diff --git a/client/src/composables/userLocalStorage.ts b/client/src/composables/userLocalStorage.ts
index f97388cd2d59..b0aa58b1a9ca 100644
--- a/client/src/composables/userLocalStorage.ts
+++ b/client/src/composables/userLocalStorage.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ import { usePersistentRef } from "./persistentRef";
 export function useUserLocalStorage<T>(key: string, initialValue: T, user?: Ref<AnyUser>) {
     const { hashedUserId } = useHashedUserId(user);
 
+    let refSyncedRawValue = initialValue;
+
     const storedRef = computed(() => {
         if (hashedUserId.value) {
-            return usePersistentRef(`${key}-${hashedUserId.value}`, initialValue);
+            return usePersistentRef(`${key}-${hashedUserId.value}`, refSyncedRawValue);
         } else {
             return ref(initialValue);
         }
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ export function useUserLocalStorage<T>(key: string, initialValue: T, user?: Ref<
         },
         set(newValue) {
             storedRef.value.value = newValue;
+            refSyncedRawValue = newValue as T;
             trigger();
         },
     }));
diff --git a/client/src/stores/activityStore.ts b/client/src/stores/activityStore.ts
index 466ee226bf00..b74a66286f4d 100644
--- a/client/src/stores/activityStore.ts
+++ b/client/src/stores/activityStore.ts
@@ -127,10 +127,7 @@ export const useActivityStore = defineScopedStore("activityStore", (scope) => {
             }
         });
 
-        // update activities stored in local cache only if changes were applied
-        if (JSON.stringify(activities.value) !== JSON.stringify(newActivities)) {
-            activities.value = newActivities;
-        }
+        activities.value = newActivities;
 
         // if toggled side-bar does not exist, choose the first option
         if (toggledSideBar.value !== "") {