diff --git a/src/dc_array.rs b/src/dc_array.rs
index 259df106d..bf325812b 100644
--- a/src/dc_array.rs
+++ b/src/dc_array.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ impl dc_array_t {
     pub fn add_id(&mut self, item: uint32_t) {
         self.add_uint(item as uintptr_t);
     }
+
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.array.is_empty()
+    }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/dc_chat.rs b/src/dc_chat.rs
index 2668b08a3..45a78c35a 100644
--- a/src/dc_chat.rs
+++ b/src/dc_chat.rs
@@ -2164,7 +2164,7 @@ pub unsafe fn dc_chat_get_profile_image(chat: *const Chat) -> *mut libc::c_char
             image_abs = dc_get_abs_path((*chat).context, image_rel)
         } else if (*chat).type_0 == 100i32 {
             contacts = dc_get_chat_contacts((*chat).context, (*chat).id);
-            if !(*contacts).array.is_empty() {
+            if !(*contacts).is_empty() {
                 contact = dc_get_contact((*chat).context, (*contacts).array[0] as uint32_t);
                 image_abs = dc_contact_get_profile_image(contact)
             }
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ pub unsafe fn dc_chat_get_color(chat: *const Chat) -> uint32_t {
     if !(chat.is_null() || (*chat).magic != 0xc4a7c4a7u32) {
         if (*chat).type_0 == 100i32 {
             contacts = dc_get_chat_contacts((*chat).context, (*chat).id);
-            if !(*contacts).array.is_empty() {
+            if !(*contacts).is_empty() {
                 contact = dc_get_contact((*chat).context, (*contacts).array[0] as uint32_t);
                 color = dc_str_to_color((*contact).addr) as uint32_t
             }