diff --git a/src/hooks/useMetadata/useMetadata.ts b/src/hooks/useMetadata/useMetadata.ts
index b044b33..1ce46ac 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useMetadata/useMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useMetadata/useMetadata.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import { DID, DDO, MetaData, Curation } from '@oceanprotocol/squid'
-import { useOcean } from '../../providers'
+import { useOcean, OceanConnectionStatus } from '../../providers'
 
 interface UseMetadata {
   ddo: DDO
@@ -15,18 +15,21 @@ interface UseMetadata {
 }
 
 function useMetadata(did?: DID | string): UseMetadata {
-  const { aquarius, config } = useOcean()
+  const { aquarius, config, status } = useOcean()
   const [ddo, setDDO] = useState<DDO | undefined>()
   const [metadata, setMetadata] = useState<MetaData | undefined>()
   const [title, setTitle] = useState<string | undefined>()
 
   async function getDDO(did: DID | string): Promise<DDO> {
+    if(status!=OceanConnectionStatus.CONNECTED) return
+    
     const ddo = await aquarius.retrieveDDO(did)
     return ddo
   }
 
   async function getMetadata(did: DID | string): Promise<MetaData> {
     const ddo = await getDDO(did)
+    if(!ddo) return
     const metadata = ddo.findServiceByType('metadata')
     return metadata.attributes
   }
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ function useMetadata(did?: DID | string): UseMetadata {
 
   async function getTitle(did: DID | string): Promise<string> {
     const metadata = await getMetadata(did)
+    console.log(metadata)
     return metadata.main.name
   }
 
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@ function useMetadata(did?: DID | string): UseMetadata {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     async function init(): Promise<void> {
+      if(!did) return
       const ddo = await getDDO(did)
       setDDO(ddo)
 
diff --git a/src/providers/OceanProvider/OceanProvider.tsx b/src/providers/OceanProvider/OceanProvider.tsx
index b18f180..6cea893 100644
--- a/src/providers/OceanProvider/OceanProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/providers/OceanProvider/OceanProvider.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Ocean, Config, Account, Aquarius, Logger } from '@oceanprotocol/squid'
 import Web3 from 'web3'
 import Balance from '@oceanprotocol/squid/dist/node/models/Balance'
 import { connectOcean } from './utils'
-import { useWeb3 } from '../Web3Provider'
+import { useWeb3, InjectedProviderStatus } from '../Web3Provider'
 
 enum OceanConnectionStatus {
   OCEAN_CONNECTION_ERROR = -1,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function OceanProvider({
   const [status, setStatus] = useState<OceanConnectionStatus>(
     OceanConnectionStatus.NOT_CONNECTED
   )
-  const { web3 } = useWeb3()
+  const { web3,ethProviderStatus  } = useWeb3()
 
   // -------------------------------------------------------------
   // 1. On mount, connect to Aquarius instance right away
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ function OceanProvider({
   // 2. Once `web3` becomes available, connect to the whole network
   // -------------------------------------------------------------
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!web3) return
-
+    if (!web3 || ethProviderStatus!= InjectedProviderStatus.CONNECTED ) return
+    console.log(ethProviderStatus)
     async function init(): Promise<void> {
       const { ocean, account, accountId, balance } = await connectOcean(
         web3,