diff --git a/android/src/main/java/land/fx/fula/FulaModule.java b/android/src/main/java/land/fx/fula/FulaModule.java
index 3401564..fb1fab2 100755
--- a/android/src/main/java/land/fx/fula/FulaModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/land/fx/fula/FulaModule.java
@@ -187,6 +187,23 @@ public void newClient(String identityString, String storePath, String bloxAddr,
     });
   }
 
+  @ReactMethod
+  public void isReady(Promise promise) {
+    Log.d("ReactNative", "isReady started");
+    ThreadUtils.runOnExecutor(() -> {
+      boolean initialized = false;
+      try {
+        if (this.fula != null && this.fula.id() != null) {
+          initialized = true;
+        }
+        promise.resolve(initialized);
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        Log.d("ReactNative", "isReady failed with Error: " + e.getMessage());
+        promise.reject("Error", e.getMessage());
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   @ReactMethod
   public void init(String identityString, String storePath, String bloxAddr, String exchange, boolean autoFlush, String rootConfig, Promise promise) {
     Log.d("ReactNative", "init started");
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4fd6538..304bd55 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@functionland/react-native-fula",
-  "version": "1.0.6",
+  "version": "1.0.7",
   "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/interfaces/fulaNativeModule.ts b/src/interfaces/fulaNativeModule.ts
index 7916a4d..68cc5f1 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/fulaNativeModule.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/fulaNativeModule.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ interface FulaNativeModule {
     exchange: string, //set to 'noope' for testing
     autoFlush: boolean //set to false always unless you know what you are doing. This is to write actions to disk explicitly after each write
   ) => Promise<string>;
+  isReady: () => Promise<boolean>;
   logout: (identity: string, storePath: string) => Promise<boolean>;
   checkFailedActions: (retry: boolean) => Promise<boolean>;
   checkConnection: () => Promise<boolean>;
diff --git a/src/protocols/fula.ts b/src/protocols/fula.ts
index 40b5742..bd6adb8 100644
--- a/src/protocols/fula.ts
+++ b/src/protocols/fula.ts
@@ -253,3 +253,12 @@ export const readFileContent = (path: string): Promise<string> => {
 export const shutdown = (): Promise<void> => {
   return Fula.shutdown();
 };
+
+/**
+ * rm removes all files and folders at a given path
+ * @param path
+ * @returns string: new cid of the root
+ */
+export const isReady = (): Promise<boolean> => {
+  return Fula.isReady();
+};