diff --git a/apps/messagegui/ChangeLog b/apps/messagegui/ChangeLog
index 0fd43347d..854979d18 100644
--- a/apps/messagegui/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/messagegui/ChangeLog
@@ -78,3 +78,4 @@
 0.55: Rename to messagegui, move global message handling library to message module
       Move widget to widmessage
 0.56: Fix handling of music messages
+0.57: Fix "unread Timeout" = off (previously defaulted to 60s)
diff --git a/apps/messagegui/app.js b/apps/messagegui/app.js
index 50dc9182a..f6f7779eb 100644
--- a/apps/messagegui/app.js
+++ b/apps/messagegui/app.js
@@ -446,10 +446,9 @@ require("messages").toggleWidget(false);
 Bangle.drawWidgets();
 
 setTimeout(() => {
-  var unreadTimeoutMillis = (settings.unreadTimeout || 60) * 1000;
-  if (unreadTimeoutMillis) {
-    unreadTimeout = setTimeout(load, unreadTimeoutMillis);
-  }
+  if (!isFinite(settings.unreadTimeout)) settings.unreadTimeout=60;
+  if (settings.unreadTimeout)
+    unreadTimeout = setTimeout(load, settings.unreadTimeout*1000);
   // only openMusic on launch if music is new
   var newMusic = MESSAGES.some(m => m.id === "music" && m.new);
   checkMessages({ clockIfNoMsg: 0, clockIfAllRead: 0, showMsgIfUnread: 1, openMusic: newMusic && settings.openMusic });
diff --git a/apps/messagegui/metadata.json b/apps/messagegui/metadata.json
index 361ce9b3d..b3e70d5d4 100644
--- a/apps/messagegui/metadata.json
+++ b/apps/messagegui/metadata.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "messagegui",
   "name": "Message UI",
-  "version": "0.56",
+  "version": "0.57",
   "description": "Default app to display notifications from iOS and Gadgetbridge/Android",
   "icon": "app.png",
   "type": "app",