diff --git a/syMessaging/syMessaging/HomeViewController.m b/syMessaging/syMessaging/HomeViewController.m
index 53b0e0c58..7337ab3cf 100644
--- a/syMessaging/syMessaging/HomeViewController.m
+++ b/syMessaging/syMessaging/HomeViewController.m
@@ -359,6 +359,13 @@
     } else {
         // Join the selected room
         [mxHandler.mxSession joinRoom:publicRoom.room_id success:^{
+            // ******************
+            // Presently the SDK is not able to handle correctly the context for the room recently joined
+            // PATCH: we force new initial sync
+            // FIXME: this new initial sync should be removed when SDK will fix the issue
+            [mxHandler forceInitialSync];
+            // ******************
+            
             // Show joined room
             [[AppDelegate theDelegate].masterTabBarController showRoom:publicRoom.room_id];
         } failure:^(NSError *error) {
diff --git a/syMessaging/syMessaging/MatrixHandler.h b/syMessaging/syMessaging/MatrixHandler.h
index 595cd3385..75eb15bc6 100644
--- a/syMessaging/syMessaging/MatrixHandler.h
+++ b/syMessaging/syMessaging/MatrixHandler.h
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@
 
 - (void)logout;
 
+// ******************
+// Presently the SDK is not able to handle correctly the context for the room recently joined
+// PATCH: we define temporarily a method to force initial sync
+// FIXME: this method should be removed when SDK will fix the issue
+- (void)forceInitialSync;
+// ******************
+
 - (BOOL)isAttachment:(MXEvent*)message;
 - (BOOL)isNotification:(MXEvent*)message;
 - (NSString*)displayTextFor:(MXEvent*)message inSubtitleMode:(BOOL)isSubtitle;
diff --git a/syMessaging/syMessaging/MatrixHandler.m b/syMessaging/syMessaging/MatrixHandler.m
index 4bc820028..05617c5a4 100644
--- a/syMessaging/syMessaging/MatrixHandler.m
+++ b/syMessaging/syMessaging/MatrixHandler.m
@@ -108,6 +108,17 @@ static MatrixHandler *sharedHandler = nil;
     self.accessToken = nil;
 }
 
+// ******************
+// Presently the SDK is not able to handle correctly the context for the room recently joined
+// PATCH: we define temporarily a method to force initial sync
+// FIXME: this method should be removed when SDK will fix the issue
+- (void)forceInitialSync {
+    [self closeSession];
+    notifyOpenSessionFailure = NO;
+    [self openSession];
+}
+// ******************
+
 - (NSString *)homeServerURL {
     return [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"homeserverurl"];
 }