diff --git a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
index 3a52f9cb38..bd05a677c7 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.tsx
@@ -673,6 +673,9 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
             }
             case 'view_create_room':
                 this.createRoom(payload.public, payload.defaultName);
+
+                // View the welcome or home page if we need something to look at
+                this.viewSomethingBehindModal();
                 break;
             case 'view_create_group': {
                 const prototype = SettingsStore.getValue("feature_communities_v2_prototypes");
@@ -710,6 +713,9 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
                 break;
             case 'view_create_chat':
                 showStartChatInviteDialog(payload.initialText || "");
+
+                // View the welcome or home page if we need something to look at
+                this.viewSomethingBehindModal();
                 break;
             case 'view_invite': {
                 const room = MatrixClientPeg.get().getRoom(payload.roomId);
@@ -1696,6 +1702,10 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
             dis.dispatch({
                 action: 'view_create_room',
             });
+        } else if (screen === 'dm') {
+            dis.dispatch({
+                action: 'view_create_chat',
+            });
         } else if (screen === 'settings') {
             dis.fire(Action.ViewUserSettings);
         } else if (screen === 'welcome') {