diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/android/build.gradle b/modules/react-native-status/android/build.gradle
index 7c38e27ab5..b93ab4a445 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/android/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/android/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.github.ericwlange:AndroidJSCore:3.0.1'
     implementation 'status-im:function:0.0.1'
 
-    String statusGoVersion = 'develop-gaabbcbe5'
+    String statusGoVersion = 'develop-g3b92b61e'
     final String statusGoGroup = 'status-im', statusGoName = 'status-go'
 
     // Check if the local status-go jar exists, and compile against that if it does
diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java b/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java
index f504d2900a..2fd4a0ddcb 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java
@@ -705,4 +705,10 @@ class StatusModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements LifecycleEventL
         Log.d(TAG, "ConnectionChange: " + type + ", is expensive " + isExpensive);
         Statusgo.ConnectionChange(type, isExpensive ? 1 : 0);
     }
+
+    @ReactMethod
+    public void appStateChange(final String type) {
+        Log.d(TAG, "AppStateChange: " + type);
+        Statusgo.AppStateChange(type);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
index 1c3e1752ff..386a0e5528 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
@@ -412,6 +412,13 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(connectionChange:(NSString *)type
     ConnectionChange((char *) [type UTF8String], isExpensive? 1 : 0);
 }
 
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(appStateChange:(NSString *)type) {
+#if DEBUG
+    NSLog(@"AppStateChange() method called");
+#endif
+    AppStateChange((char *) [type UTF8String]);
+}
+
 + (void)signalEvent:(const char *) signal
 {
     if(!signal){
diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/pom.xml b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/pom.xml
index c0941be8f7..076c07e60e 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                         <artifactItem>
                             <groupId>status-im</groupId>
                             <artifactId>status-go-ios-simulator</artifactId>
-                            <version>develop-gaabbcbe5</version>
+                            <version>develop-g3b92b61e</version>
                             <type>zip</type>
                             <overWrite>true</overWrite>
                             <outputDirectory>./</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/src/status_im/native_module/core.cljs b/src/status_im/native_module/core.cljs
index 5a094df216..6a3650f999 100644
--- a/src/status_im/native_module/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/native_module/core.cljs
@@ -95,3 +95,6 @@
 
 (defn connection-change [data]
   (module-interface/-connection-change rns-module data))
+
+(defn app-state-change [state]
+  (module-interface/-app-state-change rns-module state))
diff --git a/src/status_im/native_module/impl/module.cljs b/src/status_im/native_module/impl/module.cljs
index aa36b70ccd..f4bb53f56f 100644
--- a/src/status_im/native_module/impl/module.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/native_module/impl/module.cljs
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@
 (defn connection-change [{:keys [type expensive?]}]
   (.connectionChange status type expensive?))
 
+(defn app-state-change [state]
+  (.appStateChange status state))
+
 (defrecord ReactNativeStatus []
   module/IReactNativeStatus
   ;; status-go calls
@@ -282,4 +285,6 @@
   (-close-application [this]
     (close-application))
   (-connection-change [this data]
-   (connection-change data)))
+   (connection-change data))
+  (-app-state-change [this state]
+   (app-state-change state)))
diff --git a/src/status_im/native_module/impl/non_status_go_module.cljs b/src/status_im/native_module/impl/non_status_go_module.cljs
index 8e2ae378ed..e15565565f 100644
--- a/src/status_im/native_module/impl/non_status_go_module.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/native_module/impl/non_status_go_module.cljs
@@ -61,4 +61,5 @@
   (-notify-users [this {:keys [message payload tokens] :as m} callback])
   (-add-peer [this enode callback])
   (-close-application [this])
-  (-connection-change [this data]))
+  (-connection-change [this data])
+  (-app-state-change [this state]))
diff --git a/src/status_im/native_module/module.cljs b/src/status_im/native_module/module.cljs
index a8bd8197c1..15350f92af 100644
--- a/src/status_im/native_module/module.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/native_module/module.cljs
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
   (-notify-users [this {:keys [message payload tokens] :as m} callback])
   (-add-peer [this enode callback])
   (-close-application [this])
-  (-connection-change [this data]))
+  (-connection-change [this data])
+  (-app-state-change [this state]))
 
diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/events.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/events.cljs
index 059da1be53..4d29fd7fe7 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/events.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/events.cljs
@@ -393,9 +393,8 @@
 
 (handlers/register-handler-fx
   :app-state-change
-  (fn [_ [_ state]]))
-;; TODO(rasom): let's not remove this handler, it will be used for
-;; pausing node on entering background on android
+  (fn [_ [_ state]]
+    (status/app-state-change state)))
 
 (handlers/register-handler-fx
   :request-permissions