diff --git a/src/plugins/muc-views/muc.js b/src/plugins/muc-views/muc.js
index 2d6f512a1..de3f8b2d3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/muc-views/muc.js
+++ b/src/plugins/muc-views/muc.js
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ export default class MUCView extends BaseChatView {
 
     async initialize () {
         const jid = this.getAttribute('jid');
-        _converse.chatboxviews.add(jid, this);
         this.model = _converse.chatboxes.get(jid);
+        _converse.chatboxviews.add(jid, this);
         this.initDebounced();
 
         this.listenTo(_converse, 'windowStateChanged', this.onWindowStateChanged);