diff --git a/src/backend/server.js b/src/backend/server.js
index bd42037d5..1dc874bef 100644
--- a/src/backend/server.js
+++ b/src/backend/server.js
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ function createServer({ privateStorage, sharedStorage, flavor }) {
         severity: "error",
         context: "sync"
       });
+      sendPeerUpdateToRN();
       sync.removeListener("error", onerror);
       sync.removeListener("progress", throttledSendPeerUpdateToRN);
       sync.removeListener("end", onend);