diff --git a/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/XMTPModule.kt b/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/XMTPModule.kt
index 151590484..46f8be27e 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/XMTPModule.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/XMTPModule.kt
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ class XMTPModule : Module() {
             val data = TopicData.parseFrom(Base64.decode(topicData, NO_WRAP))
             val conversation = client.conversations.importTopicData(data)
             conversations[conversation.cacheKey(clientAddress)] = conversation
+            if (conversation.keyMaterial == null) {
+                logV("Null key material before encode conversation")
+            }
             ConversationWrapper.encode(client, conversation)
         }
 
@@ -381,6 +384,9 @@ class XMTPModule : Module() {
             val conversationList = client.conversations.list()
             conversationList.map { conversation ->
                 conversations[conversation.cacheKey(clientAddress)] = conversation
+                if (conversation.keyMaterial == null) {
+                    logV("Null key material before encode conversation")
+                }
                 ConversationWrapper.encode(client, conversation)
             }
         }
@@ -561,6 +567,9 @@ class XMTPModule : Module() {
                     },
                 )
             )
+            if (conversation.keyMaterial == null) {
+                logV("Null key material before encode conversation")
+            }
             ConversationWrapper.encode(client, conversation)
         }
 
@@ -713,13 +722,21 @@ class XMTPModule : Module() {
         subscriptions[getConversationsKey(clientAddress)] = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO).launch {
             try {
                 client.conversations.stream().collect { conversation ->
-                    sendEvent(
-                        "conversation",
-                        mapOf(
-                            "clientAddress" to clientAddress,
-                            "conversation" to ConversationWrapper.encodeToObj(client, conversation)
+                    run {
+                        if (conversation.keyMaterial == null) {
+                            logV("Null key material before encode conversation")
+                        }
+                        sendEvent(
+                            "conversation",
+                            mapOf(
+                                "clientAddress" to clientAddress,
+                                "conversation" to ConversationWrapper.encodeToObj(
+                                    client,
+                                    conversation
+                                )
+                            )
                         )
-                    )
+                    }
                 }
             } catch (e: Exception) {
                 Log.e("XMTPModule", "Error in conversations subscription: $e")
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/wrappers/ConversationWrapper.kt b/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/wrappers/ConversationWrapper.kt
index 97d88beed..6d31ccb8f 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/wrappers/ConversationWrapper.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/xmtpreactnativesdk/wrappers/ConversationWrapper.kt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class ConversationWrapper {
                 "peerAddress" to conversation.peerAddress,
                 "version" to if (conversation.version == Conversation.Version.V1) "v1" else "v2",
                 "conversationID" to (conversation.conversationId ?: ""),
-                "keyMaterial" to Base64.encodeToString(conversation.keyMaterial, Base64.NO_WRAP)
+                "keyMaterial" to (conversation.keyMaterial?.let { Base64.encodeToString(it, Base64.NO_WRAP) } ?: "")
             )
         }