diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Onboarding/CreateProfile.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Onboarding/CreateProfile.swift
index 3f835e25d4..c08f2c9866 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Onboarding/CreateProfile.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Onboarding/CreateProfile.swift
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ private func createProfile(_ displayName: String, showAlert: (UserProfileAlert)
         m.currentUser = try apiCreateActiveUser(profile)
         if m.users.isEmpty {
             try startChat()
+            // Chat was started but no user data was loaded at the moment
+            if m.chats.isEmpty {
+                try getUserChatData()
+            }
             withAnimation {
                 onboardingStageDefault.set(.step3_CreateSimpleXAddress)
                 m.onboardingStage = .step3_CreateSimpleXAddress