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diff --git a/packages/status-communities/package.json b/packages/status-communities/package.json
index 3f7d396b..eec56752 100644
--- a/packages/status-communities/package.json
+++ b/packages/status-communities/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/chai": "^4.2.22",
     "@types/mocha": "^9.0.0",
+    "@types/pbkdf2": "^3.1.0",
     "@types/secp256k1": "^4.0.3",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.31.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.31.1",
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
     "ecies-geth": "^1.5.3",
     "js-sha3": "^0.8.0",
     "js-waku": "^0.13.1",
+    "pbkdf2": "^3.1.2",
     "protobufjs": "^6.11.2",
     "secp256k1": "^4.0.2"
   }
diff --git a/packages/status-communities/proto/communities/v1/chat_identity.proto b/packages/status-communities/proto/communities/v1/chat_identity.proto
index c455f278..314fb1b1 100644
--- a/packages/status-communities/proto/communities/v1/chat_identity.proto
+++ b/packages/status-communities/proto/communities/v1/chat_identity.proto
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ message ChatIdentity {
   string description = 5;
 
   string color = 6;
+
+  string emoji = 7;
 }
 
 // ProfileImage represents data associated with a user's profile image
diff --git a/packages/status-communities/src/chat.ts b/packages/status-communities/src/chat.ts
index 54ee5da2..8727fe32 100644
--- a/packages/status-communities/src/chat.ts
+++ b/packages/status-communities/src/chat.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { idToContentTopic } from "./contentTopic";
 import { createSymKeyFromPassword } from "./encryption";
 import { ChatMessage, Content } from "./wire/chat_message";
+import { CommunityChat } from "./wire/community_chat";
 
 /**
  * Represent a chat room. Only public chats are currently supported.
@@ -9,16 +10,23 @@ export class Chat {
   private lastClockValue?: number;
   private lastMessage?: ChatMessage;
 
-  private constructor(public id: string, public symKey: Uint8Array) {}
+  private constructor(
+    public id: string,
+    public symKey: Uint8Array,
+    public communityChat?: CommunityChat
+  ) {}
 
   /**
    * Create a public chat room.
    * [[Community.instantiateChat]] MUST be used for chats belonging to a community.
    */
-  public static async create(id: string): Promise<Chat> {
+  public static async create(
+    id: string,
+    communityChat?: CommunityChat
+  ): Promise<Chat> {
     const symKey = await createSymKeyFromPassword(id);
 
-    return new Chat(id, symKey);
+    return new Chat(id, symKey, communityChat);
   }
 
   public get contentTopic(): string {
diff --git a/packages/status-communities/src/community.spec.ts b/packages/status-communities/src/community.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd3490d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/status-communities/src/community.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { expect } from "chai";
+import { Waku } from "js-waku";
+
+import { Community } from "./community";
+import { CommunityDescription } from "./wire/community_description";
+
+describe("Community live data", () => {
+  before(function () {
+    if (process.env.CI) {
+      // Skip live data test in CI
+      this.skip();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("Retrieves community description For DappConnect Test from Waku prod fleet", async function () {
+    this.timeout(20000);
+    const waku = await Waku.create({ bootstrap: true });
+
+    await waku.waitForConnectedPeer();
+
+    const community = await Community.instantiateCommunity(
+      "0x0262c65c881f5a9f79343a26faaa02aad3af7c533d9445fb1939ed11b8bf4d2abd",
+      waku
+    );
+    const desc = community.description as CommunityDescription;
+    expect(desc).to.not.be.undefined;
+
+    expect(desc.identity?.displayName).to.eq("DappConnect Test");
+
+    const descChats = Array.from(desc.chats.values()).map(
+      (chat) => chat?.identity?.displayName
+    );
+    expect(descChats).to.include("foobar");
+    expect(descChats).to.include("another-channel!");
+
+    const chats = Array.from(community.chats.values()).map(
+      (chat) => chat?.communityChat?.identity?.displayName
+    );
+    expect(chats).to.include("foobar");
+    expect(chats).to.include("another-channel!");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/status-communities/src/community.ts b/packages/status-communities/src/community.ts
index 4ffac4f6..424bd8ac 100644
--- a/packages/status-communities/src/community.ts
+++ b/packages/status-communities/src/community.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ const dbg = debug("communities:community");
 export class Community {
   public publicKey: Uint8Array;
   private waku: Waku;
-
+  public chats: Map<string, Chat>; // Chat id, Chat
   public description?: CommunityDescription;
 
   constructor(publicKey: Uint8Array, waku: Waku) {
     this.publicKey = publicKey;
     this.waku = waku;
+    this.chats = new Map();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -60,6 +61,12 @@ export class Community {
     }
 
     this.description = desc;
+
+    await Promise.all(
+      Array.from(this.description.chats).map(([chatUuid, communityChat]) => {
+        return this.instantiateChat(chatUuid, communityChat);
+      })
+    );
   }
 
