diff --git a/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift b/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift
index 57a78ced..ba567b4c 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ class BLEManager: NSObject, CBPeripheralDelegate, MqttClientProxyManagerDelegate
 							if hopNode != nil {
 								hopNodes.append(traceRouteHop)
 							}
-							routeString += "\(hopNode?.user?.longName ?? "unknown".localized) -->"
+							routeString += "\(hopNode?.user?.longName ?? "unknown".localized) --> "
 						}
 						routeString += traceRoute?.node?.user?.longName ?? "unknown".localized
 						traceRoute?.routeText = routeString
diff --git a/Meshtastic/Views/Messages/ChannelMessageList.swift b/Meshtastic/Views/Messages/ChannelMessageList.swift
index 1fc7f5a7..c5207631 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Views/Messages/ChannelMessageList.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Views/Messages/ChannelMessageList.swift
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ struct ChannelMessageList: View {
 								}, secondaryButton: .cancel())
 							}
 							.onAppear {
-								self.focusedField = .messageText
 								if !message.read {
 									message.read = true
 									do {
diff --git a/Meshtastic/Views/Messages/UserMessageList.swift b/Meshtastic/Views/Messages/UserMessageList.swift
index 77afb05e..5ba9f3f8 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Views/Messages/UserMessageList.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Views/Messages/UserMessageList.swift
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ struct UserMessageList: View {
 									}, secondaryButton: .cancel())
 								}
 								.onAppear {
-									self.focusedField = .messageText
 									if !message.read {
 										message.read = true
 										do {