diff --git a/Signal/src/Loki/View Controllers/NewClosedGroupVC.swift b/Signal/src/Loki/View Controllers/NewClosedGroupVC.swift
index ad4f87698..66b42e50f 100644
--- a/Signal/src/Loki/View Controllers/NewClosedGroupVC.swift	
+++ b/Signal/src/Loki/View Controllers/NewClosedGroupVC.swift	
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ final class NewClosedGroupVC : BaseVC, UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegat
         super.viewDidLoad()
         setUpGradientBackground()
         setUpNavBarStyle()
-        setNavBarTitle(NSLocalizedString("New Closed Group", comment: ""))
+        let customTitleFontSize = isSmallScreen ? Values.largeFontSize : Values.veryLargeFontSize
+        setNavBarTitle(NSLocalizedString("New Closed Group", comment: ""), customFontSize: customTitleFontSize)
         // Set up navigation bar buttons
         let closeButton = UIBarButtonItem(image: #imageLiteral(resourceName: "X"), style: .plain, target: self, action: #selector(close))
         closeButton.tintColor = Colors.text
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Session Management/SessionManagementProtocol.swift b/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Session Management/SessionManagementProtocol.swift
index d34af79aa..61c808a6e 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Session Management/SessionManagementProtocol.swift	
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Session Management/SessionManagementProtocol.swift	
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ public final class SessionManagementProtocol : NSObject {
     @objc(repairSessionIfNeededForMessage:to:)
     public static func repairSessionIfNeeded(for message: TSOutgoingMessage, to hexEncodedPublicKey: String) {
         guard (message.thread as? TSGroupThread)?.groupModel.groupType == .closedGroup else { return }
+        var hasSentSessionRequest = false
+        storage.dbReadConnection.read { transaction in
+            hasSentSessionRequest = storage.getSessionRequestTimestamp(for: hexEncodedPublicKey, in: transaction) != nil
+        }
+        guard !hasSentSessionRequest else { return }
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
             storage.dbReadWriteConnection.readWrite { transaction in
                 let thread = TSContactThread.getOrCreateThread(withContactId: hexEncodedPublicKey, transaction: transaction)