diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Core.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Core.hs
index 3b8ffb34bb..cee28c8632 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Core.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Core.hs
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ createActiveUser cc CoreChatOpts {chatRelay, headless} createBot_ userDisplayNam
       displayName <- T.pack <$> withPrompt "display name: " getLine
       createUser loop False $ mkProfile displayName
     mkProfile displayName = Profile {displayName, fullName = "", shortDescr = Nothing, description = Nothing, image = Nothing, contactLink = Nothing, peerType = Nothing, preferences = Nothing, badge = Nothing, contactDomain = Nothing}
-    createUser onError clientService p =
+    createUser handleCreateError clientService p =
       execChatCommand' (CreateActiveUser NewUser {profile = Just p, pastTimestamp = False, userChatRelay = BoolDef chatRelay, clientService = BoolDef clientService}) 0 `runReaderT` cc >>= \case
         Right (CRActiveUser user) -> pure user
-        r -> printResponseEvent (Nothing, Nothing) (config cc) r >> onError
+        r -> printResponseEvent (Nothing, Nothing) (config cc) r >> handleCreateError
 
 askCreateRelayAddress :: ChatController -> User -> Maybe SMPServerWithAuth -> Bool -> IO ()
 askCreateRelayAddress cc@ChatController {chatStore} user@User {userId} server_ headless =