diff --git a/src/services/service.ts b/src/services/service.ts
index 1a91a62..46d50c2 100755
--- a/src/services/service.ts
+++ b/src/services/service.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export default class Services {
     // Ensure the amount is available before proceeding
     await this.getTokensFromFaucet();
     let unconnectedAddresses = [];
-    const myAddress = this.getDeviceAddress();
+    const myAddress = await this.getDeviceAddress();
     for (const member of members) {
       for (const address of member.sp_addresses) {
         // For now, we ignore our own device address, although there might be use cases for having a secret with ourselves