diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
index c7f91545d5..0d85d6a7cd 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
@@ -389,23 +389,24 @@ startChatController :: Bool -> Bool -> CM' (Async ())
 startChatController mainApp enableSndFiles = do
   asks smpAgent >>= liftIO . resumeAgentClient
   unless mainApp $ chatWriteVar' subscriptionMode SMOnlyCreate
-  void $ forkIO restoreCalls
+  users <- fromRight [] <$> runExceptT (withStore' getUsers)
+  restoreCalls
   s <- asks agentAsync
-  readTVarIO s >>= maybe (start s) (pure . fst)
+  readTVarIO s >>= maybe (start s users) (pure . fst)
   where
-    start s = do
+    start s users = do
       a1 <- async agentSubscriber
       a2 <-
         if mainApp
-          then Just <$> async (subscribeUsers False)
+          then Just <$> async (subscribeUsers False users)
           else pure Nothing
       atomically . writeTVar s $ Just (a1, a2)
       if mainApp
         then do
           startXFTP xftpStartWorkers
-          void $ forkIO startFilesToReceive
+          void $ forkIO $ startFilesToReceive users
           startCleanupManager
-          void $ forkIO startExpireCIs
+          void $ forkIO $ startExpireCIs users
         else
           when enableSndFiles $ startXFTP xftpStartSndWorkers
       pure a1
@@ -421,17 +422,15 @@ startChatController mainApp enableSndFiles = do
           a <- Just <$> async (void $ runExceptT cleanupManager)
           atomically $ writeTVar cleanupAsync a
         _ -> pure ()
-    startExpireCIs = do
-      users <- fromRight [] <$> runExceptT (withStore' getUsers)
+    startExpireCIs users =
       forM_ users $ \user -> do
         ttl <- fromRight Nothing <$> runExceptT (withStore' (`getChatItemTTL` user))
         forM_ ttl $ \_ -> do
           startExpireCIThread user
           setExpireCIFlag user True
 
-subscribeUsers :: Bool -> CM' ()
-subscribeUsers onlyNeeded = do
-  users <- fromRight [] <$> runExceptT (withStore' getUsers)
+subscribeUsers :: Bool -> [User] -> CM' ()
+subscribeUsers onlyNeeded users = do
   let (us, us') = partition activeUser users
   vr <- chatVersionRange'
   subscribe vr us
@@ -440,9 +439,8 @@ subscribeUsers onlyNeeded = do
     subscribe :: VersionRangeChat -> [User] -> CM' ()
     subscribe vr = mapM_ $ runExceptT . subscribeUserConnections vr onlyNeeded Agent.subscribeConnections
 
-startFilesToReceive :: CM' ()
-startFilesToReceive = do
-  users <- fromRight [] <$> runExceptT (withStore' getUsers)
+startFilesToReceive :: [User] -> CM' ()
+startFilesToReceive users = do
   let (us, us') = partition activeUser users
   startReceive us
   startReceive us'
@@ -634,10 +632,12 @@ processChatCommand' vr = \case
     lift $ when restoreChat restoreCalls
     lift $ withAgent' foregroundAgent
     chatWriteVar chatActivated True
-    when restoreChat $ lift $ do
-      void . forkIO $ subscribeUsers True
-      void . forkIO $ startFilesToReceive
-      setAllExpireCIFlags True
+    when restoreChat $ do
+      users <- withStore' getUsers
+      lift $ do
+        void . forkIO $ subscribeUsers True users
+        void . forkIO $ startFilesToReceive users
+        setAllExpireCIFlags True
     ok_
   APISuspendChat t -> do
     chatWriteVar chatActivated False
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ processChatCommand' vr = \case
     stopRemoteCtrl
     lift $ withAgent' (`suspendAgent` t)
     ok_
-  ResubscribeAllConnections -> lift (subscribeUsers False) >> ok_
+  ResubscribeAllConnections -> withStore' getUsers >>= lift . subscribeUsers False >> ok_
   -- has to be called before StartChat
   SetTempFolder tf -> do
     createDirectoryIfMissing True tf