diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index d056a5ee..0c393bca 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ android {
         applicationId 'org.nuclearfog.twidda'
         minSdkVersion 16
         targetSdkVersion 30
-        versionCode 45
-        versionName '1.10'
+        versionCode 46
+        versionName '1.10.1'
         // limiting language support for smaller APK size
         resConfigs 'en', 'de-rDE', 'zh-rCN'
         vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary true
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/UserAction.java b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/UserAction.java
index 17fedcbb..5e1dd966 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/UserAction.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/nuclearfog/twidda/backend/UserAction.java
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ public class UserAction extends AsyncTask<UserAction.Action, User, Relation> {
                 case ACTION_UNBLOCK:
                     user = mTwitter.unblockUser(userId);
                     publishProgress(user);
-                    appDB.muteUser(userId, false);
                     // remove from exclude list only if user is not muted
                     relation = mTwitter.getConnection(userId);
                     if (!relation.isMuted()) {
+                        appDB.muteUser(userId, false);
                         exclDB.removeUser(userId);
                     }
                     return relation;
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ public class UserAction extends AsyncTask<UserAction.Action, User, Relation> {
                 case ACTION_UNMUTE:
                     user = mTwitter.unmuteUser(userId);
                     publishProgress(user);
-                    appDB.muteUser(userId, false);
                     // remove from exclude list only if user is not blocked
                     relation = mTwitter.getConnection(userId);
                     if (!relation.isBlocked()) {
+                        appDB.muteUser(userId, false);
                         exclDB.removeUser(userId);
                     }
                     return relation;