   /**
@@ -68,28 +75,18 @@ export class Community {
    *
    * @throws string If the Community Description is unavailable or the chat is not found;
    */
-  public async instantiateChat(chatName: string): Promise<Chat> {
-    if (!this.description) {
-      await this.refreshCommunityDescription();
-      if (!this.description)
-        throw "Failed to retrieve community description, cannot instantiate chat";
-    }
+  private async instantiateChat(
+    chatUuid: string,
+    communityChat: CommunityChat
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.description)
+      throw "Failed to retrieve community description, cannot instantiate chat";
 
-    let communityChat: CommunityChat | undefined;
-    let chatUuid: string | undefined;
+    const chatId = this.publicKeyStr + chatUuid;
+    if (this.chats.get(chatId)) return;
 
-    this.description.chats.forEach((_chat, _id) => {
-      if (chatUuid) return;
+    const chat = await Chat.create(chatId, communityChat);
 
-      if (_chat.identity?.displayName === chatName) {
-        chatUuid = _id;
-        communityChat = _chat;
-      }
-    });
-
-    if (!communityChat || !chatUuid)
-      throw `Failed to retrieve community community chat with name ${chatName}`;
-
-    return Chat.create(this.publicKeyStr + chatUuid);
+    this.chats.set(chatId, chat);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/status-communities/src/encryption.spec.ts b/packages/status-communities/src/encryption.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c16ed94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/status-communities/src/encryption.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { expect } from "chai";
+
+import { createSymKeyFromPassword } from "./encryption";
+
+describe("Encryption", () => {
+  it("Generate symmetric key from password", async function () {
+    const str = "arbitrary data here";
+    const symKey = await createSymKeyFromPassword(str);
+
+    expect(Buffer.from(symKey).toString("hex")).to.eq(
+      "c49ad65ebf2a7b7253bf400e3d27719362a91b2c9b9f54d50a69117021666c33"
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/status-communities/src/encryption.ts b/packages/status-communities/src/encryption.ts
index 4aa297b2..e27d06af 100644
--- a/packages/status-communities/src/encryption.ts
+++ b/packages/status-communities/src/encryption.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-import { kdf } from "ecies-geth";
+import pbkdf2 from "pbkdf2";
 
 const AESKeyLength = 32; // bytes
 
 export async function createSymKeyFromPassword(
   password: string
 ): Promise<Uint8Array> {
-  return kdf(Buffer.from(password, "utf-8"), AESKeyLength);
+  return pbkdf2.pbkdf2Sync(
+    Buffer.from(password, "utf-8"),
+    "",
+    65356,
+    AESKeyLength,
+    "sha256"
+  );
 }
diff --git a/packages/status-communities/src/proto/communities/v1/chat_identity.ts b/packages/status-communities/src/proto/communities/v1/chat_identity.ts
index 7b311934..c75a7900 100644
--- a/packages/status-communities/src/proto/communities/v1/chat_identity.ts
+++ b/packages/status-communities/src/proto/communities/v1/chat_identity.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export interface ChatIdentity {
   /** description is the user set description, valid only for organisations */
   description: string;
   color: string;
+  emoji: string;
 }
 
 export interface ChatIdentity_ImagesEntry {
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ const baseChatIdentity: object = {
   displayName: "",
   description: "",
   color: "",
+  emoji: "",
 };
 
 export const ChatIdentity = {
@@ -126,6 +128,9 @@ export const ChatIdentity = {
     if (message.color !== "") {
       writer.uint32(50).string(message.color);
     }
+    if (message.emoji !== "") {
+      writer.uint32(58).string(message.emoji);
+    }
     return writer;
   },
 
@@ -161,6 +166,9 @@ export const ChatIdentity = {
         case 6:
           message.color = reader.string();
           break;
+        case 7:
+          message.emoji = reader.string();
+          break;
         default:
           reader.skipType(tag & 7);
           break;
@@ -202,6 +210,11 @@ export const ChatIdentity = {
     } else {
       message.color = "";
     }
+    if (object.emoji !== undefined && object.emoji !== null) {
+      message.emoji = String(object.emoji);
+    } else {
+      message.emoji = "";
+    }
     return message;
   },
 
@@ -220,6 +233,7 @@ export const ChatIdentity = {
     message.description !== undefined &&
       (obj.description = message.description);
     message.color !== undefined && (obj.color = message.color);
+    message.emoji !== undefined && (obj.emoji = message.emoji);
     return obj;
   },
 
@@ -258,6 +272,11 @@ export const ChatIdentity = {
     } else {
       message.color = "";
     }
+    if (object.emoji !== undefined && object.emoji !== null) {
+      message.emoji = object.emoji;
+    } else {
+      message.emoji = "";
+    }
     return message;
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/status-communities/src/wire/chat_identity.ts b/packages/status-communities/src/wire/chat_identity.ts
index 90bc9dc7..b43c8ecb 100644
--- a/packages/status-communities/src/wire/chat_identity.ts
+++ b/packages/status-communities/src/wire/chat_identity.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Reader } from "protobufjs";
 
 import * as proto from "../proto/communities/v1/chat_identity";
+import { IdentityImage } from "../proto/communities/v1/chat_identity";
 
