diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 022ba41..639f716 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ dependencies {
   // For > 0.71, this will be replaced by `com.facebook.react:react-android:$version` by react gradle plugin
   //noinspection GradleDynamicVersion
   implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"
-  implementation 'com.github.functionland:fula-build-aar:v1.20.0' // From jitpack.io
+  implementation 'com.github.functionland:fula-build-aar:v1.29.0' // From jitpack.io
   implementation 'com.github.functionland:wnfs-android:v1.8.1' // From jitpack.io
   implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:20030203.000550'
   implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.15'
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/land/fx/fula/FulaModule.java b/android/src/main/java/land/fx/fula/FulaModule.java
index 4ef09fe..07791f1 100755
--- a/android/src/main/java/land/fx/fula/FulaModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/land/fx/fula/FulaModule.java
@@ -707,6 +707,9 @@ private String[] initInternal(byte[] identity, String storePath, String bloxAddr
           if(rootCid != null && !rootCid.isEmpty()){
             Log.d("ReactNative", "Re-setting cid from input: "+rootCid);
             cid = rootCid;
+            this.rootConfig = new land.fx.wnfslib.Config(cid);
+            this.reloadFS(this.client, identity, cid);
+            this.encrypt_and_store_config();
           }
           if(cid == null || cid.isEmpty()) {
             Log.d("ReactNative", "Tried to recover cid but was not successful. Creating new ones");
diff --git a/example/src/App.tsx b/example/src/App.tsx
index ed06e74..bc6b99b 100644
--- a/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ const App = () => {
   const [value, setValue] = React.useState<string>('');
   const [inprogress, setInprogress] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
   const [newRootCid, setNewRootCid] = React.useState<string>('');
-  const seed = '0xmd93c00b5v99f99ti871r8r17r2rt66ee277777ge1be6fb47709b691efb0e777';
+  const root_cid = 'bafyr4ibz4okarrsr7awv6wrwbnpnwi73rk72cnwgi5unvad5l75lr2zctu';
+  const seed =
+    '0xmd93c00b5v99f99ti871r8r17r2rt66ee277777ge1be6fb47709b691efb0e777';
 
   const [initComplete, setInitComplete] = React.useState<
     { peerId: string; rootCid: string; private_ref: string } | {}
@@ -53,17 +55,22 @@ const App = () => {
     153, 106, 217, 201, 106, 9, 66, 33, 214, 195, 255, 234, 178, 244, 203, 112,
     62, 91, 140, 55, 179, 10, 208, 210, 177, 111, 61, 46, 73, 148, 14, 62,
   ];
-  const bloxPeerId_tower =
-    '12D3KooWACVcVsQh18jM9UudRQzeYEjxCJQJgFUaAgs41tayjxC4';
-  const bloxPeerId_laptop =
-    '12D3KooWLGatFxDzMrKd4S6UC4GAtuM4zcFJW8RPuMR9SH7j46A8';
+  const bloxPeerId_tower = '12D3KooWACVcVsQh18jM9UudRQzeYEjxCJQJgFUaAgs41tayjxC4';
+  const bloxPeerId_laptop = '12D3KooWRTzN7HfmjoUBHokyRZuKdyohVVSGqKBMF24ZC3tGK78Q';
 
   const bloxAddr = '/dns/relay.dev.fx.land/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWDRrBaAfPwsGJivBoUw5fE7ZpDiyfUjqgiURq2DEcL835/p2p-circuit/p2p/' + bloxPeerId_laptop;
   //const bloxAddr = '/ip4/192.168.2.14/tcp/40001/p2p/' + bloxPeerId_laptop;
 
   const initFula = async () => {
     try {
-      return fula.init(privateKey_tower.toString(), '', bloxAddr, '');
+      return fula.init(
+        privateKey_tower.toString(),
+        '',
+        bloxAddr,
+        '',
+        true,
+        root_cid
+      );
     } catch (e) {
       console.log(e);
       return Promise.reject(e);
@@ -460,6 +467,56 @@ const App = () => {
           color={inprogress ? 'green' : 'blue'}
         />
 
