diff --git a/src/domain/session/toast/ToastCollectionViewModel.ts b/src/domain/session/toast/ToastCollectionViewModel.ts
index 709f5b81..d1595b2d 100644
--- a/src/domain/session/toast/ToastCollectionViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/domain/session/toast/ToastCollectionViewModel.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import type {GroupCall} from "../../../matrix/calls/group/GroupCall";
 import type {Room} from "../../../matrix/room/Room.js";
 import type {Session} from "../../../matrix/Session.js";
 import type {SegmentType} from "../../navigation";
+import { RoomStatus } from "../../../lib";
 
 type Options = {
     session: Session;
@@ -36,9 +37,9 @@ export class ToastCollectionViewModel extends ViewModel<SegmentType, Options> {
         this.track(callsObservableMap.subscribe(this));
     }
 
-    onAdd(_, call: GroupCall) {
+    async onAdd(_, call: GroupCall) {
         if (this._shouldShowNotification(call)) {
-            const room = this._findRoomForCall(call);
+            const room = await this._findRoomForCall(call);
             const dismiss = () => {
                 const idx = this.toastViewModels.array.findIndex(vm => vm.call === call);
                 if (idx !== -1) {
@@ -71,10 +72,16 @@ export class ToastCollectionViewModel extends ViewModel<SegmentType, Options> {
         }
     }
 
-    private _findRoomForCall(call: GroupCall): Room {
+    private async _findRoomForCall(call: GroupCall): Promise<Room> {
         const id = call.roomId;
-        const rooms = this.getOption("session").rooms;
-        return rooms.get(id);
+        const session = this.getOption("session");
+        const rooms = session.rooms;
+        // Make sure that we know of this room, 
+        // otherwise wait for it to come through sync
+        const observable = await session.observeRoomStatus(id);
+        await observable.waitFor(s => s === RoomStatus.Joined).promise;
+        const room = rooms.get(id);
+        return room;
     }
     
     private _shouldShowNotification(call: GroupCall): boolean {
diff --git a/src/matrix/Session.js b/src/matrix/Session.js
index d640e2df..f1b273ff 100644
--- a/src/matrix/Session.js
+++ b/src/matrix/Session.js
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ export class Session {
         }
     }
 
-    applyRoomCollectionChangesAfterSync(inviteStates, roomStates, archivedRoomStates, log) {
+    async applyRoomCollectionChangesAfterSync(inviteStates, roomStates, archivedRoomStates, log) {
         // update the collections after sync
         for (const rs of roomStates) {
             if (rs.shouldAdd) {
@@ -940,12 +940,20 @@ export class Session {
     async observeRoomStatus(roomId) {
         let observable = this._observedRoomStatus.get(roomId);
         if (!observable) {
-            const status = await this.getRoomStatus(roomId);
+            let status = undefined;
+            // Create and set the observable with value = undefined, so that
+            // we don't loose any sync changes that come in while we are busy
+            // calculating the current room status.
             observable = new RetainedObservableValue(status, () => {
                 this._observedRoomStatus.delete(roomId);
             });
-
             this._observedRoomStatus.set(roomId, observable);
+            status = await this.getRoomStatus(roomId);
+            // If observable.value is not undefined anymore, then some
+            // change has come through the sync.
+            if (observable.get() === undefined) {
+                observable.set(status);
+            }
         }
         return observable;
     }
diff --git a/src/matrix/calls/CallHandler.ts b/src/matrix/calls/CallHandler.ts
index af01beef..b4a1c5cf 100644
--- a/src/matrix/calls/CallHandler.ts
+++ b/src/matrix/calls/CallHandler.ts
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ export class CallHandler implements RoomStateHandler {
                 this._calls.remove(call.id);
                 txn.calls.remove(call.intent, roomId, call.id);
             }
-        } else {
+        } else if(!event.content["m.terminated"]) {
+            // We don't have this call already and it isn't terminated, so create the call:
             call = new GroupCall(
                 event.state_key, // id
                 false, // isLoadedFromStorage