diff --git a/damus/ContentView.swift b/damus/ContentView.swift
index 1866c254..31d99314 100644
--- a/damus/ContentView.swift
+++ b/damus/ContentView.swift
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                 NotificationsView(state: damus, notifications: home.notifications)
                 
             case .dms:
-                DirectMessagesView(damus_state: damus_state!, model: damus_state!.dms)
+                DirectMessagesView(damus_state: damus_state!, model: damus_state!.dms, settings: damus_state!.settings)
             
             case .none:
                 EmptyView()
diff --git a/damus/Views/Buttons/FriendsButton.swift b/damus/Views/Buttons/FriendsButton.swift
index 4c4175ca..00823453 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Buttons/FriendsButton.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Buttons/FriendsButton.swift
@@ -8,13 +8,18 @@
 import SwiftUI
 
 struct FriendsButton: View {
-    @Binding var enabled: Bool
+    @Binding var filter: FriendFilter
     
     var body: some View {
         Button(action: {
-            self.enabled.toggle()
+            switch self.filter {
+            case .all:
+                self.filter = .friends
+            case .friends:
+                self.filter = .all
+            }
         }) {
-            if enabled {
+            if filter == .friends {
                 LINEAR_GRADIENT
                     .mask(Image(systemName: "person.2.fill")
                         .resizable()
@@ -31,9 +36,9 @@ struct FriendsButton: View {
 }
 
 struct FriendsButton_Previews: PreviewProvider {
-    @State static var enabled: Bool = false
+    @State static var enabled: FriendFilter = .all
     
     static var previews: some View {
-        FriendsButton(enabled: $enabled)
+        FriendsButton(filter: $enabled)
     }
 }
diff --git a/damus/Views/DirectMessagesView.swift b/damus/Views/DirectMessagesView.swift
index ce740b6d..7d785295 100644
--- a/damus/Views/DirectMessagesView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/DirectMessagesView.swift
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct DirectMessagesView: View {
     
     @State var dm_type: DMType = .friend
     @ObservedObject var model: DirectMessagesModel
+    @ObservedObject var settings: UserSettingsStore
     
     func MainContent(requests: Bool) -> some View {
         ScrollView {
@@ -29,12 +30,9 @@ struct DirectMessagesView: View {
                     EmptyTimelineView()
                 } else {
                     let dms = requests ? model.message_requests : model.friend_dms
-                    ForEach(dms, id: \.pubkey) { tup in
-                        MaybeEvent(tup)
+                    ForEach(dms, id: \.pubkey) { dm in
+                        MaybeEvent(dm)
                             .padding(.top, 10)
-                        
-                        Divider()
-                            .padding([.top], 10)
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -52,11 +50,15 @@ struct DirectMessagesView: View {
     
     func MaybeEvent(_ model: DirectMessageModel) -> some View {
         Group {
-            if let ev = model.events.last {
+            let ok = damus_state.settings.friend_filter.filter(contacts: damus_state.contacts, pubkey: model.pubkey)
+            if ok, let ev = model.events.last {
                 EventView(damus: damus_state, event: ev, pubkey: model.pubkey, options: options)
                     .onTapGesture {
                         self.model.open_dm_by_model(model)
                     }
+                
+                Divider()
+                    .padding([.top], 10)
             } else {
                 EmptyView()
             }
@@ -84,10 +86,28 @@ struct DirectMessagesView: View {
             }
             .tabViewStyle(.page(indexDisplayMode: .never))
         }
+        .toolbar {
+            ToolbarItem(placement: .navigationBarTrailing) {
+                if would_filter_non_friends_from_dms(contacts: damus_state.contacts, dms: self.model.dms) {
+                    
+                    FriendsButton(filter: $settings.friend_filter)
+                }
+            }
+        }
         .navigationTitle(NSLocalizedString("DMs", comment: "Navigation title for view of DMs, where DM is an English abbreviation for Direct Message."))
     }
 }
 
+func would_filter_non_friends_from_dms(contacts: Contacts, dms: [DirectMessageModel]) -> Bool {
+    for dm in dms {
+        if !FriendFilter.friends.filter(contacts: contacts, pubkey: dm.pubkey) {
+            return true
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return false
+}
+
 struct DirectMessagesView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
     static var previews: some View {
         let ev = NostrEvent(content: "encrypted stuff",
@@ -95,6 +115,6 @@ struct DirectMessagesView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
                                kind: 4,
                                tags: [])
         let ds = test_damus_state()
-        DirectMessagesView(damus_state: ds, model: ds.dms)
+        DirectMessagesView(damus_state: ds, model: ds.dms, settings: ds.settings)
     }
 }
diff --git a/damus/Views/Notifications/NotificationsView.swift b/damus/Views/Notifications/NotificationsView.swift
index b07d9058..151c8d05 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Notifications/NotificationsView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Notifications/NotificationsView.swift
@@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ class NotificationFilter: ObservableObject, Equatable {
         }
     }
     
-    var fine_filter_binding: Binding<Bool> {
-        Binding(get: {
-            return self.fine_filter == .friends
-        }, set: { v in
-            self.fine_filter = v ? .friends : .all
-        })
-    }
-    
     func filter(contacts: Contacts, items: [NotificationItem]) -> [NotificationItem] {
         
         return items.reduce(into: []) { acc, item in
@@ -162,7 +154,7 @@ struct NotificationsView: View {
         .toolbar {
             ToolbarItem(placement: .navigationBarTrailing) {
                 if would_filter_non_friends_from_notifications(contacts: state.contacts, state: self.filter_state.state, items: self.notifications.notifications) {
-                    FriendsButton(enabled: self.filter_state.fine_filter_binding)
+                    FriendsButton(filter: $filter_state.fine_filter)
                 }
             }
         }