diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/model/SimpleXAPI.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/model/SimpleXAPI.kt
index 2703276c2d..86c8c03f9f 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/model/SimpleXAPI.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/model/SimpleXAPI.kt
@@ -867,7 +867,9 @@ open class ChatController(var ctrl: ChatCtrl?, val ntfManager: NtfManager, val a
     return when (val r = sendCmd(CC.APIGetGroupLink(groupId))) {
       is CR.GroupLink -> r.connReqContact
       else -> {
-        Log.e(TAG, "apiGetGroupLink bad response: ${r.responseType} ${r.details}")
+        if (!(networkErrorAlert(r))) {
+          Log.e(TAG, "apiGetGroupLink bad response: ${r.responseType} ${r.details}")
+        }
         null
       }
     }