diff --git a/src/components/chat/chat-message.ts b/src/components/chat/chat-message.ts
index b723f689e..6143ec4e9 100644
--- a/src/components/chat/chat-message.ts
+++ b/src/components/chat/chat-message.ts
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export default class IgcChatMessageComponent extends LitElement {
     const isSent = this.message.sender === this._state.currentUserId;
     const hasText = this.message.text.trim();
     const hasAttachments = !isEmpty(this.message.attachments ?? []);
-    const isTyping = this._state._isTyping;
+    const isTyping = this._state.options?.isTyping;
     const isLastMessage = this.message === this._state.messages.at(-1);
     const resourceStrings = this._state.resourceStrings!;
 
diff --git a/src/components/chat/chat-state.ts b/src/components/chat/chat-state.ts
index 4bf109bba..f91e62ed4 100644
--- a/src/components/chat/chat-state.ts
+++ b/src/components/chat/chat-state.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class ChatState {
    */
   private _acceptedTypesCache: ChatAcceptedFileTypes | null = null;
 
-  public _isTyping = false;
+  private _isTyping = false;
   private _lastTyped = Date.now();
 
   public resourceStrings = IgcChatResourceStringEN;