diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
index 3b2446982..a125037ef 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
@@ -1199,9 +1199,13 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_archive_chat(
     }
     let ffi_context = &*context;
     let archive_state = match archive {
-        2 => ArchiveState::Pinned,
+        0 => ArchiveState::Normal,
         1 => ArchiveState::Archived,
-        _ => ArchiveState::Normal,
+        2 => ArchiveState::Pinned,
+        _ => {
+            eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_archive_chat(): unknown archived state");
+            return;
+        }
     };
     ffi_context
         .with_inner(|ctx| {
diff --git a/src/chat.rs b/src/chat.rs
index 75c087bba..8ff005822 100644
--- a/src/chat.rs
+++ b/src/chat.rs
@@ -965,7 +965,11 @@ impl rusqlite::types::FromSql for ArchiveState {
                 match val {
                     2 => ArchiveState::Pinned,
                     1 => ArchiveState::Archived,
-                    _ => ArchiveState::Normal,
+                    0 => ArchiveState::Normal,
+                    _ => {
+                        println!("unknown archived state, falling back to normal state (was this db opened with a newer deltachat version?)");
+                        ArchiveState::Normal
+                    },
                 }
             })
         })