diff --git a/packages/react-chat/src/hooks/useMessenger.ts b/packages/react-chat/src/hooks/useMessenger.ts
index 9932da63..78fa4bde 100644
--- a/packages/react-chat/src/hooks/useMessenger.ts
+++ b/packages/react-chat/src/hooks/useMessenger.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // import { StoreCodec } from "js-waku";
-import { getBootstrapNodes, StoreCodec } from "js-waku";
+import { StoreCodec } from "js-waku";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { Identity, Messenger } from "status-communities/dist/cjs";
 import { ApplicationMetadataMessage } from "status-communities/dist/cjs";
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ export function useMessenger(chatId: string, chatIdList: string[]) {
       setLastMessage(lastLoadTime.current?.[chatId]);
     }
   }, [chatId]);
-
   const clearNotifications = useCallback((id: string) => {
     setNotifications((prevNotifications) => {
       return {
@@ -148,11 +147,6 @@ export function useMessenger(chatId: string, chatIdList: string[]) {
             },
           },
         },
-        bootstrap: getBootstrapNodes.bind({}, [
-          "fleets",
-          "wakuv2.test",
-          "waku-websocket",
-        ]),
       });
       await new Promise((resolve) => {
         messenger.waku.libp2p.peerStore.on(
diff --git a/packages/status-communities/src/community.ts b/packages/status-communities/src/community.ts
index 2ed455a3..4ffac4f6 100644
--- a/packages/status-communities/src/community.ts
+++ b/packages/status-communities/src/community.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class Community {
    * Can be found in the community's invite link: https://join.status.im/c/<public key>
    * @param waku The Waku instance, used to retrieve Community information from the network.
    */
-  public async instantiateCommunity(
+  public static async instantiateCommunity(
     publicKey: string,
     waku: Waku
   ): Promise<Community> {