diff --git a/lib/pages/chat_list/chat_list.dart b/lib/pages/chat_list/chat_list.dart
index 9ad418e36..19eb99149 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat_list/chat_list.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat_list/chat_list.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import 'package:fluffychat/config/themes.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pages/chat/send_file_dialog.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pages/chat_list/chat_list_view.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/constants/pangea_room_types.dart';
-import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/controllers/pangea_controller.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/extensions/client_extension/client_extension.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/extensions/pangea_room_extension/pangea_room_extension.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/utils/chat_list_handle_space_tap.dart';
@@ -1016,7 +1015,7 @@ class ChatListController extends State<ChatList>
     }
 
     // #Pangea
-    await _initPangeaControllers(client);
+    _initPangeaControllers(client);
     // Pangea#
     if (!mounted) return;
     setState(() {
@@ -1025,22 +1024,12 @@ class ChatListController extends State<ChatList>
   }
 
   // #Pangea
-  Future<void> _initPangeaControllers(Client client) async {
-    MatrixState.pangeaController.putAnalytics.initialize();
-    MatrixState.pangeaController.getAnalytics.initialize();
+  void _initPangeaControllers(Client client) {
+    GoogleAnalytics.analyticsUserUpdate(client.userID);
+    client.migrateAnalyticsRooms();
+    MatrixState.pangeaController.initControllers();
     if (mounted) {
-      final PangeaController pangeaController = MatrixState.pangeaController;
-      GoogleAnalytics.analyticsUserUpdate(client.userID);
-      pangeaController.startChatWithBotIfNotPresent();
-      await pangeaController.subscriptionController.initialize();
-      pangeaController.afterSyncAndFirstLoginInitialization(context);
-      await pangeaController.inviteBotToExistingSpaces();
-      await pangeaController.setPangeaPushRules();
-      client.migrateAnalyticsRooms();
-    } else {
-      ErrorHandler.logError(
-        m: "didn't run afterSyncAndFirstLoginInitialization because not mounted",
-      );
+      MatrixState.pangeaController.classController.joinCachedSpaceCode(context);
     }
   }
   // Pangea#
diff --git a/lib/pangea/controllers/class_controller.dart b/lib/pangea/controllers/class_controller.dart
index 0e51e700c..df0a699bc 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/controllers/class_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/controllers/class_controller.dart
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ClassController extends BaseController {
     );
   }
 
-  Future<void> checkForClassCodeAndSubscription(BuildContext context) async {
+  Future<void> joinCachedSpaceCode(BuildContext context) async {
     final String? classCode = _pangeaController.pStoreService.read(
       PLocalKey.cachedClassCodeToJoin,
       isAccountData: false,
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class ClassController extends BaseController {
         context,
         classCode,
       );
+
       await _pangeaController.pStoreService.delete(
         PLocalKey.cachedClassCodeToJoin,
         isAccountData: false,
diff --git a/lib/pangea/controllers/get_analytics_controller.dart b/lib/pangea/controllers/get_analytics_controller.dart
index ed4568b65..e9bb72fdd 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/controllers/get_analytics_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/controllers/get_analytics_controller.dart
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class GetAnalyticsController {
       StreamController.broadcast();
 
   ConstructListModel constructListModel = ConstructListModel(uses: []);
+  Completer<void>? initCompleter;
 
   GetAnalyticsController(PangeaController pangeaController) {
     _pangeaController = pangeaController;
@@ -34,13 +35,19 @@ class GetAnalyticsController {
   Client get _client => _pangeaController.matrixState.client;
 
   // the minimum XP required for a given level
-  double get _minXPForLevel {
-    return 12.5 * (2 * pow(constructListModel.level - 1, 2) - 1);
+  int get _minXPForLevel {
+    return _calculateMinXpForLevel(constructListModel.level);
   }
 
   // the minimum XP required for the next level
-  double get _minXPForNextLevel {
-    return 12.5 * (2 * pow(constructListModel.level, 2) - 1);
+  int get _minXPForNextLevel {
+    return _calculateMinXpForLevel(constructListModel.level + 1);
+  }
+
+  /// Calculates the minimum XP required for a specific level.
+  int _calculateMinXpForLevel(int level) {
+    if (level == 1) return 0; // Ensure level 1 starts at 0 XP
+    return ((100 / 8) * (2 * pow(level - 1, 2))).floor();
   }
 
   // the progress within the current level as a percentage (0.0 to 1.0)
@@ -50,20 +57,23 @@ class GetAnalyticsController {
     return progress >= 0 ? progress : 0;
   }
 
-  void initialize() {
+  Future<void> initialize() async {
+    if (initCompleter != null) return;
+    initCompleter = Completer<void>();
+
     _analyticsUpdateSubscription ??= _pangeaController
         .putAnalytics.analyticsUpdateStream.stream
         .listen(_onAnalyticsUpdate);
 
