diff --git a/web/sidebar/community-creation/community-creation-modal.react.js b/web/sidebar/community-creation/community-creation-modal.react.js
index 1954dfceb..9e8440775 100644
--- a/web/sidebar/community-creation/community-creation-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/sidebar/community-creation/community-creation-modal.react.js
@@ -1,208 +1,206 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { newThread, newThreadActionTypes } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import { threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { NewThreadResult } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   useServerCall,
 } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 
 import css from './community-creation-modal.css';
 import CommIcon from '../../CommIcon.react.js';
 import Button, { buttonThemes } from '../../components/button.react.js';
 import EnumSettingsOption from '../../components/enum-settings-option.react.js';
 import UserAvatar from '../../components/user-avatar.react.js';
 import LoadingIndicator from '../../loading-indicator.react.js';
 import Input from '../../modals/input.react.js';
 import Modal from '../../modals/modal.react.js';
 import { updateNavInfoActionType } from '../../redux/action-types.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { nonThreadCalendarQuery } from '../../selectors/nav-selectors.js';
 
 const announcementStatements = [
   {
     statement:
       `This option sets the community's root channel to an ` +
       `announcement channel. Only admins and other admin-appointed ` +
       `roles can send messages in an announcement channel.`,
     isStatementValid: true,
     styleStatementBasedOnValidity: false,
   },
 ];
 
 const createNewCommunityLoadingStatusSelector =
   createLoadingStatusSelector(newThreadActionTypes);
 
 function CommunityCreationModal(): React.Node {
   const modalContext = useModalContext();
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
 
   const callNewThread = useServerCall(newThread);
   const calendarQueryFunc = useSelector(nonThreadCalendarQuery);
 
   const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = React.useState<?string>();
 
   const [pendingCommunityName, setPendingCommunityName] =
     React.useState<string>('');
 
   const onChangePendingCommunityName = React.useCallback(
     (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
       setErrorMessage();
       setPendingCommunityName(event.currentTarget.value);
     },
     [],
   );
 
   const [announcementSetting, setAnnouncementSetting] = React.useState(false);
   const onAnnouncementSelected = React.useCallback(() => {
     setErrorMessage();
     setAnnouncementSetting(!announcementSetting);
   }, [announcementSetting]);
 
   const callCreateNewCommunity = React.useCallback(async () => {
     const calendarQuery = calendarQueryFunc();
 
     try {
       const newThreadResult: NewThreadResult = await callNewThread({
         name: pendingCommunityName,
         type: announcementSetting
           ? threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT
           : threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ROOT,
         calendarQuery,
       });
       return newThreadResult;
     } catch (e) {
       setErrorMessage('Community creation failed. Please try again.');
       throw e;
     }
   }, [
     announcementSetting,
     calendarQueryFunc,
     callNewThread,
     pendingCommunityName,
   ]);
 
   const createNewCommunity = React.useCallback(async () => {
     setErrorMessage();
 
     const newThreadResultPromise = callCreateNewCommunity();
     dispatchActionPromise(newThreadActionTypes, newThreadResultPromise);
     const newThreadResult: NewThreadResult = await newThreadResultPromise;
 
-    if (newThreadResult) {
-      const { newThreadID } = newThreadResult;
-      await dispatch({
-        type: updateNavInfoActionType,
-        payload: {
-          activeChatThreadID: newThreadID,
-        },
-      });
-
-      modalContext.popModal();
-    }
+    const { newThreadID } = newThreadResult;
+    await dispatch({
+      type: updateNavInfoActionType,
+      payload: {
+        activeChatThreadID: newThreadID,
+      },
+    });
+
+    modalContext.popModal();
   }, [callCreateNewCommunity, dispatch, dispatchActionPromise, modalContext]);
 
   const megaphoneIcon = React.useMemo(
     () => <CommIcon icon="megaphone" size={24} />,
     [],
   );
 
   const avatarNodeEnabled = false;
   let avatarNode;
   if (avatarNodeEnabled) {
     avatarNode = (
       <div className={css.avatarContainer}>
         <UserAvatar userID="256" size="profile" />
       </div>
     );
   }
 
   const createNewCommunityLoadingStatus: LoadingStatus = useSelector(
     createNewCommunityLoadingStatusSelector,
   );
   let buttonContent;
   if (createNewCommunityLoadingStatus === 'loading') {
     buttonContent = (
       <LoadingIndicator
         status={createNewCommunityLoadingStatus}
         size="medium"
       />
     );
   } else if (errorMessage) {
     buttonContent = errorMessage;
   } else {
     buttonContent = 'Create community';
   }
 
   return (
     <Modal
       name="Create a community"
       onClose={modalContext.popModal}
       size="large"
     >
       <div className={css.modalBody}>
         <div className={css.ancestryContainer}>
           <p>within</p>
           <div className={css.keyserverContainer}>
             <CommIcon icon="cloud-filled" size={18} color="white" />
             <div className={css.keyserverName}>ashoat</div>
           </div>
         </div>
         {avatarNode}
         <form method="POST" className={css.formContainer}>
           <div>
             <div className={css.formTitle}>Community Name</div>
             <div className={css.formContent}>
               <Input
                 type="text"
                 value={pendingCommunityName}
                 placeholder="Community Name"
                 onChange={onChangePendingCommunityName}
               />
             </div>
           </div>
           <div className={css.formNotice}>
             You may edit your community&apos;s image and name later.
           </div>
           <hr />
           <div className={css.optionalSettingsContainer}>
             <div className={css.optionalSettingsLabel}>Optional settings</div>
             <EnumSettingsOption
               selected={announcementSetting}
               onSelect={onAnnouncementSelected}
               icon={megaphoneIcon}
               title="Announcement"
               statements={announcementStatements}
               iconPosition="top"
               type="checkbox"
             />
           </div>
           <div className={css.createCommunityButtonContainer}>
             <Button
               onClick={createNewCommunity}
               variant="filled"
               buttonColor={
                 errorMessage ? buttonThemes.danger : buttonThemes.standard
               }
             >
               <div className={css.createCommunityButtonContent}>
                 {buttonContent}
               </div>
             </Button>
           </div>
         </form>
       </div>
     </Modal>
   );
 }
 
 export default CommunityCreationModal;