diff --git a/packages/lib/profile/src/userProfile/getUserProfile.ts b/packages/lib/profile/src/userProfile/getUserProfile.ts
index f5978b89e..436900207 100644
--- a/packages/lib/profile/src/userProfile/getUserProfile.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/profile/src/userProfile/getUserProfile.ts
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ export async function getUserProfile(
         contact,
         PROFILE_RECORD_NAME,
     );
-    //The user has no dm3-Profile text record set. Hence we need to fetch the profile offChain
     if (!textRecord) {
-        throw Error('Account has no dm3 profile');
+        //The user has no dm3-Profile text record set. Hence we need to fetch the profile offChain
+        return undefined;
     }
     /**
      * The Text record can contain either
diff --git a/packages/react/src/session/Connect.ts b/packages/react/src/session/Connect.ts
index 296fd90fe..8e49a5280 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/session/Connect.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/session/Connect.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
     checkUserProfile,
     getUserProfile,
 } from 'dm3-lib-profile';
-import { ethersHelper, globalConfig, log } from 'dm3-lib-shared';
+import { ethersHelper, globalConfig, log, logError } from 'dm3-lib-shared';
 import { Connection, ConnectionState } from '../web3provider/Web3Provider';
 import { getNameForAddress } from 'dm3-lib-offchain-resolver-api';
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export async function connectEthAccount(
             ? await connectOnchainAccount(connection, ensName, address)
             : await connectOffchainAccount(connection, address);
     } catch (e) {
-        log('[connectEthAccount] ' + JSON.stringify(e), 'error');
+        logError('[connectEthAccount] ' + e);
         return {
             existingAccount: false,
             connectionState: ConnectionState.ConnectionRejected,