diff --git a/src/RoomsModel.cpp b/src/RoomsModel.cpp
index 034a3ce2..d07277f2 100644
--- a/src/RoomsModel.cpp
+++ b/src/RoomsModel.cpp
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@
 
 #include "Cache_p.h"
 #include "CompletionModelRoles.h"
+#include "RoomlistModel.h"
+#include "TimelineModel.h"
 #include "UserSettingsPage.h"
 #include "Utils.h"
 
-RoomsModel::RoomsModel(bool showOnlyRoomWithAliases, QObject *parent)
+RoomsModel::RoomsModel(RoomlistModel &roomlistModel, bool showOnlyRoomWithAliases, QObject *parent)
   : QAbstractListModel(parent)
+  , roomListModel_(roomlistModel)
   , showOnlyRoomWithAliases_(showOnlyRoomWithAliases)
 {
     rooms = cache::client()->roomNamesAndAliases();
@@ -73,8 +76,21 @@ RoomsModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
             return rooms[index.row()].is_tombstoned;
         case Roles::IsSpace:
             return rooms[index.row()].is_space;
-        case Roles::RoomParent:
-            return QString::fromStdString(rooms[index.row()].parent);
+        case Roles::RoomParent: {
+            const auto roomPtr = roomListModel_.getRoomById(QString::fromStdString(rooms[index.row()].id));
+            if (auto &room = *roomPtr; roomPtr) {
+                if (const auto &parent = room.parentSpace(); parent) {
+                    qInfo() << "Parent has name" << parent->roomName();
+                    return parent->roomName();
+                } else {
+                    qWarning() << "No parent for room" << "expected" << rooms[index.row()].parent;
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                qWarning() << "No room with ID";
+            }
+            return QString{};
+        }
         }
     }
     return {};
diff --git a/src/RoomsModel.h b/src/RoomsModel.h
index 5d3d3813..845f22ba 100644
--- a/src/RoomsModel.h
+++ b/src/RoomsModel.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <QAbstractListModel>
 #include <QString>
 
+class RoomlistModel;
+
 class RoomsModel final : public QAbstractListModel
 {
 public:
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ public:
         RoomParent,
     };
 
-    RoomsModel(bool showOnlyRoomWithAliases = false, QObject *parent = nullptr);
+    RoomsModel(RoomlistModel &roomListModel, bool showOnlyRoomWithAliases = false, QObject *parent = nullptr);
     QHash<int, QByteArray> roleNames() const override;
     int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const override
     {
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ public:
     QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const override;
 
 private:
+    RoomlistModel &roomListModel_;
     std::vector<RoomNameAlias> rooms;
     bool showOnlyRoomWithAliases_;
 };
diff --git a/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp b/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp
index 09af254c..fd7a340f 100644
--- a/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp
+++ b/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp
@@ -517,12 +517,12 @@ TimelineViewManager::completerFor(const QString &completerName, const QString &r
         emojiModel->setParent(proxy);
         return proxy;
     } else if (completerName == QLatin1String("room")) {
-        auto roomModel = new RoomsModel(false);
+        auto roomModel = new RoomsModel(*rooms_, false);
         auto proxy     = new CompletionProxyModel(roomModel, 4);
         roomModel->setParent(proxy);
         return proxy;
     } else if (completerName == QLatin1String("roomAliases")) {
-        auto roomModel = new RoomsModel(true);
+        auto roomModel = new RoomsModel(*rooms_, true);
         auto proxy     = new CompletionProxyModel(roomModel);
         roomModel->setParent(proxy);
         return proxy;