diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/data/network/ChatNetworkDataSource.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/data/network/ChatNetworkDataSource.kt
index ae18655113..91375551ac 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/data/network/ChatNetworkDataSource.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/data/network/ChatNetworkDataSource.kt
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ interface ChatNetworkDataSource {
     fun deleteChatMessage(credentials: String, url: String): Observable<ChatOverallSingleMessage>
     fun createRoom(credentials: String, url: String, map: Map<String, String>): Observable<RoomOverall>
     fun setChatReadMarker(credentials: String, url: String, previousMessageId: Int): Observable<GenericOverall>
-    fun editChatMessage(credentials: String, url: String, text: String): Observable<ChatOverallSingleMessage>
+    suspend fun editChatMessage(credentials: String, url: String, text: String): ChatOverallSingleMessage
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/data/network/RetrofitChatNetwork.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/data/network/RetrofitChatNetwork.kt
index 9733a890ab..1b8bb48d21 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/data/network/RetrofitChatNetwork.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/chat/data/network/RetrofitChatNetwork.kt
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ class RetrofitChatNetwork(private val ncApi: NcApi, private val ncApiCoroutines:
         previousMessageId: Int
     ): Observable<GenericOverall> = ncApi.setChatReadMarker(credentials, url, previousMessageId).map { it }
 
-    override fun editChatMessage(credentials: String, url: String, text: String): Observable<ChatOverallSingleMessage> {
-        return ncApi.editChatMessage(credentials, url, text).map { it }
-    }
+    override suspend fun editChatMessage(credentials: String, url: String, text: String): ChatOverallSingleMessage =
+        ncApiCoroutines.editChatMessage(credentials, url, text)
 }