diff --git a/src/app/core/state.ts b/src/app/core/state.ts
index 78e8576c..581b735f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/state.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/state.ts
@@ -615,7 +615,12 @@ export const roomsByUrl = derived(roomMetaEventsByIdByUrl, roomMetaEventsByIdByU
 
     for (const event of deleteEvents) {
       for (const h of getTagValues("h", event.tags)) {
-        deletedByH.set(h, max([deletedByH.get(h), event.created_at]))
+        const deletedAt = deletedByH.get(h)
+
+        deletedByH.set(
+          h,
+          deletedAt === undefined ? event.created_at : max([deletedAt, event.created_at]),
+        )
       }
     }
 
@@ -623,8 +628,9 @@ export const roomsByUrl = derived(roomMetaEventsByIdByUrl, roomMetaEventsByIdByU
 
     for (const event of metaEvents) {
       const meta = tryCatch(() => readRoomMeta(event))
+      const deletedAt = meta ? deletedByH.get(meta.h) : undefined
 
-      if (!meta || gt(deletedByH.get(meta.h), meta.event.created_at)) {
+      if (!meta || (deletedAt !== undefined && !gt(meta.event.created_at, deletedAt))) {
         continue
       }