diff --git a/packages/uiweb/package.json b/packages/uiweb/package.json
index a87ba1a70..2e4e416f1 100644
--- a/packages/uiweb/package.json
+++ b/packages/uiweb/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "uuid": "^9.0.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@pushprotocol/restapi": "1.7.25",
+    "@pushprotocol/restapi": "1.7.29",
     "@pushprotocol/socket": "^0.5.0",
     "react": ">=16.8.0",
     "styled-components": "^6.0.8"
diff --git a/packages/uiweb/src/lib/components/chat/UserProfile/UserProfile.tsx b/packages/uiweb/src/lib/components/chat/UserProfile/UserProfile.tsx
index 8fcea502f..c16649364 100644
--- a/packages/uiweb/src/lib/components/chat/UserProfile/UserProfile.tsx
+++ b/packages/uiweb/src/lib/components/chat/UserProfile/UserProfile.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { ProfileContainer } from '../reusables';
 import { ThemeContext } from '../theme/ThemeProvider';
 import { UpdateUserProfileModal } from './UpdateUserProfileModal';
 
-import { device } from '../../../config';
+import { GUEST_MODE_ACCOUNT, device } from '../../../config';
 import VerticalEllipsisIcon from '../../../icons/VerticalEllipsis.svg';
 import UserProfileIcon from '../../../icons/userCircleGear.svg';
 import { MODAL_BACKGROUND_TYPE, MODAL_POSITION_TYPE } from '../../../types';
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export const UserProfile: React.FC<UserProfileProps> = ({
         member={{
           web3Name: web3Name,
           abbrRecipient: shortenText(pCAIP10ToWallet(user?.account || ''), 8, true) as string,
-          recipient: user!.account,
+          recipient: user?.account || GUEST_MODE_ACCOUNT,
           icon: userProfile?.profile?.picture || null,
         }}
         copy={true}
diff --git a/packages/uiweb/src/lib/dataProviders/ChatDataProvider.tsx b/packages/uiweb/src/lib/dataProviders/ChatDataProvider.tsx
index 1ec828a7a..fe2b754c6 100644
--- a/packages/uiweb/src/lib/dataProviders/ChatDataProvider.tsx
+++ b/packages/uiweb/src/lib/dataProviders/ChatDataProvider.tsx
@@ -319,9 +319,10 @@ export const ChatUIProvider = ({
 
       // check and filter out the streams which are not connected
       const streamsToConnect = streams.filter((stream) => !connectedStreams.listen?.includes(stream));
-      
+      const uniqueStreams = [...new Set([...connectedStreams.listen, ...streams])];
+
       if (streamsToConnect.length) {
-        await userInstance.stream?.reinit(streams, {
+        await userInstance.stream?.reinit(uniqueStreams, {
           connection: {
             retries: 3, // number of retries in case of error
           },
@@ -415,10 +416,10 @@ export const ChatUIProvider = ({
 
     // setTimeout(async () => {
     //   console.debug('UIWeb::ChatDataProvider::attachListenersAndConnect::Timeout Connect', userInstance?.stream?.uid);
-    if (!userInstance.stream?.connected()) {
+    if (!userInstance?.stream?.connected()) {
       console.debug('UIWeb::ChatDataProvider::attachListenersAndConnect::Stream not connected', userInstance);
 
-      await userInstance.stream?.connect();
+      await userInstance?.stream?.connect();
       console.debug(
         'UIWeb::ChatDataProvider::attachListenersAndConnect::Stream listeners attached and stream connected',
         userInstance?.stream?.uid