diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae05abb51ae48b596525bbb267797a132c186c40..0e022d7ac4ace871e72769c72f3fc3c297ad04d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Note that since we don't clearly distinguish between a public and private interf
     - Add per-pixel object clipping
 - Fix `QualityAssessment` assignment bug for structures with different auth vs label sequence numbering
 - Refresh `ApplyActionControl`'s param definition when toggling expanded state
+- Fix `struct_conn` bond assignment for ions
 
 ## [v3.26.0] - 2022-12-04
 
diff --git a/src/mol-model/structure/structure/unit/bonds/inter-compute.ts b/src/mol-model/structure/structure/unit/bonds/inter-compute.ts
index ab11f3f7b8598817c9c0ed68a1c953c5395e1686..1b803d401a895ea6de9fb61016aa71fd7bd512ea 100644
--- a/src/mol-model/structure/structure/unit/bonds/inter-compute.ts
+++ b/src/mol-model/structure/structure/unit/bonds/inter-compute.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { InterUnitGraph } from '../../../../../mol-math/graph/inter-unit-graph';
 import { StructConn } from '../../../../../mol-model-formats/structure/property/bonds/struct_conn';
 import { equalEps } from '../../../../../mol-math/linear-algebra/3d/common';
 import { Model } from '../../../model';
+import { StructureProperties } from '../../properties';
 
 // avoiding namespace lookup improved performance in Chrome (Aug 2020)
 const v3distance = Vec3.distance;
@@ -249,13 +250,27 @@ function computeInterUnitBonds(structure: Structure, props?: Partial<InterBondCo
                 (!Unit.isAtomic(a) || mtA[a.residueIndex[a.elements[0]]] !== MoleculeType.Water) &&
                 (!Unit.isAtomic(b) || mtB[b.residueIndex[b.elements[0]]] !== MoleculeType.Water)
             );
-            const notIon = (
-                (!Unit.isAtomic(a) || mtA[a.residueIndex[a.elements[0]]] !== MoleculeType.Ion) &&
-                (!Unit.isAtomic(b) || mtB[b.residueIndex[b.elements[0]]] !== MoleculeType.Ion)
-            );
+
+            const sameModel = a.model === b.model;
+            const notIonA = (!Unit.isAtomic(a) || mtA[a.residueIndex[a.elements[0]]] !== MoleculeType.Ion) || (sameModel && hasStructConnRecord(a));
+            const notIonB = (!Unit.isAtomic(b) || mtB[b.residueIndex[b.elements[0]]] !== MoleculeType.Ion) || (sameModel && hasStructConnRecord(b));
+            const notIon = notIonA && notIonB;
             return Structure.validUnitPair(s, a, b) && (notWater || !p.ignoreWater) && (notIon || !p.ignoreIon);
         }),
     });
 }
 
+function hasStructConnRecord(unit: Unit) {
+    const elements = unit.elements;
+    const structConn = StructConn.Provider.get(unit.model);
+    if (structConn) {
+        for (let i = 0, _i = elements.length; i < _i; i++) {
+            if (structConn.byAtomIndex.get(elements[i])) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 export { computeInterUnitBonds };