diff --git a/landing/siwe.react.js b/landing/siwe.react.js
index dc3c38512..d0491163f 100644
--- a/landing/siwe.react.js
+++ b/landing/siwe.react.js
@@ -1,188 +1,188 @@
 // @flow
 
 import {
   useConnectModal,
   getDefaultWallets,
   RainbowKitProvider,
   darkTheme,
   useModalState,
 } from '@rainbow-me/rainbowkit';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _merge from 'lodash/fp/merge';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { SiweMessage } from 'siwe';
 import '@rainbow-me/rainbowkit/dist/index.css';
 import {
   useAccount,
   useSigner,
   chain,
   configureChains,
   createClient,
   WagmiConfig,
 } from 'wagmi';
 import { publicProvider } from 'wagmi/providers/public';
 
 import type { SIWEWebViewMessage } from 'lib/types/siwe-types';
 
 import { SIWENonceContext } from './siwe-nonce-context.js';
 import css from './siwe.css';
 
 // details can be found https://wagmi.sh/docs/providers/configuring-chains
 const { chains, provider } = configureChains(
   [chain.mainnet],
   [publicProvider()],
 );
 
 const { connectors } = getDefaultWallets({
   appName: 'comm',
   chains,
 });
 
 const wagmiClient = createClient({
   autoConnect: true,
   connectors,
   provider,
 });
 
 function createSiweMessage(address: string, statement: string, nonce: string) {
   invariant(nonce, 'nonce must be present in createSiweMessage');
   const domain = window.location.host;
   const origin = window.location.origin;
   const message = new SiweMessage({
     domain,
     address,
     statement,
     uri: origin,
     version: '1',
     chainId: '1',
     nonce,
   });
   return message.prepareMessage();
 }
 
 function postMessageToNativeWebView(message: SIWEWebViewMessage) {
   window.ReactNativeWebView?.postMessage?.(JSON.stringify(message));
 }
 
 async function signInWithEthereum(address: string, signer, nonce: string) {
   invariant(nonce, 'nonce must be present in signInWithEthereum');
   const message = createSiweMessage(
     address,
     'By continuing, I accept the Comm Terms of Service: https://comm.app/terms',
     nonce,
   );
   const signature = await signer.signMessage(message);
   postMessageToNativeWebView({
     type: 'siwe_success',
     address,
     message,
     signature,
   });
   return signature;
 }
 
 function SIWE(): React.Node {
   const { address } = useAccount();
   const { data: signer } = useSigner();
   const { siweNonce } = React.useContext(SIWENonceContext);
   const onClick = React.useCallback(() => {
     invariant(siweNonce, 'nonce must be present during SIWE attempt');
     signInWithEthereum(address, signer, siweNonce);
   }, [address, signer, siweNonce]);
 
   const { openConnectModal } = useConnectModal();
   const hasNonce = siweNonce !== null && siweNonce !== undefined;
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (hasNonce) {
+    if (hasNonce && openConnectModal) {
       openConnectModal();
     }
   }, [hasNonce, openConnectModal]);
 
   const prevConnectModalOpen = React.useRef(false);
   const modalState = useModalState();
   const { connectModalOpen } = modalState;
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!connectModalOpen && prevConnectModalOpen.current) {
       postMessageToNativeWebView({ type: 'siwe_closed' });
     }
     prevConnectModalOpen.current = connectModalOpen;
   }, [connectModalOpen]);
 
   const newModalAppeared = React.useCallback(mutationList => {
     for (const mutation of mutationList) {
       for (const addedNode of mutation.addedNodes) {
         if (
           addedNode instanceof HTMLElement &&
           addedNode.id === 'walletconnect-wrapper'
         ) {
           postMessageToNativeWebView({
             type: 'walletconnect_modal_update',
             state: 'open',
           });
         }
       }
       for (const addedNode of mutation.removedNodes) {
         if (
           addedNode instanceof HTMLElement &&
           addedNode.id === 'walletconnect-wrapper'
         ) {
           postMessageToNativeWebView({
             type: 'walletconnect_modal_update',
             state: 'closed',
           });
         }
       }
     }
   }, []);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     const observer = new MutationObserver(newModalAppeared);
     invariant(document.body, 'document.body should be set');
     observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true });
     return () => {
       observer.disconnect();
     };
   }, [newModalAppeared]);
 
   if (!hasNonce) {
     return (
       <div className={css.wrapper}>
         <h1 className={css.h1}>Unable to proceed: nonce not found.</h1>
       </div>
     );
   } else if (!signer) {
     return null;
   } else {
     return (
       <div className={css.button} onClick={onClick}>
         <img src="images/ethereum_icon.svg" style={ethIconStyle} />
         sign in
       </div>
     );
   }
 }
 
 function SIWEWrapper(): React.Node {
   const theme = React.useMemo(() => {
     return _merge(darkTheme())({
       radii: {
         modal: 0,
         modalMobile: 0,
       },
       colors: {
         modalBackdrop: '#242529',
       },
     });
   }, []);
   return (
     <WagmiConfig client={wagmiClient}>
       <RainbowKitProvider theme={theme} modalSize="compact" chains={chains}>
         <SIWE />
       </RainbowKitProvider>
     </WagmiConfig>
   );
 }
 
 const ethIconStyle = { height: 25, paddingRight: 10 };
 
 export default SIWEWrapper;