diff --git a/src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord.js b/src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord.js
index 990a98c..414e233 100644
--- a/src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord.js
+++ b/src/adapters/ipfs/ipfs-coord.js
@@ -100,16 +100,11 @@ class IpfsCoordAdapter {
 
   // Subscribe to the chat pubsub channel
   async subscribeToChat () {
-    try {
-      await this.ipfsCoord.adapters.pubsub.subscribeToPubsubChannel(
-        this.config.chatPubSubChan,
-        console.log,
-        this.ipfsCoord.thisNode
-      )
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.error('Error in subscribeToChat')
-      throw err
-    }
+    await this.ipfsCoord.adapters.pubsub.subscribeToPubsubChannel(
+      this.config.chatPubSubChan,
+      console.log,
+      this.ipfsCoord.thisNode
+    )
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/adapters/ipfs-coord.adapter.unit.js b/test/unit/adapters/ipfs-coord.adapter.unit.js
index d839c05..53f2c85 100644
--- a/test/unit/adapters/ipfs-coord.adapter.unit.js
+++ b/test/unit/adapters/ipfs-coord.adapter.unit.js
@@ -112,4 +112,20 @@ describe('#IPFS', () => {
       }
     })
   })
+
+  describe('#subscribeToChat', () => {
+    it('should subscribe to the chat channel', async () => {
+      // Mock dependencies
+      uut.ipfsCoord = {
+        adapters: {
+          pubsub: {
+            subscribeToPubsubChannel: async () => {
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      await uut.subscribeToChat()
+    })
+  })
 })