diff --git a/TalerWallet1/Views/TalDir/AliasView.swift b/TalerWallet1/Views/TalDir/AliasView.swift
index c699c843..c7207e40 100644
--- a/TalerWallet1/Views/TalDir/AliasView.swift
+++ b/TalerWallet1/Views/TalDir/AliasView.swift
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct AliasView: View {
     @State private var challenge: String = EMPTYSTRING
     @State private var aliasTypes: [TaldirAliasType]? = nil
     @State private var validFor: Duration? = nil
+    @State private var requestedFor: Duration? = nil     // what registerAlias asked for
     @State private var addContact: Bool = false
 //    @ScaledMetric var frameHeight: CGFloat = 40          // relative to fontSize
 
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ struct AliasView: View {
                                            duration: Duration.microseconds(microSeconds))
             Task {
                 do {
+                    requestedFor = hasTarget ? nil : Duration.microseconds(microSeconds)
                     if let result = try await model.registerAlias(register) {
                         validFor = result
                     } else {
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ struct AliasView: View {
                     try await model.completeRegisterAlias(register)
                     challenge = EMPTYSTRING
                     lookupState = targetUri.isEmpty ? .unregistered
-                                                    : .confirmed(targetUri, Duration.microseconds(0))
+                                                    : .confirmed(targetUri, validFor ?? requestedFor ?? Duration.microseconds(0))
                 } catch {    // it didn't succeed
                     // TODO: show error
                     print("confirm failed")