diff --git a/ts/ConversationController.ts b/ts/ConversationController.ts
index 0580eccd6a2..19ac69ba681 100644
--- a/ts/ConversationController.ts
+++ b/ts/ConversationController.ts
@@ -424,6 +424,11 @@ export class ConversationController {
       updateConversation(conversation.attributes);
     }
 
+    if (!conversation.get('profileName')) {
+      conversation.set({ profileName: 'Signal' });
+      updateConversation(conversation.attributes);
+    }
+
     this._signalConversationId = conversation.id;
 
     return conversation;