diff --git a/src/workflow-functions/bot.ts b/src/workflow-functions/bot.ts
index 102df49..1ef4593 100644
--- a/src/workflow-functions/bot.ts
+++ b/src/workflow-functions/bot.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export class MtProtoSingleton {
             MtProtoSingleton.instance = new MtProtoSingleton();
             MtProtoSingleton.api = Api;
             MtProtoSingleton.client = await mtProtoInit(env, MtProtoSingleton.api);
-            await MtProtoSingleton.client.connect();
         }
         return MtProtoSingleton.instance;
     }
diff --git a/src/workflow-functions/create-chat.ts b/src/workflow-functions/create-chat.ts
index ca7ef6a..ade01e9 100644
--- a/src/workflow-functions/create-chat.ts
+++ b/src/workflow-functions/create-chat.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export async function createChat(context: Context<"issues.labeled", SupportedEve
 
         const mtProto = await MtProtoSingleton.getInstance(env);
         const client = mtProto.getClient();
+        await client.connect();
         const api = mtProto.getApi();
         console.log("Creating chat with name: ", chatName);
         const chat = await client.invoke(