diff --git a/src/components/Chat.vue b/src/components/Chat.vue
index e03c595..3ea47df 100644
--- a/src/components/Chat.vue
+++ b/src/components/Chat.vue
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
           v-on:download="download(selectedEvent)" v-on:more="
             isEmojiQuickReaction= true
             showMoreMessageOperations({event: selectedEvent, anchor: $event.anchor})
-          " :originalEvent="selectedEvent" :timelineSet="timelineSet" />
+          " :originalEvent="selectedEvent" :timelineSet="timelineSet"
+          :readOnlyRoom="$matrix.currentRoomIsReadOnlyForUser"
+          />
       </div>
 
       <div ref="avatarOperationsStrut" class="avatar-operations-strut">
diff --git a/src/components/CreateRoom.vue b/src/components/CreateRoom.vue
index 7825678..7835d2d 100644
--- a/src/components/CreateRoom.vue
+++ b/src/components/CreateRoom.vue
@@ -477,14 +477,25 @@ export default {
           // Set power level event. Need to do that here, because we might not have the userId when the options object is created.
           const powerLevels = {};
           powerLevels[this.$matrix.currentUserId] = 100;
+          let powerLevelContent = {
+                users: powerLevels,
+                events_default: this.readOnlyRoom ? 50 : 0
+              }
+            if (this.readOnlyRoom) {
+             powerLevelContent.events = {
+              "m.room.encrypted": 0, // NOTE! Since practically all events in encrypted rooms get sent as "m.room.encrypted" we need to set
+                                      // power to 0 here. Otherwise we would not be able to send quick reactions or poll responses...
+              "m.poll.response": 0,
+              "org.matrix.msc3381.poll.response": 0,
+              "m.reaction": 0,
+              "m.room.redaction": 0,
+             }; 
+            }
           createRoomOptions.initial_state.push(
           {
               type: "m.room.power_levels",
               state_key: "",
-              content: {
-                users: powerLevels,
-                events_default: this.readOnlyRoom ? 50 : 0
-              }
+              content: powerLevelContent
         });
 
           return this.$matrix.matrixClient
diff --git a/src/components/messages/MessageIncoming.vue b/src/components/messages/MessageIncoming.vue
index 456b1f9..6e945be 100644
--- a/src/components/messages/MessageIncoming.vue
+++ b/src/components/messages/MessageIncoming.vue
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     </v-avatar>
     <!-- SLOT FOR CONTENT -->
     <slot></slot>
-    <div class="op-button" ref="opbutton" v-if="!event.isRedacted() && !$matrix.currentRoomIsReadOnlyForUser">
+    <div class="op-button" ref="opbutton" v-if="!event.isRedacted()">
       <v-btn id="btn-more" icon @click.stop="showContextMenu($refs.opbutton)">
         <v-icon>more_vert</v-icon>
       </v-btn>
diff --git a/src/components/messages/MessageOperations.vue b/src/components/messages/MessageOperations.vue
index 20d53a6..41e12b9 100644
--- a/src/components/messages/MessageOperations.vue
+++ b/src/components/messages/MessageOperations.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <v-btn id="btn-more" icon @click.stop="more" class="ma-0 pa-0">
       <v-icon small> $vuetify.icons.addReaction </v-icon>
     </v-btn>
-    <v-btn v-if="incoming" id="btn-reply" icon @click.stop="addReply" class="ma-0 pa-0">
+    <v-btn v-if="incoming && !readOnlyRoom" id="btn-reply" icon @click.stop="addReply" class="ma-0 pa-0">
       <v-icon>reply</v-icon>
     </v-btn>
     <v-btn id="btn-edit" icon @click.stop="edit" class="ma-0 pa-0" v-if="isEditable">
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ export default {
       default: function () {
         return []
       }
+    },
+    readOnlyRoom: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      default: function () {
+        return false;
+      }
     }
   },
   computed: {