diff --git a/crates/app/src/routes/pages/communities.rs b/crates/app/src/routes/pages/communities.rs
index 934db0a..b8dea2e 100644
--- a/crates/app/src/routes/pages/communities.rs
+++ b/crates/app/src/routes/pages/communities.rs
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ pub async fn members_request(
     // ...
     let list = match data
         .0
-        .get_memberships_by_community(community.id, 12, props.page)
+        .get_memberships_by_community(community.id, community.owner, 12, props.page)
         .await
     {
         Ok(p) => match data.0.fill_users(p).await {
diff --git a/crates/core/src/database/memberships.rs b/crates/core/src/database/memberships.rs
index 265d35f..2de3690 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/database/memberships.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/database/memberships.rs
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ impl DataManager {
     pub async fn get_memberships_by_community(
         &self,
         community: usize,
+        community_owner: usize, // the owner is always shown at the top of the first page
         batch: usize,
         page: usize,
     ) -> Result<Vec<CommunityMembership>> {
@@ -118,9 +119,10 @@ impl DataManager {
         let res = query_rows!(
             &conn,
             // 33 = banned, 65 = pending membership
-            "SELECT * FROM memberships WHERE community = $1 AND NOT role = 33 AND NOT role = 65 ORDER BY created DESC LIMIT $2 OFFSET $3",
+            "SELECT * FROM memberships WHERE community = $1 AND NOT owner = $2 AND NOT role = 33 AND NOT role = 65 ORDER BY created DESC LIMIT $3 OFFSET $4",
             &[
                 &(community as i64),
+                &(community_owner as i64),
                 &(batch as i64),
                 &((page * batch) as i64)
             ],