diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index d7ac4d9804..baed18a88c 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ export default function App() {
           <ChatUIProvider
             user={userPushSDKInstance}
             theme={darkMode && darkChatTheme}
-            debug={true}
+            debug={false}
             uiConfig={{
               suppressToast: false,
             }}
diff --git a/src/modules/channels/Channels.tsx b/src/modules/channels/Channels.tsx
index 41e5dbbe60..6d6edfd966 100644
--- a/src/modules/channels/Channels.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/channels/Channels.tsx
@@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ const Channels: FC<ChannelsProps> = () => {
     tag: filters.category === AllCategories ? '' : filters.category,
   });
 
-  let channels =
+  const channels =
     loadingChannels || searchingChannels
       ? Array(9).fill(0)
-      : (filters.search ? searchList : channelList)?.pages.flatMap((page) => page.channels) || [];
-  channels = channels.filter((channel) => !channelFilterList.includes(channel.channel));
+      : (filters.search ? searchList : channelList)?.pages
+          .flatMap((page) => page.channels)
+          .filter((channel) => !channelFilterList.includes(channel.channel)) || [];
 
   const filteredFrontendChannels = filterFrontendChannels(channels, filters);
 
diff --git a/src/modules/channels/components/ChannelSearchAndChainSelection.tsx b/src/modules/channels/components/ChannelSearchAndChainSelection.tsx
index 9228c67dba..4bfe1155ab 100644
--- a/src/modules/channels/components/ChannelSearchAndChainSelection.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/channels/components/ChannelSearchAndChainSelection.tsx
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ const ChannelSearchAndChainSelection: FC<ChannelSearchAndChainSelectionProps> =
     [setFilter]
   );
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setSearchQuery(filters.search as string);
-  }, [filters]);
+  // useEffect(() => {
+  //   setSearchQuery(filters.search as string);
+  // }, [filters]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     !initialLoad && getSearchResults(searchQuery);