diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/chat.cpp b/gpt4all-chat/chat.cpp
index 91560c50..28cbb143 100644
--- a/gpt4all-chat/chat.cpp
+++ b/gpt4all-chat/chat.cpp
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ bool Chat::deserialize(QDataStream &stream, int version)
     emit idChanged(m_id);
     stream >> m_name;
     stream >> m_userName;
+    m_generatedName = QLatin1String("nonempty");
     emit nameChanged();
 
     QString modelId;