diff --git a/lib/tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-message-handler.js b/lib/tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-message-handler.js
index a7d4119b8..22389f8f9 100644
--- a/lib/tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-message-handler.js
+++ b/lib/tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-message-handler.js
@@ -1,193 +1,196 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { useTunnelbroker } from './tunnelbroker-context.js';
 import {
   useHandleOlmMessageToDevice,
   usePeerToPeerMessageHandler,
 } from './use-peer-to-peer-message-handler.js';
 import { useLoggedInUserInfo } from '../hooks/account-hooks.js';
 import { useActionsQueue } from '../hooks/actions-queue.js';
 import { usePersistedStateLoaded } from '../selectors/app-state-selectors.js';
 import type { InboundP2PMessage } from '../types/sqlite-types.js';
 import type { MessageReceiveConfirmation } from '../types/tunnelbroker/message-receive-confirmation-types.js';
 import {
   deviceToTunnelbrokerMessageTypes,
   type TunnelbrokerToDeviceMessage,
   tunnelbrokerToDeviceMessageTypes,
 } from '../types/tunnelbroker/messages.js';
 import {
   peerToPeerMessageValidator,
   type PeerToPeerMessage,
 } from '../types/tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-message-types.js';
 import { getConfig } from '../utils/config.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from '../utils/errors.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +socketSend: (message: string) => void,
   +getSessionCounter: () => number,
   +doesSocketExist: () => boolean,
 };
 function PeerToPeerMessageHandler(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { socketSend, getSessionCounter, doesSocketExist } = props;
 
-  const { addListener, removeListener } = useTunnelbroker();
+  const { addListener, removeListener, socketState } = useTunnelbroker();
   const peerToPeerMessageHandler = usePeerToPeerMessageHandler();
   const handleOlmMessageToDevice = useHandleOlmMessageToDevice();
   const persistedStateLoaded = usePersistedStateLoaded();
 
   const processItem = React.useCallback(
     async (
       item:
         | {
             +type: 'persisted_message',
             +message: InboundP2PMessage,
           }
         | {
             +type: 'received_message',
             +message: {
               +peerToPeerMessage: PeerToPeerMessage,
               +messageID: string,
               +localSocketSessionCounter: number,
             },
           },
     ) => {
       if (item.type === 'persisted_message') {
         const { message } = item;
         try {
           await handleOlmMessageToDevice(
             message.plaintext,
             { deviceID: message.senderDeviceID, userID: message.senderUserID },
             message.messageID,
           );
         } catch (e) {
           console.log('Failed processing Olm P2P message:', e);
         }
       } else {
         const { peerToPeerMessage, messageID, localSocketSessionCounter } =
           item.message;
         // Since scheduling processing this message socket is closed
         // or was closed and reopened, we have to stop processing
         // because Tunnelbroker flushes the message again when opening
         // the socket, and we want to process this only once.
         if (
           localSocketSessionCounter !== getSessionCounter() ||
           !doesSocketExist()
         ) {
           return;
         }
 
         try {
           await peerToPeerMessageHandler(peerToPeerMessage, messageID);
         } catch (e) {
           console.log(getMessageForException(e));
         } finally {
           if (
             localSocketSessionCounter === getSessionCounter() &&
             doesSocketExist()
           ) {
             const confirmation: MessageReceiveConfirmation = {
               type: deviceToTunnelbrokerMessageTypes.MESSAGE_RECEIVE_CONFIRMATION,
               messageIDs: [messageID],
             };
             socketSend(JSON.stringify(confirmation));
           }
         }
       }
     },
     [
       doesSocketExist,
       getSessionCounter,
       handleOlmMessageToDevice,
       peerToPeerMessageHandler,
       socketSend,
     ],
   );
-  const { enqueue } = useActionsQueue(processItem, persistedStateLoaded);
+  const { enqueue } = useActionsQueue(
+    processItem,
+    persistedStateLoaded && !!socketState.isAuthorized,
+  );
 
   const tunnelbrokerMessageListener = React.useCallback(
     async (message: TunnelbrokerToDeviceMessage) => {
       if (message.type !== tunnelbrokerToDeviceMessageTypes.MESSAGE_TO_DEVICE) {
         return;
       }
       const confirmation: MessageReceiveConfirmation = {
         type: deviceToTunnelbrokerMessageTypes.MESSAGE_RECEIVE_CONFIRMATION,
         messageIDs: [message.messageID],
       };
 
       let rawPeerToPeerMessage;
       try {
         rawPeerToPeerMessage = JSON.parse(message.payload);
       } catch (e) {
         console.log(
           'error while parsing Tunnelbroker peer-to-peer message:',
           getMessageForException(e),
         );
         // Client received incorrect message, confirm to remove from
         // Tunnelbroker queue.
         socketSend(JSON.stringify(confirmation));
         return;
       }
 
       if (!peerToPeerMessageValidator.is(rawPeerToPeerMessage)) {
         console.log('invalid Tunnelbroker PeerToPeerMessage');
         // The client received an invalid Tunnelbroker message,
         // and cannot process this type of request.
         socketSend(JSON.stringify(confirmation));
         return;
       }
       const peerToPeerMessage: PeerToPeerMessage = rawPeerToPeerMessage;
       enqueue([
         {
           type: 'received_message',
           message: {
             peerToPeerMessage,
             messageID: message.messageID,
             localSocketSessionCounter: getSessionCounter(),
           },
         },
       ]);
     },
     [enqueue, getSessionCounter, socketSend],
   );
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     addListener(tunnelbrokerMessageListener);
     return () => {
       removeListener(tunnelbrokerMessageListener);
     };
   }, [addListener, removeListener, tunnelbrokerMessageListener]);
 
   const processPersistedInboundMessages = React.useCallback(async () => {
     try {
       const { sqliteAPI } = getConfig();
       const messages = await sqliteAPI.getAllInboundP2PMessages();
       enqueue(
         messages.map(message => ({
           type: 'persisted_message',
           message,
         })),
       );
     } catch (e) {
       console.log(
         'error while reading persisted inbound messages:',
         getMessageForException(e),
       );
     }
   }, [enqueue]);
 
   const loggedInUserInfo = useLoggedInUserInfo();
   const viewerID = loggedInUserInfo?.id;
 
   const processingInputMessagesStarted = React.useRef(false);
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!viewerID || processingInputMessagesStarted.current) {
       return;
     }
     processingInputMessagesStarted.current = true;
     void processPersistedInboundMessages();
   }, [processPersistedInboundMessages, viewerID]);
 }
 
 export { PeerToPeerMessageHandler };