diff --git a/src/components/views/Subscriptions.jsx b/src/components/views/Subscriptions.jsx
index 81b62789..fbffd507 100644
--- a/src/components/views/Subscriptions.jsx
+++ b/src/components/views/Subscriptions.jsx
@@ -58,17 +58,23 @@ const Subscriptions = () => {
   
   const errorString = useMemo(() => {
     for (const subplebbit of subplebbits) {
-      if (subplebbit?.updatingState !== 'failed') {
+      if (subplebbit.updatingState !== 'failed') {
         return
       }
     }
     for (const subplebbit of subplebbits) {
-      if (subplebbit?.error) {
-        setErrorMessage(`Failed fetching subplebbit: ${subplebbit?.error.toString().slice(0, 300)}`);
+      if (subplebbit.error) {
+        return `Failed fetching subplebbit: ${subplebbit.error.toString().slice(0, 300)}`
       }
     }
   }, [subplebbits])
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (errorString) {
+      setErrorMessage(errorString)
+    }
+  }, [errorString])
+
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setSelectedFeed(feed.sort((a, b) => b.timestamp - a.timestamp));
diff --git a/src/hooks/useStateString.js b/src/hooks/useStateString.js
index 9c92685f..34ff0a0a 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useStateString.js
+++ b/src/hooks/useStateString.js
@@ -44,12 +44,9 @@ const useStateString = (clients) => {
     // capitalize first letter
     if (stateString) {
       stateString = stateString.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + stateString.slice(1)
-
-      console.log("first log:", stateString);
     }
 
     // if string is empty, return undefined instead
-    console.log("second log:", stateString);
     return stateString === '' ? undefined : stateString
   }, [clients])
 }