diff --git a/src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/AuthScreens.tsx b/src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/AuthScreens.tsx
index 2c11d308cc19..4d8b6309a9df 100644
--- a/src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/AuthScreens.tsx
+++ b/src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/AuthScreens.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import useResponsiveLayout from '@hooks/useResponsiveLayout';
 import useTheme from '@hooks/useTheme';
 import {connect} from '@libs/actions/Delegate';
 import setFullscreenVisibility from '@libs/actions/setFullscreenVisibility';
+import {init, isClientTheLeader} from '@libs/ActiveClientManager';
 import {READ_COMMANDS} from '@libs/API/types';
 import HttpUtils from '@libs/HttpUtils';
 import KeyboardShortcut from '@libs/KeyboardShortcut';
@@ -283,6 +284,11 @@ function AuthScreens({session, lastOpenedPublicRoomID, initialLastUpdateIDApplie
         NetworkConnection.onReconnect(handleNetworkReconnect);
         PusherConnectionManager.init();
         initializePusher();
+        // Sometimes when we transition from old dot to new dot, the client is not the leader
+        // so we need to initialize the client again
+        if (!isClientTheLeader() && isTransitioning) {
+            init();
+        }
 
         // In Hybrid App we decide to call one of those method when booting ND and we don't want to duplicate calls
         if (!CONFIG.IS_HYBRID_APP) {