diff --git a/lib/shared/farcaster/farcaster-hooks.js b/lib/shared/farcaster/farcaster-hooks.js
--- a/lib/shared/farcaster/farcaster-hooks.js
+++ b/lib/shared/farcaster/farcaster-hooks.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import { useGetCommFCUsersForFIDs } from '../../hooks/user-identities-hooks.js';
 import type { GetCommFCUsersForFIDs } from '../../hooks/user-identities-hooks.js';
 import { isLoggedIn } from '../../selectors/user-selectors.js';
+import { useTunnelbroker } from '../../tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker-context.js';
 import type { RawMessageInfo } from '../../types/message-types.js';
 import {
   messageTruncationStatus,
@@ -1413,11 +1414,17 @@
   const currentUserSupportsDCs = useCurrentUserSupportsDCs();
   const farcasterDCsLoaded = useFarcasterDCsLoaded();
   const lightweightSync = useLightweightFarcasterConversationsSync();
+  const { socketState } = useTunnelbroker();
   const started = React.useRef(false);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     // We're waiting for the state to be ready
-    if (started.current || !fullyLoggedIn || !currentUserSupportsDCs) {
+    if (
+      started.current ||
+      !fullyLoggedIn ||
+      !currentUserSupportsDCs ||
+      !socketState.isAuthorized
+    ) {
       return;
     }
     started.current = true;
@@ -1433,6 +1440,7 @@
     farcasterDCsLoaded,
     fullyLoggedIn,
     lightweightSync,
+    socketState.isAuthorized,
   ]);
 }