diff --git a/lib/models/messagecache.dart b/lib/models/messagecache.dart
index 8e67b81a..eefc6206 100644
--- a/lib/models/messagecache.dart
+++ b/lib/models/messagecache.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 
 import 'message.dart';
 
+// we only count up to 100 unread messages, if more than that we can't accurately resync message cache, just reset
+// https://git.openprivacy.ca/cwtch.im/libcwtch-go/src/branch/trunk/utils/eventHandler.go#L210
+const MaxUnreadBeforeCacheReset = 100;
+
 class MessageInfo {
   late MessageMetadata metadata;
   late String wrapper;
@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@ class MessageCache extends ChangeNotifier {
     // if we find the last seen ID, the diff of unread count is what's unsynced
     for(var i = 0; i < (count+1) && i < cacheByIndex.length; i++) {
       if (this.cacheByIndex[i].messageId == lastSeenId) {
-        // we have
+        // we have found the matching lastSeenId so we can calculate the unsynced as the unread messages before it
         this._indexUnsynced = count - i;
         notifyListeners();
         return;
@@ -149,6 +153,8 @@ class MessageCache extends ChangeNotifier {
   void lockIndexes(int start, int end) {
     for (var i = start; i < end; i++) {
       this.cacheByIndex.insert(i, LocalIndexMessage(null, isLoading: true));
+      // if there are unsynced messages on the index cache it means there are messages at the front, and by the logic in message/ByIndex/get() we will be loading those
+      // there for we can decrement the count as this will be one of them
       if (this._indexUnsynced > 0) {
         this._indexUnsynced--;
       }
diff --git a/lib/models/profile.dart b/lib/models/profile.dart
index 4d23ef1e..a7b746da 100644
--- a/lib/models/profile.dart
+++ b/lib/models/profile.dart
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'contact.dart';
 import 'contactlist.dart';
 import 'filedownloadprogress.dart';
+import 'messagecache.dart';
 import 'profileservers.dart';
 
 class ProfileInfoState extends ChangeNotifier {
@@ -177,11 +178,10 @@ class ProfileInfoState extends ChangeNotifier {
           profileContact.status = contact["status"];
           profileContact.totalMessages = contact["numMessages"];
           profileContact.unreadMessages = contact["numUnread"];
-          // we only count up to 100 unread messages, if more than that we can't accuratly resync message cache, just reset
-          if (contact["numUnread"] > 100 || (contact["numUnread"] > 0 && contact["lastSeenMessageId"] == -1)) {
+
+          if (contact["numUnread"] > MaxUnreadBeforeCacheReset || (contact["numUnread"] > 0 && contact["lastSeenMessageId"] == -1)) {
             profileContact.messageCache.resetIndexCache();
           } else if (contact["numUnread"] > 0) {
-            print("contact ${contact["name"]} with unread ${contact["numUnread"]} so addFrontIndexGap");
             profileContact.messageCache.addFrontIndexGap(contact["numUnread"], contact["lastSeenMessageId"]);
           }
           profileContact.lastMessageTime = DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(1000 * int.parse(contact["lastMsgTime"]));