diff --git a/internal/cli/cli_test.go b/internal/cli/cli_test.go
index 9b5dfe8..c464a5d 100644
--- a/internal/cli/cli_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/cli_test.go
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ func TestDiscordTUIRowsIncludePaneMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	}})
 	require.Len(t, rows, 1)
 	require.Equal(t, "hello from desktop", rows[0].Title)
+	require.Equal(t, "Direct messages", rows[0].Scope)
+	require.Equal(t, "Vincent K", rows[0].Container)
 	require.Contains(t, rows[0].Tags, "dm")
 	require.Equal(t, "true", rows[0].Fields["attachments"])
 	require.Equal(t, "true", rows[0].Fields["pinned"])
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ func TestDiscordTUIRowsIncludePaneMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 		Source:    "discord_desktop",
 	}})
 	require.Equal(t, "user:439223...3932", rows[0].Author)
+	require.Equal(t, "DM c2", discordContainerLabel(store.MessageRow{GuildID: "@me", ChannelID: "c2"}))
 	require.Contains(t, rows[0].Tags, "discord_desktop")
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/cli/tui_commands.go b/internal/cli/tui_commands.go
index c5ade95..12cdfe0 100644
--- a/internal/cli/tui_commands.go
+++ b/internal/cli/tui_commands.go
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ func discordTUIRows(rows []store.MessageRow) []tui.Row {
 			Kind:      "message",
 			ID:        row.MessageID,
 			ParentID:  row.ReplyToMessage,
-			Scope:     firstNonEmpty(row.GuildName, row.GuildID),
-			Container: firstNonEmpty(row.ChannelName, row.ChannelID),
+			Scope:     discordScopeLabel(row),
+			Container: discordContainerLabel(row),
 			Author:    discordAuthorLabel(row),
 			Title:     title,
 			Text:      row.Content,
@@ -147,6 +147,20 @@ func discordTUIRows(rows []store.MessageRow) []tui.Row {
 	return items
 }
 
+func discordScopeLabel(row store.MessageRow) string {
+	if row.GuildID == "@me" {
+		return "Direct messages"
+	}
+	return firstNonEmpty(row.GuildName, row.GuildID)
+}
+
+func discordContainerLabel(row store.MessageRow) string {
+	if row.GuildID == "@me" {
+		return firstNonEmpty(row.ChannelName, "DM "+compactDiscordID(row.ChannelID))
+	}
+	return firstNonEmpty(row.ChannelName, row.ChannelID)
+}
+
 func discordAuthorLabel(row store.MessageRow) string {
 	if name := strings.TrimSpace(row.AuthorName); name != "" {
 		return name