diff --git a/src/interfaces/fulaNativeModule.ts b/src/interfaces/fulaNativeModule.ts
index a4495d1..42ac499 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/fulaNativeModule.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/fulaNativeModule.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NativeModules, Platform } from 'react-native';
 
 interface FulaNativeModule {
-  init: (
+  initFula: (
     identity: string, //Private key of did identity
     storePath: string, //You can leave empty
     bloxAddr: string, //Blox multiadddr needs to be manually entered now
diff --git a/src/protocols/chain-api.ts b/src/protocols/chain-api.ts
index c94ffab..7979fb3 100644
--- a/src/protocols/chain-api.ts
+++ b/src/protocols/chain-api.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ export const listPools = async (
     if (api === undefined) {
       api = await init();
     }
+    // Type guard to assure TypeScript that api is not undefined
+    if (!api || !api.query || !api.query.pool || !api.query.pool.lastPoolId || !api.query.pool.pools) {
+      throw new Error('Failed to initialize api or api.query.pool');
+    }
     const pools: BType.PoolListResponse = { pools: [] };
     const lastPoolId = await api.query.pool.lastPoolId();
     let finalReturnedId: number = Number(lastPoolId.toHuman());
@@ -111,6 +115,10 @@ export const checkJoinRequest = async (
     if (api === undefined) {
       api = await init();
     }
+    // Type guard to assure TypeScript that api is not undefined
+    if (!api || !api.query || !api.query.pool || !api.query.pool.poolRequests) {
+      throw new Error('Failed to initialize api or api.query.pool');
+    }
 
     const poolRequest = await api.query.pool.poolRequests(poolId, accountId);