diff --git a/src/services/service.ts b/src/services/service.ts
index 9c860fb..d7d4868 100755
--- a/src/services/service.ts
+++ b/src/services/service.ts
@@ -204,8 +204,11 @@ export default class Services {
     // Ensure the amount is available before proceeding
     await this.getTokensFromFaucet();
     let unconnectedAddresses = [];
+    const myAddress = 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
+        if (address == myAddress) continue;
         const sharedSecret = await this.getSecretForAddress(address);
         if (!sharedSecret) {
           unconnectedAddresses.push(address);
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ export default class Services {
     }
 
     try {
-      return this.sdkClient.create_connect_transaction(addresses, 1);
+      return this.sdkClient.create_transaction(addresses, 1);
     } catch (e) {
       console.error('Failed to connect member:', e);
       throw e;