diff --git a/packages/voice/src/app/agent/chat.tsx b/packages/voice/src/app/agent/chat.tsx
index 500a3dbd..0b43dd47 100644
--- a/packages/voice/src/app/agent/chat.tsx
+++ b/packages/voice/src/app/agent/chat.tsx
@@ -659,11 +659,11 @@ export class WebRtcChatManager implements ChatManager {
     switch (msg.type) {
       case 'room_info':
         this.room = new Room();
+        this.room.on(RoomEvent.TrackSubscribed, (track) => this.handleTrackSubscribed(track));
+        this.room.on(RoomEvent.DataReceived, (payload, participant) => this.handleDataReceived(payload, participant));
         await this.room.connect(msg.roomUrl, msg.token);
         console.log('[chat] connected to room', this.room.name);
         this.maybePublishLocalAudio();
-        this.room.on(RoomEvent.TrackSubscribed, (track) => this.handleTrackSubscribed(track));
-        this.room.on(RoomEvent.DataReceived, (payload, participant) => this.handleDataReceived(payload, participant));
         break;
       default:
         console.warn('unknown message type', msg.type);