diff --git a/src/app/features/room/RoomTimeline.tsx b/src/app/features/room/RoomTimeline.tsx
index 4a39150..d4b87c8 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/RoomTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/RoomTimeline.tsx
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ import {
   reactionOrEditEvent,
 } from '../../utils/room';
 import { useSetting } from '../../state/hooks/settings';
-import { MessageLayout, settingsAtom } from '../../state/settings';
+import { MessageLayout, ScrollToLatestBehavior, settingsAtom } from '../../state/settings';
 import { useMatrixEventRenderer } from '../../hooks/useMatrixEventRenderer';
 import { Reactions, Message, Event, EncryptedContent } from './message';
 import { useMemberEventParser } from '../../hooks/useMemberEventParser';
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
 
   const [hour24Clock] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'hour24Clock');
   const [dateFormatString] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'dateFormatString');
+  const [scrollToLatestBehavior] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'scrollToLatestBehavior');
 
   // Track consecutive call member events for collapsing
   const pendingCallEventsRef = useRef<CallEventInfo[]>([]);
@@ -516,7 +517,9 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
 
   const imagePackRooms: Room[] = useImagePackRooms(room.roomId, roomToParents);
 
-  const [unreadInfo, setUnreadInfo] = useState(() => getRoomUnreadInfo(room, true));
+  const [unreadInfo, setUnreadInfo] = useState(() =>
+    getRoomUnreadInfo(room, scrollToLatestBehavior !== ScrollToLatestBehavior.Always)
+  );
   const readUptoEventIdRef = useRef<string>();
   if (unreadInfo) {
     readUptoEventIdRef.current = unreadInfo.readUptoEventId;