diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/ContentView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/ContentView.swift
index d791153197..94421060ec 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/ContentView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/ContentView.swift
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                     do {
                         try apiStartChat()
                         try apiSetFilesFolder(filesFolder: getAppFilesDirectory().path)
+                        chatModel.userAddress = try apiGetUserAddress()
                         chatModel.userSMPServers = try getUserSMPServers()
                         chatModel.chats = try apiGetChats()
                     } catch {
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
index 185644b4d3..62722fc54e 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
@@ -520,8 +520,8 @@ func apiDeleteUserAddress() async throws {
     throw r
 }
 
-func apiGetUserAddress() async throws -> String? {
-    let r = await chatSendCmd(.showMyAddress)
+func apiGetUserAddress() throws -> String? {
+    let r = chatSendCmdSync(.showMyAddress)
     switch r {
     case let .userContactLink(connReq):
         return connReq
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/SettingsButton.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/SettingsButton.swift
index 4d9818278d..7292fd4373 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/SettingsButton.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/SettingsButton.swift
@@ -18,18 +18,6 @@ struct SettingsButton: View {
         }
         .sheet(isPresented: $showSettings, content: {
             SettingsView(showSettings: $showSettings)
-                .onAppear {
-                    Task {
-                        do {
-                            let userAddress = try await apiGetUserAddress()
-                            DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                                chatModel.userAddress = userAddress
-                            }
-                        } catch {
-                            logger.error("SettingsButton apiGetUserAddress error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
         })
     }
 }