diff --git a/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/XMTPModule.kt b/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/XMTPModule.kt
index 1b0104bd9..e8476ed6a 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/XMTPModule.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/XMTPModule.kt
@@ -1092,7 +1092,6 @@ class XMTPModule : Module() {
             withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
                 logV("syncAllGroups")
                 val client = clients[inboxId] ?: throw XMTPException("No client")
-                client.conversations.syncAllGroups()
                 // Expo Modules do not support UInt, so we need to convert to Int
                 val numGroupsSyncedInt: Int =
                     client.conversations.syncAllGroups()?.toInt() ?: throw IllegalArgumentException(
diff --git a/example/src/tests/groupPerformanceTests.ts b/example/src/tests/groupPerformanceTests.ts
index 144e71038..201a09bbb 100644
--- a/example/src/tests/groupPerformanceTests.ts
+++ b/example/src/tests/groupPerformanceTests.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ test('testing large group listings with ordering', async () => {
   end = Date.now()
   console.log(`Bo synced ${groups.length} groups in ${end - start}ms`)
 
+  start = Date.now()
+  await boClient.conversations.syncAllGroups()
+  end = Date.now()
+  console.log(`Bo synced all ${groups.length} groups in ${end - start}ms`)
+  assert(
+    end - start < 30000,
+    'Syncing all 1000 groups should take less than a 30 second'
+  )
+
   start = Date.now()
   groups = await boClient.conversations.listGroups()
   end = Date.now()