diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/StatusOkHttpClientFactory.java b/android/app/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/StatusOkHttpClientFactory.java
index f2b5c36e5089..625dc348fccc 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/StatusOkHttpClientFactory.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/StatusOkHttpClientFactory.java
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ class StatusOkHttpClientFactory implements OkHttpClientFactory {
   public OkHttpClient createNewNetworkModuleClient() {
     String certPem = StatusPackage.getImageTLSCert();
     X509Certificate cert;
+    HandshakeCertificates clientCertificates;
 
+    // Convert PEM certificate string to X509Certificate object
     try {
       CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
       cert = (X509Certificate) cf.generateCertificate(new ByteArrayInputStream(certPem.getBytes()));
@@ -32,13 +34,25 @@ public OkHttpClient createNewNetworkModuleClient() {
       cert = null;
     }
 
-    HandshakeCertificates clientCertificates = new HandshakeCertificates.Builder()
-      .addPlatformTrustedCertificates()
-      .addTrustedCertificate(cert)
-      .build();
+    // Create HandshakeCertificates object with our certificate
+    try {
+      clientCertificates = new HandshakeCertificates.Builder()
+        .addPlatformTrustedCertificates()
+        .addTrustedCertificate(cert)
+        .build();
+    } catch(Exception e) {
+      Log.e("StatusOkHttpClientFactory", "Could not build HandshakeCertificates", e);
+      return null;
+    }
 
-    return OkHttpClientProvider.createClientBuilder()
-      .sslSocketFactory(clientCertificates.sslSocketFactory(), clientCertificates.trustManager())
-      .build();
+    // Create OkHttpClient with custom SSL socket factory and trust manager
+    try {
+      return OkHttpClientProvider.createClientBuilder()
+        .sslSocketFactory(clientCertificates.sslSocketFactory(), clientCertificates.trustManager())
+        .build();
+    } catch(Exception e) {
+      Log.e("StatusOkHttpClientFactory", "Could not create OkHttpClient", e);
+      return null;
+    }
   }
 }