diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25b7dca8d..c319efbb8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   - ci: add github ci action to upload it to our download server automaticaly on realease
 
 ### Fixes
-
+- jsonrpc: fix daymarkers
 
 ## 1.95.0
 
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
index 037e2ad2d..6950789ea 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use deltachat::{
     },
     chatlist::Chatlist,
     config::Config,
+    constants::DC_MSG_ID_DAYMARKER,
     contact::{may_be_valid_addr, Contact, ContactId},
     context::get_info,
     message::{delete_msgs, get_msg_info, markseen_msgs, Message, MessageState, MsgId, Viewtype},
@@ -604,6 +605,10 @@ impl CommandApi {
         markseen_msgs(&ctx, msg_ids.into_iter().map(MsgId::new).collect()).await
     }
 
+    /// get ids of messages for a chat
+    /// (this api is similar to the cffi api, because it's still used that way by desktop)
+    ///
+    /// returns list with message ids and daymarkers (DC_MSG_ID_DAYMARKER = 9) if daymarkers are active
     async fn message_list_get_message_ids(
         &self,
         account_id: u32,
@@ -614,9 +619,9 @@ impl CommandApi {
         let msg = get_chat_msgs(&ctx, ChatId::new(chat_id), flags).await?;
         Ok(msg
             .iter()
-            .filter_map(|chat_item| match chat_item {
-                deltachat::chat::ChatItem::Message { msg_id } => Some(msg_id.to_u32()),
-                _ => None,
+            .map(|chat_item| match chat_item {
+                deltachat::chat::ChatItem::Message { msg_id } => msg_id.to_u32(),
+                deltachat::chat::ChatItem::DayMarker { .. } => DC_MSG_ID_DAYMARKER,
             })
             .collect())
     }
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/client.ts b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/client.ts
index 9b28600ae..4954c85e7 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/client.ts
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/generated/client.ts
@@ -385,7 +385,12 @@ export class RawClient {
     return (this._transport.request('markseen_msgs', [accountId, msgIds] as RPC.Params)) as Promise<null>;
   }
 
-
+  /**
+   * get ids of messages for a chat
+   * (this api is similar to the cffi api, because it's still used that way by desktop)
+   *
+   * returns list with message ids and daymarkers (DC_MSG_ID_DAYMARKER = 9) if daymarkers are active
+   */
   public messageListGetMessageIds(accountId: T.U32, chatId: T.U32, flags: T.U32): Promise<(T.U32)[]> {
     return (this._transport.request('message_list_get_message_ids', [accountId, chatId, flags] as RPC.Params)) as Promise<(T.U32)[]>;
   }