diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fbc4156ad36..111c881fdcc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "@mediapipe/tasks-vision": "0.10.14",
     "@wireapp/avs": "9.7.15",
     "@wireapp/commons": "5.2.8",
-    "@wireapp/core": "46.0.17",
+    "@wireapp/core": "46.0.18",
     "@wireapp/react-ui-kit": "9.18.0",
     "@wireapp/store-engine-dexie": "2.1.10",
     "@wireapp/webapp-events": "0.22.0",
diff --git a/src/script/main/app.ts b/src/script/main/app.ts
index a96db8eb402..2650428b057 100644
--- a/src/script/main/app.ts
+++ b/src/script/main/app.ts
@@ -372,6 +372,11 @@ export class App {
       onProgress(2.5);
       telemetry.timeStep(AppInitTimingsStep.RECEIVED_ACCESS_TOKEN);
 
+      const selfUser = await this.repository.user.getSelf([{position: 'App.initiateSelfUser', vendor: 'webapp'}]);
+
+      await initializeDataDog(this.config, selfUser.qualifiedId);
+      onProgress(5, t('initReceivedSelfUser', selfUser.name()));
+
       try {
         await this.core.init(clientType);
       } catch (error) {
@@ -384,7 +389,7 @@ export class App {
         userRepository.addClientToUser(userId, newClient, true);
       });
 
-      const selfUser = await this.initiateSelfUser();
+      await this.initiateSelfUser(selfUser);
 
       const localClient = await this.core.getLocalClient();
       if (!localClient) {
@@ -403,8 +408,6 @@ export class App {
         },
       });
 
-      await initializeDataDog(this.config, selfUser.qualifiedId);
-
       // Setup all event middleware
       const eventStorageMiddleware = new EventStorageMiddleware(this.service.event, selfUser);
       const serviceMiddleware = new ServiceMiddleware(conversationRepository, userRepository, selfUser);
@@ -423,7 +426,6 @@ export class App {
       const federationEventProcessor = new FederationEventProcessor(eventRepository, serverTimeHandler, selfUser);
       eventRepository.setEventProcessors([federationEventProcessor]);
 
-      onProgress(5, t('initReceivedSelfUser', selfUser.name()));
       telemetry.timeStep(AppInitTimingsStep.RECEIVED_SELF_USER);
       const clientEntity = await this._initiateSelfUserClients(selfUser, clientRepository);
       callingRepository.initAvs(selfUser, clientEntity.id);
@@ -612,20 +614,18 @@ export class App {
    * Initiate the self user by getting it from the backend.
    * @returns Resolves with the self user entity
    */
-  private async initiateSelfUser() {
-    const userEntity = await this.repository.user.getSelf([{position: 'App.initiateSelfUser', vendor: 'webapp'}]);
-
-    if (!userEntity.hasActivatedIdentity()) {
-      if (!userEntity.isTemporaryGuest()) {
+  private async initiateSelfUser(selfUser: User) {
+    if (!selfUser.hasActivatedIdentity()) {
+      if (!selfUser.isTemporaryGuest()) {
         throw new Error('User does not have an activated identity');
       }
     }
 
     container.resolve(StorageService).init(this.core.storage);
-    this.repository.client.init(userEntity);
-    await this.repository.properties.init(userEntity);
+    this.repository.client.init(selfUser);
+    await this.repository.properties.init(selfUser);
 
-    return userEntity;
+    return selfUser;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cb521f04c49..7155e8476ec 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4846,9 +4846,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@wireapp/core@npm:46.0.17":
-  version: 46.0.17
-  resolution: "@wireapp/core@npm:46.0.17"
+"@wireapp/core@npm:46.0.18":
+  version: 46.0.18
+  resolution: "@wireapp/core@npm:46.0.18"
   dependencies:
     "@wireapp/api-client": "npm:^27.0.10"
     "@wireapp/commons": "npm:^5.2.8"
@@ -4868,7 +4868,7 @@ __metadata:
     long: "npm:^5.2.0"
     uuid: "npm:9.0.1"
     zod: "npm:3.23.8"
-  checksum: 10/56aa7cd0afceb860475733935a3a3614cbd2a38cf2daffcf53d5a9f9b9dec875c49a7d3c7cb965c78df7be31ae33fbc41fff4eccd1096e2bdb136962af9289a7
+  checksum: 10/5bd51eeb83f0a82583ff19d9b2781985f05dd77815702fac0ae5953cfac1ec1eb6bd514aab57af7f8913b36192f5f5f22f7b1007cd646a22d06f5d19a7ab5551
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -17500,7 +17500,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@wireapp/avs": "npm:9.7.15"
     "@wireapp/commons": "npm:5.2.8"
     "@wireapp/copy-config": "npm:2.2.2"
-    "@wireapp/core": "npm:46.0.17"
+    "@wireapp/core": "npm:46.0.18"
     "@wireapp/eslint-config": "npm:3.0.7"
     "@wireapp/prettier-config": "npm:0.6.4"
     "@wireapp/react-ui-kit": "npm:9.18.0"