diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/Timeline.dom.stories.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/Timeline.dom.stories.tsx
index ceedfd4bcd..7bd932c9e7 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/Timeline.dom.stories.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/Timeline.dom.stories.tsx
@@ -348,8 +348,7 @@ const actions = () => ({
   closeContactSpoofingReview: action('closeContactSpoofingReview'),
   reviewConversationNameCollision: action('reviewConversationNameCollision'),
 
-  peekGroupCallForTheFirstTime: action('peekGroupCallForTheFirstTime'),
-  peekGroupCallIfItHasMembers: action('peekGroupCallIfItHasMembers'),
+  maybePeekGroupCall: action('maybePeekGroupCall'),
 
   viewStory: action('viewStory'),
 
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/Timeline.dom.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/Timeline.dom.tsx
index 4351d6dd97..8a6dbb52f2 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/Timeline.dom.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/Timeline.dom.tsx
@@ -165,14 +165,13 @@ export type PropsActionsType = {
     setFocus?: boolean
   ) => unknown;
   markMessageRead: (conversationId: string, messageId: string) => unknown;
+  maybePeekGroupCall: (conversationId: string) => unknown;
   targetMessage: (messageId: string, conversationId: string) => unknown;
   setCenterMessage: (
     conversationId: string,
     messageId: string | undefined
   ) => void;
   setIsNearBottom: (conversationId: string, isNearBottom: boolean) => void;
-  peekGroupCallForTheFirstTime: (conversationId: string) => unknown;
-  peekGroupCallIfItHasMembers: (conversationId: string) => unknown;
   reviewConversationNameCollision: () => void;
   scrollToOldestUnreadMention: (conversationId: string) => unknown;
 };
@@ -590,15 +589,14 @@ export class Timeline extends React.Component<
     this.#cleanupGroupCallPeekTimeouts();
 
     this.#delayedPeekTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
-      const { id, peekGroupCallForTheFirstTime } = this.props;
+      const { id, maybePeekGroupCall } = this.props;
       this.#delayedPeekTimeout = undefined;
-      peekGroupCallForTheFirstTime(id);
-    }, 500);
+      maybePeekGroupCall(id);
 
-    this.#peekInterval = setInterval(() => {
-      const { id, peekGroupCallIfItHasMembers } = this.props;
-      peekGroupCallIfItHasMembers(id);
-    }, MINUTE);
+      this.#peekInterval = setInterval(() => {
+        maybePeekGroupCall(id);
+      }, MINUTE);
+    }, 500);
   }
 
   #cleanupGroupCallPeekTimeouts(): void {
diff --git a/ts/state/ducks/calling.preload.ts b/ts/state/ducks/calling.preload.ts
index ee56dcf43d..fdd3cbc150 100644
--- a/ts/state/ducks/calling.preload.ts
+++ b/ts/state/ducks/calling.preload.ts
@@ -1880,41 +1880,33 @@ function joinedAdhocCall(
   };
 }
 
-function peekGroupCallForTheFirstTime(
+function maybePeekGroupCall(
   conversationId: string
 ): ThunkAction<void, RootStateType, unknown, PeekGroupCallFulfilledActionType> {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     const call = getOwn(getState().calling.callsByConversation, conversationId);
-    const shouldPeek =
-      !call || (isGroupOrAdhocCallState(call) && !call.peekInfo);
-    const callMode = call?.callMode ?? CallMode.Group;
-    if (callMode === CallMode.Direct) {
+
+    if (call && !isGroupOrAdhocCallState(call)) {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (shouldPeek) {
+    const existingPeekInfo = call?.peekInfo;
+
+    // We peek if:
+    // 1. this is the first time since app has started that we've peeked, or
+    // 2. we've peeked prior and there is an ongoing group call
+    if (existingPeekInfo == null) {
       doGroupCallPeek({
         conversationId,
-        callMode,
+        callMode: call?.callMode ?? CallMode.Group,
         dispatch,
         getState,
       });
-    }
-  };
-}
-
-function peekGroupCallIfItHasMembers(
-  conversationId: string
-): ThunkAction<void, RootStateType, unknown, PeekGroupCallFulfilledActionType> {
-  return (dispatch, getState) => {
-    const call = getOwn(getState().calling.callsByConversation, conversationId);
-    const shouldPeek =
+    } else if (
       call &&
-      isGroupOrAdhocCallState(call) &&
       call.joinState === GroupCallJoinState.NotJoined &&
-      call.peekInfo &&
-      call.peekInfo.deviceCount > 0;
-    if (shouldPeek) {
+      existingPeekInfo.deviceCount > 0
+    ) {
       doGroupCallPeek({
         conversationId,
         callMode: call.callMode,
@@ -3088,13 +3080,12 @@ export const actions = {
   handleCallLinkDelete,
   joinedAdhocCall,
   leaveCurrentCallAndStartCallingLobby,
+  maybePeekGroupCall,
   onObservedRemoteMute,
   onOutgoingVideoCallInConversation,
   onOutgoingAudioCallInConversation,
   openSystemPreferencesAction,
   outgoingCall,
-  peekGroupCallForTheFirstTime,
-  peekGroupCallIfItHasMembers,
   peekNotConnectedGroupCall,
   receiveGroupCallReactions,
   receiveIncomingDirectCall,
diff --git a/ts/state/smart/Timeline.preload.tsx b/ts/state/smart/Timeline.preload.tsx
index 9a592a389a..dd7ad193b5 100644
--- a/ts/state/smart/Timeline.preload.tsx
+++ b/ts/state/smart/Timeline.preload.tsx
@@ -209,8 +209,7 @@ export const SmartTimeline = memo(function SmartTimeline({
     setIsNearBottom,
     targetMessage,
   } = useConversationsActions();
-  const { peekGroupCallForTheFirstTime, peekGroupCallIfItHasMembers } =
-    useCallingActions();
+  const { maybePeekGroupCall } = useCallingActions();
 
   const getTimestampForMessage = useCallback(
     (messageId: string): undefined | number => {
@@ -282,14 +281,13 @@ export const SmartTimeline = memo(function SmartTimeline({
       loadNewestMessages={loadNewestMessages}
       loadOlderMessages={loadOlderMessages}
       markMessageRead={markMessageRead}
+      maybePeekGroupCall={maybePeekGroupCall}
       messageChangeCounter={messageChangeCounter}
       messageLoadingState={messageLoadingState}
       updateVisibleMessages={
         AttachmentDownloadManager.updateVisibleTimelineMessages
       }
       oldestUnseenIndex={oldestUnseenIndex}
-      peekGroupCallForTheFirstTime={peekGroupCallForTheFirstTime}
-      peekGroupCallIfItHasMembers={peekGroupCallIfItHasMembers}
       renderCollidingAvatars={renderCollidingAvatars}
       renderContactSpoofingReviewDialog={renderContactSpoofingReviewDialog}
       renderHeroRow={renderHeroRow}