-    _pangeaController.putAnalytics.lastUpdatedCompleter.future.then((_) {
-      _getConstructs().then((_) {
-        constructListModel.updateConstructs([
-          ...(_getConstructsLocal() ?? []),
-          ..._locallyCachedConstructs,
-        ]);
-        _updateAnalyticsStream();
-      });
-    });
+    await _pangeaController.putAnalytics.lastUpdatedCompleter.future;
+    await _getConstructs();
+    constructListModel.updateConstructs([
+      ...(_getConstructsLocal() ?? []),
+      ..._locallyCachedConstructs,
+    ]);
+    _updateAnalyticsStream();
+
+    initCompleter!.complete();
   }
 
   /// Clear all cached analytics data.
@@ -71,6 +81,7 @@ class GetAnalyticsController {
     constructListModel.dispose();
     _analyticsUpdateSubscription?.cancel();
     _analyticsUpdateSubscription = null;
+    initCompleter = null;
     _cache.clear();
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/pangea/controllers/pangea_controller.dart b/lib/pangea/controllers/pangea_controller.dart
index 3e737113d..f09457d34 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/controllers/pangea_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/controllers/pangea_controller.dart
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/utils/bot_name.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/utils/error_handler.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/utils/instructions.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/widgets/matrix.dart';
-import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:matrix/matrix.dart';
 import 'package:sentry_flutter/sentry_flutter.dart';
@@ -80,11 +79,19 @@ class PangeaController {
     _addRefInObjects();
   }
 
-  Future<void> afterSyncAndFirstLoginInitialization(
-    BuildContext context,
-  ) async {
-    await classController.checkForClassCodeAndSubscription(context);
+  /// Initializes various controllers and settings.
+  /// While many of these functions are asynchronous, they are not awaited here,
+  /// because of order of execution does not matter,
+  /// and running them at the same times speeds them up.
+  void initControllers() {
+    putAnalytics.initialize();
+    getAnalytics.initialize();
+    subscriptionController.initialize();
     classController.fixClassPowerLevels();
+
+    startChatWithBotIfNotPresent();
+    inviteBotToExistingSpaces();
+    setPangeaPushRules();
   }
 
   /// Initialize controllers
@@ -243,13 +250,23 @@ class PangeaController {
             ],
           );
 
-          final room = matrixState.client.getRoomById(roomId);
+          Room? room = matrixState.client.getRoomById(roomId);
           if (room == null || room.membership != Membership.join) {
             // Wait for room actually appears in sync
             await matrixState.client.waitForRoomInSync(roomId, join: true);
+            room = matrixState.client.getRoomById(roomId);
+            if (room == null) {
+              ErrorHandler.logError(
+                e: "Bot chat null after waiting for room in sync",
+                data: {
+                  "roomId": roomId,
+                },
+              );
+              return null;
+            }
           }
 
-          final botOptions = room!.getState(PangeaEventTypes.botOptions);
+          final botOptions = room.getState(PangeaEventTypes.botOptions);
           if (botOptions == null) {
             await matrixState.client.setRoomStateWithKey(
               roomId,
@@ -277,7 +294,10 @@ class PangeaController {
       }
 
       final Room botDMWithLatestActivity = botDMs.reduce((a, b) {
-        if (a.timeline == null || b.timeline == null) {
+        if (a.timeline == null ||
+            b.timeline == null ||
+            a.timeline!.events.isEmpty ||
+            b.timeline!.events.isEmpty) {
           return a;
         }
         final aLastEvent = a.timeline!.events.last;
diff --git a/lib/pangea/controllers/put_analytics_controller.dart b/lib/pangea/controllers/put_analytics_controller.dart
index 695c524fd..f484520e8 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/controllers/put_analytics_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/controllers/put_analytics_controller.dart
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class PutAnalyticsController extends BaseController<AnalyticsStream> {
     );
   }
 