+        <Button
+          title={
+            inprogress ? 'Putting & Getting...' : 'Check Join Request Status'
+          }
+          onPress={async () => {
+            try {
+              chainApi.init().then(async (api: any) => {
+                console.log('api created');
+                let accountId = await chainApi.getAccountIdFromSeed(seed);
+                console.log('account ID is ' + accountId);
+                chainApi
+                  .checkJoinRequest(api, 1, "5DD9qAHKNUqcYaKf5qgYra9y8s9BtbfLanJrTr3hQsK5XGGP")
+                  .then((res: any) => {
+                    console.log('join request status created');
+                    console.log(res);
+                  })
+                  .catch((e: any) => {
+                    console.log('join request status failed');
+                    console.log(e);
+                  });
+              });
+            } catch (e) {}
+          }}
+          color={inprogress ? 'green' : 'blue'}
+        />
+
+        <Button
+          title={inprogress ? 'Putting & Getting...' : 'Get User Pool'}
+          onPress={async () => {
+            try {
+              chainApi.init().then(async (api: any) => {
+                console.log('api created');
+                let accountId = await chainApi.getAccountIdFromSeed(seed);
+                console.log('account ID is ' + accountId);
+                chainApi
+                  .getUserPool(api, "5CcHZucP2u1FXQW9wuyC11vAVxB3c48pUhc5cc9b3oxbKPL2")
+                  .then((res: any) => {
+                    console.log('GetUserPool created');
+                    console.log(res);
+                  })
+                  .catch((e: any) => {
+                    console.log('GetUserPool failed');
+                    console.log(e);
+                  });
+              });
+            } catch (e) {}
+          }}
+          color={inprogress ? 'green' : 'blue'}
+        />
+
         <Button
           title={inprogress ? 'Getting...' : 'Get Blox Free Space'}
           onPress={async () => {
@@ -643,7 +700,6 @@ const App = () => {
           color={inprogress ? 'green' : 'blue'}
         />
 
-
         <Button
           title={inprogress ? 'Putting & Getting...' : 'Test Replicate'}
           onPress={async () => {
@@ -690,7 +746,7 @@ const App = () => {
                             .then((r2: any) => {
                               console.log('amount received');
                               console.log(r2);
-                          });
+                            });
                         }
                       })
                       .catch((e: any) => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 138796d..3dc7db2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@functionland/react-native-fula",
-  "version": "1.20.0",
+  "version": "1.29.0",
   "description": "This package is a bridge to use the Fula libp2p protocols in the react-native which is using wnfs",
   "main": "lib/commonjs/index",
   "module": "lib/module/index",
diff --git a/src/protocols/chain-api.ts b/src/protocols/chain-api.ts
index 213c443..5916bbc 100644
--- a/src/protocols/chain-api.ts
+++ b/src/protocols/chain-api.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,36 @@ export const checkJoinRequest = async (
   }
 };
 
+export const getUserPool = async (
+  api: ApiPromise | undefined,
+  accountId: string
+): Promise<BType.PoolUsers | null> => {
+  console.log('GetUserPool in react-native started');
+  try {
+    if (api === undefined) {
+      api = await init();
+    }
+    // Type guard to assure TypeScript that api is not undefined
+    if (!api?.query?.pool?.users) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'Failed to initialize api or api.query.pool or api.query.pool.users'
+      );
+    }
+
+    const poolUsers = await api.query.pool.users(accountId);
+
+    if (poolUsers != null) {
+      let formattedPoolUsers: BType.PoolUsers = JSON.parse(
+        JSON.stringify(poolUsers.toHuman())
+      );
+      return Promise.resolve(formattedPoolUsers);
+    }
+    return Promise.resolve(null);
+  } catch (err) {
+    return Promise.reject(err);
+  }
+};
+
 function isAccountInfo(obj: any): obj is { data: { free: any } } {
   return 'data' in obj && 'free' in obj.data;
 }
diff --git a/src/types/blockchain.ts b/src/types/blockchain.ts
index c4b7a94..4da2b14 100644
--- a/src/types/blockchain.ts
+++ b/src/types/blockchain.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ export interface PoolRequest {
   peerID: string;
 }
 
+export interface PoolUsers {
+  poolID: number;
+  account: string;
+  requestPoolId: string;
+  peerID: string;
+}
+
 export interface Pool {
   poolID: number;
   owner: string;