diff --git a/lib/model/store.dart b/lib/model/store.dart
index 9e7c661f6e..a088f0b1e5 100644
--- a/lib/model/store.dart
+++ b/lib/model/store.dart
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ class UpdateMachine {
     updateMachine.poll();
     // TODO do registerNotificationToken before registerQueue:
     //   https://github.com/zulip/zulip-flutter/pull/325#discussion_r1365982807
-    updateMachine.registerNotificationToken();
+    unawaited(updateMachine.registerNotificationToken());
     return updateMachine;
   }