-  Future<void> _onUpdateLanguages(String previousL2) async {
+  Future<void> _onUpdateLanguages(String? previousL2) async {
     await sendLocalAnalyticsToAnalyticsRoom(
       l2Override: previousL2,
     );
diff --git a/lib/pangea/pages/sign_up/signup.dart b/lib/pangea/pages/sign_up/signup.dart
index 7bbd055c0..f62108027 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/pages/sign_up/signup.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/pages/sign_up/signup.dart
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ class SignupPageController extends State<SignupPage> {
           displayname,
         );
       }
-    } catch (e) {
+    } catch (e, s) {
       //#Pangea
       const cancelledString = "Exception: Request has been canceled";
       if (e.toString() != cancelledString) {
-        ErrorHandler.logError(e: e);
+        ErrorHandler.logError(e: e, s: s);
         error = (e).toLocalizedString(context);
       }
       // Pangea#
diff --git a/lib/pangea/utils/download_chat.dart b/lib/pangea/utils/download_chat.dart
index ab0fee8a2..96d941120 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/utils/download_chat.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/utils/download_chat.dart
@@ -41,13 +41,8 @@ Future<void> downloadChat(
       timeline,
       room,
     );
-  } catch (err) {
-    ErrorHandler.logError(
-      e: Exception(
-        "Failed to fetch messages for chat ${room.id} in while downloading chat",
-      ),
-      s: StackTrace.current,
-    );
+  } catch (err, s) {
+    ErrorHandler.logError(e: err, s: s);
     ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
       SnackBar(
         content: Text(
@@ -214,12 +209,9 @@ Future<void> downloadFile(
           directory = await getExternalStorageDirectory();
         }
       }
-    } catch (err) {
+    } catch (err, s) {
       debugPrint("Failed to get download folder path");
-      ErrorHandler.logError(
-        e: Exception("Failed to get download folder path"),
-        s: StackTrace.current,
-      );
+      ErrorHandler.logError(e: err, s: s);
     }
     if (directory != null) {
       final File f = File("${directory.path}/$filename");
diff --git a/lib/pangea/widgets/chat/overlay_message_text.dart b/lib/pangea/widgets/chat/overlay_message_text.dart
index cb85d4c31..6f2b3fb12 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/widgets/chat/overlay_message_text.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/widgets/chat/overlay_message_text.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import 'package:fluffychat/config/app_config.dart';
-import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/controllers/pangea_controller.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/matrix_event_wrappers/pangea_message_event.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/models/pangea_token_model.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/pangea/widgets/chat/message_selection_overlay.dart';
@@ -24,26 +23,24 @@ class OverlayMessageText extends StatefulWidget {
 }
 
 class OverlayMessageTextState extends State<OverlayMessageText> {
-  final PangeaController pangeaController = MatrixState.pangeaController;
-  List<PangeaToken>? tokens;
+  List<PangeaToken>? _tokens;
 
   @override
   void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+    _setTokens();
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _setTokens() async {
     final repEvent = widget.pangeaMessageEvent.messageDisplayRepresentation;
     if (repEvent != null) {
-      tokens = repEvent.tokens;
-      if (tokens == null) {
-        repEvent
-            .tokensGlobal(
-          widget.pangeaMessageEvent.senderId,
-          widget.pangeaMessageEvent.originServerTs,
-        )
-            .then((tokens) {
-          setState(() => this.tokens = tokens);
-        });
-      }
+      _tokens = repEvent.tokens;
+      _tokens ??= await repEvent.tokensGlobal(
+        widget.pangeaMessageEvent.senderId,
+        widget.pangeaMessageEvent.originServerTs,
+      );
+      if (mounted) setState(() {});
     }
-    super.initState();
   }
 
   @override
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ class OverlayMessageTextState extends State<OverlayMessageText> {
       fontSize: AppConfig.messageFontSize * AppConfig.fontSizeFactor,
     );
 
-    if (tokens == null || tokens!.isEmpty) {
+    if (_tokens == null || _tokens!.isEmpty) {
       return Text(
         widget.pangeaMessageEvent.event.calcLocalizedBodyFallback(
           MatrixLocals(L10n.of(context)!),
@@ -83,8 +80,8 @@ class OverlayMessageTextState extends State<OverlayMessageText> {
     final List<TokenPosition> tokenPositions = [];
     int globalIndex = 0;
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < tokens!.length; i++) {
-      final token = tokens![i];
+    for (int i = 0; i < _tokens!.length; i++) {
+      final token = _tokens![i];
       final start = token.start;
       final end = token.end;
 
diff --git a/lib/pangea/widgets/chat_list/analytics_summary/learning_progress_indicators.dart b/lib/pangea/widgets/chat_list/analytics_summary/learning_progress_indicators.dart
index 29ce30078..a96df6f91 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/widgets/chat_list/analytics_summary/learning_progress_indicators.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/widgets/chat_list/analytics_summary/learning_progress_indicators.dart
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ class LearningProgressIndicatorsState
   @override
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
+
+    // if getAnalytics has already finished initializing,
+    // the data is loaded and should be displayed.
+    if (MatrixState.pangeaController.getAnalytics.initCompleter?.isCompleted ??
+        false) {
+      updateData(null);
+    }
     _analyticsSubscription = MatrixState
         .pangeaController.getAnalytics.analyticsStream.stream
         .listen(updateData);
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ class LearningProgressIndicatorsState
     super.dispose();
   }
 
-  void updateData(AnalyticsStreamUpdate _) {
+  void updateData(AnalyticsStreamUpdate? _) {
     if (_loading) _loading = false;
     if (mounted) setState(() {});
   }