diff --git a/src/hooks/friends/useFriends.ts b/src/hooks/friends/useFriends.ts
index 35d72c5d..d14a9553 100644
--- a/src/hooks/friends/useFriends.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/friends/useFriends.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const useFriendsState = () =>
     const [ friends, setFriends ] = useState<MessengerFriend[]>([]);
     const [ requests, setRequests ] = useState<MessengerRequest[]>([]);
     const [ sentRequests, setSentRequests ] = useState<number[]>([]);
+    const [ dismissedRequestIds, setDismissedRequestIds ] = useState<number[]>([]);
     const [ settings, setSettings ] = useState<MessengerSettings>(null);
 
     const onlineFriends = useMemo(() =>
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ const useFriendsState = () =>
         }
     }, []);
 
-    return { friends, requests, sentRequests, settings, onlineFriends, offlineFriends, getFriend, canRequestFriend, requestFriend, requestResponse, followFriend, updateRelationship };
+    return { friends, requests, sentRequests, dismissedRequestIds, setDismissedRequestIds, settings, onlineFriends, offlineFriends, getFriend, canRequestFriend, requestFriend, requestResponse, followFriend, updateRelationship };
 }
 
 export const useFriends = () => useBetween(useFriendsState);
diff --git a/src/hooks/rooms/widgets/useFriendRequestWidget.ts b/src/hooks/rooms/widgets/useFriendRequestWidget.ts
index 548cfb74..82bf6a25 100644
--- a/src/hooks/rooms/widgets/useFriendRequestWidget.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/rooms/widgets/useFriendRequestWidget.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import { useUserAddedEvent, useUserRemovedEvent } from '../engine';
 const useFriendRequestWidgetState = () =>
 {
     const [ activeRequests, setActiveRequests ] = useState<{ roomIndex: number, request: MessengerRequest }[]>([]);
-    const [ dismissedRequestIds, setDismissedRequestIds ] = useState<number[]>([]);
-    const { requests = [] } = useFriends();
+    const { requests = [], dismissedRequestIds = [], setDismissedRequestIds = null } = useFriends();
 
     const displayedRequests = useMemo(() => activeRequests.filter(request => (dismissedRequestIds.indexOf(request.request.requesterUserId) === -1)), [ activeRequests, dismissedRequestIds ]);