diff --git a/packages/app-lib/src/state/cache.rs b/packages/app-lib/src/state/cache.rs
index f68256057e..2aed5b2519 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/src/state/cache.rs
+++ b/packages/app-lib/src/state/cache.rs
@@ -971,6 +971,7 @@ impl CachedEntry {
             && (cache_behaviour == CacheBehaviour::StaleWhileRevalidate
                 || cache_behaviour
                     == CacheBehaviour::StaleWhileRevalidateSkipOffline)
+            && crate::state::State::initialized()
         {
             tokio::task::spawn(async move {
                 // TODO: if possible- find a way to do this without invoking state get