diff --git a/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/App.java b/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/App.java
index 83c0ef5606..d9ffa6222b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/App.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/App.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import org.asamk.signal.commands.exceptions.IOErrorException;
 import org.asamk.signal.commands.exceptions.UnexpectedErrorException;
 import org.asamk.signal.commands.exceptions.UserErrorException;
-import org.asamk.signal.dbus.DbusCommandHandler;
 import org.asamk.signal.manager.Manager;
 import org.asamk.signal.manager.RegistrationManager;
 import org.asamk.signal.manager.Settings;
@@ -29,11 +28,6 @@
 import org.asamk.signal.output.OutputWriter;
 import org.asamk.signal.output.PlainTextWriterImpl;
 import org.asamk.signal.util.IOUtils;
-import org.freedesktop.dbus.connections.impl.DBusConnection;
-import org.freedesktop.dbus.connections.impl.DBusConnectionBuilder;
-import org.freedesktop.dbus.errors.ServiceUnknown;
-import org.freedesktop.dbus.exceptions.DBusException;
-import org.freedesktop.dbus.exceptions.DBusExecutionException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -44,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import static net.sourceforge.argparse4j.DefaultSettings.VERSION_0_9_0_DEFAULT_SETTINGS;
+import static org.asamk.signal.dbus.DbusCommandHandler.initDbusClient;
 
 public class App {
 
@@ -331,24 +326,6 @@ private Manager loadManager(
         }
     }
 
-    private void initDbusClient(
-            final Command command, final String account, final boolean systemBus, final CommandHandler commandHandler
-    ) throws CommandException {
-        try {
-            final var busType = systemBus ? DBusConnection.DBusBusType.SYSTEM : DBusConnection.DBusBusType.SESSION;
-            try (var dBusConn = DBusConnectionBuilder.forType(busType).build()) {
-                DbusCommandHandler.handleCommand(command, account, dBusConn, commandHandler);
-            }
-        } catch (ServiceUnknown e) {
-            throw new UserErrorException("signal-cli DBus daemon not running on "
-                    + (systemBus ? "system" : "session")
-                    + " bus: "
-                    + e.getMessage(), e);
-        } catch (DBusExecutionException | DBusException | IOException e) {
-            throw new UnexpectedErrorException("Dbus client failed: " + e.getMessage(), e);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return the default data directory to be used by signal-cli.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/commands/JoinGroupCommand.java b/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/commands/JoinGroupCommand.java
index 7a5b2601f3..f9e9f513bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/commands/JoinGroupCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/commands/JoinGroupCommand.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import org.asamk.signal.commands.exceptions.CommandException;
 import org.asamk.signal.commands.exceptions.IOErrorException;
-import org.asamk.signal.commands.exceptions.UnexpectedErrorException;
 import org.asamk.signal.commands.exceptions.UserErrorException;
 import org.asamk.signal.manager.Manager;
 import org.asamk.signal.manager.api.GroupInviteLinkUrl;
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@
 import org.asamk.signal.output.OutputWriter;
 import org.asamk.signal.output.PlainTextWriter;
 import org.asamk.signal.util.SendMessageResultUtils;
-import org.freedesktop.dbus.exceptions.DBusExecutionException;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -93,9 +91,6 @@ public void handleCommand(
                     + " ("
                     + e.getClass().getSimpleName()
                     + ")", e);
-        } catch (DBusExecutionException e) {
-            throw new UnexpectedErrorException("Failed to send message: " + e.getMessage() + " (" + e.getClass()
-                    .getSimpleName() + ")", e);
         } catch (InactiveGroupLinkException e) {
             throw new UserErrorException("Group link is not valid: " + e.getMessage());
         } catch (PendingAdminApprovalException e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/dbus/DbusCommandHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/dbus/DbusCommandHandler.java
index 6e7a6ee1be..f8a65e7eef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/dbus/DbusCommandHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/dbus/DbusCommandHandler.java
@@ -13,12 +13,34 @@
 import org.asamk.signal.commands.exceptions.UnexpectedErrorException;
 import org.asamk.signal.commands.exceptions.UserErrorException;
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.connections.impl.DBusConnection;
+import org.freedesktop.dbus.connections.impl.DBusConnectionBuilder;
+import org.freedesktop.dbus.errors.ServiceUnknown;
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.errors.UnknownMethod;
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.exceptions.DBusException;
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.exceptions.DBusExecutionException;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 public class DbusCommandHandler {
 
+    public static void initDbusClient(
+            final Command command, final String account, final boolean systemBus, final CommandHandler commandHandler
+    ) throws CommandException {
+        try {
+            final var busType = systemBus ? DBusConnection.DBusBusType.SYSTEM : DBusConnection.DBusBusType.SESSION;
+            try (var dBusConn = DBusConnectionBuilder.forType(busType).build()) {
+                handleCommand(command, account, dBusConn, commandHandler);
+            }
+        } catch (ServiceUnknown e) {
+            throw new UserErrorException("signal-cli DBus daemon not running on "
+                    + (systemBus ? "system" : "session")
+                    + " bus: "
+                    + e.getMessage(), e);
+        } catch (DBusExecutionException | DBusException | IOException e) {
+            throw new UnexpectedErrorException("Dbus client failed: " + e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
+
     public static void handleCommand(
             final Command command,
             final String account,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/dbus/DbusManagerImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/dbus/DbusManagerImpl.java
index cd6c67150b..ea09dba4a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/dbus/DbusManagerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/asamk/signal/dbus/DbusManagerImpl.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.DBusPath;
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.connections.impl.DBusConnection;
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.exceptions.DBusException;
+import org.freedesktop.dbus.exceptions.DBusExecutionException;
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.interfaces.DBusInterface;
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.interfaces.DBusSigHandler;
 import org.freedesktop.dbus.types.Variant;
@@ -342,8 +343,13 @@ public SendGroupMessageResults updateGroup(
 
     @Override
     public Pair<GroupId, SendGroupMessageResults> joinGroup(final GroupInviteLinkUrl inviteLinkUrl) throws IOException, InactiveGroupLinkException {
-        final var newGroupId = signal.joinGroup(inviteLinkUrl.getUrl());
-        return new Pair<>(GroupId.unknownVersion(newGroupId), new SendGroupMessageResults(0, List.of()));
+        try {
+            final var newGroupId = signal.joinGroup(inviteLinkUrl.getUrl());
+            return new Pair<>(GroupId.unknownVersion(newGroupId), new SendGroupMessageResults(0, List.of()));
+        } catch (DBusExecutionException e) {
+            throw new IOException("Failed to join group: " + e.getMessage() + " (" + e.getClass().getSimpleName() + ")",
+                    e);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override