeight: 44, alignment: .topLeading)
                             .padding(.leading, 8)
                             .padding(.trailing, 36)