 export class ChatIdentity {
   public constructor(public proto: proto.ChatIdentity) {}
@@ -14,4 +15,37 @@ export class ChatIdentity {
   encode(): Uint8Array {
     return proto.ChatIdentity.encode(this.proto).finish();
   }
+
+  /** Lamport timestamp of the message */
+  get clock(): number | undefined {
+    return this.proto.clock;
+  }
+
+  /** ens_name is the valid ENS name associated with the chat key */
+  get ensName(): string | undefined {
+    return this.proto.ensName;
+  }
+
+  /** images is a string indexed mapping of images associated with an identity */
+  get images(): { [key: string]: IdentityImage } | undefined {
+    return this.proto.images;
+  }
+
+  /** display name is the user set identity, valid only for organisations */
+  get displayName(): string | undefined {
+    return this.proto.displayName;
+  }
+
+  /** description is the user set description, valid only for organisations */
+  get description(): string | undefined {
+    return this.proto.description;
+  }
+
+  get color(): string | undefined {
+    return this.proto.color;
+  }
+
+  get emoji(): string | undefined {
+    return this.proto.emoji;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/status-communities/src/wire/community_chat.ts b/packages/status-communities/src/wire/community_chat.ts
index 915dfd5b..474c2b99 100644
--- a/packages/status-communities/src/wire/community_chat.ts
+++ b/packages/status-communities/src/wire/community_chat.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { Reader } from "protobufjs";
 
-import { ChatIdentity } from "../proto/communities/v1/chat_identity";
 import * as proto from "../proto/communities/v1/communities";
 import {
   CommunityMember,
   CommunityPermissions,
 } from "../proto/communities/v1/communities";
 
+import { ChatIdentity } from "./chat_identity";
+
 export class CommunityChat {
   public constructor(public proto: proto.CommunityChat) {}
 
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ export class CommunityChat {
   }
 
   public get identity(): ChatIdentity | undefined {
-    return this.proto.identity;
+    if (!this.proto.identity) return;
+
+    return new ChatIdentity(this.proto.identity);
   }
 
   // TODO: Document this
diff --git a/packages/status-communities/src/wire/community_description.ts b/packages/status-communities/src/wire/community_description.ts
index f86d95f8..b4bef503 100644
--- a/packages/status-communities/src/wire/community_description.ts
+++ b/packages/status-communities/src/wire/community_description.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import { WakuMessage, WakuStore } from "js-waku";
 import { Reader } from "protobufjs";
 
 import { idToContentTopic } from "../contentTopic";
+import { createSymKeyFromPassword } from "../encryption";
 import * as proto from "../proto/communities/v1/communities";
 import { bufToHex } from "../utils";
 
+import { ApplicationMetadataMessage } from "./application_metadata_message";
 import { ChatIdentity } from "./chat_identity";
 import { CommunityChat } from "./community_chat";
 
@@ -45,8 +47,11 @@ export class CommunityDescription {
       orderedMessages.forEach((message: WakuMessage) => {
         if (!message.payload) return;
         try {
+          const metadata = ApplicationMetadataMessage.decode(message.payload);
+          if (!metadata.payload) return;
+
           const _communityDescription = CommunityDescription.decode(
-            message.payload
+            metadata.payload
           );
 
           if (!_communityDescription.identity) return;
@@ -61,9 +66,12 @@ export class CommunityDescription {
       });
     };
 
+    const symKey = await createSymKeyFromPassword(hexCommunityPublicKey);
+
     await wakuStore
       .queryHistory([contentTopic], {
         callback,
+        decryptionKeys: [symKey],
       })
       .catch((e) => {
         dbg(
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9e2ff6ec..dc797f0c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -938,6 +938,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/pbkdf2@npm:^3.1.0":
+  version: 3.1.0
+  resolution: "@types/pbkdf2@npm:3.1.0"
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node": "*"
+  checksum: d15024b1957c21cf3b8887329d9bd8dfde754cf13a09d76ae25f1391cfc62bb8b8d7b760773c5dbaa748172fba8b3e0c3dbe962af6ccbd69b76df12a48dfba40
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@types/prettier@npm:^1.19.0":
   version: 1.19.1
   resolution: "@types/prettier@npm:1.19.1"
@@ -8755,7 +8764,7 @@ fsevents@~2.3.2:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"pbkdf2@npm:^3.0.3":
+"pbkdf2@npm:^3.0.3, pbkdf2@npm:^3.1.2":
   version: 3.1.2
   resolution: "pbkdf2@npm:3.1.2"
   dependencies:
@@ -10487,6 +10496,7 @@ resolve@^2.0.0-next.3:
   dependencies:
     "@types/chai": ^4.2.22
     "@types/mocha": ^9.0.0
+    "@types/pbkdf2": ^3.1.0
     "@types/secp256k1": ^4.0.3
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": ^4.31.1
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": ^4.31.1
@@ -10503,6 +10513,7 @@ resolve@^2.0.0-next.3:
     js-waku: ^0.13.1
     mocha: ^9.1.1
     npm-run-all: ^4.1.5
+    pbkdf2: ^3.1.2
     prettier: ^2.4.0
     protobufjs: ^6.11.2
     secp256k1: ^4.0.2