diff --git a/lib/screens/room/join.dart b/lib/screens/room/join.dart
index 8ccf5c1..73d994b 100644
--- a/lib/screens/room/join.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/room/join.dart
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class _JoinRoomPageState extends State {
         // try to fetch a list of rooms the user is a member of
         // use an empty blacklist when request is not successful
         final List<Room> blacklist = [];
-        doNetworkRequest(sm,
+        await doNetworkRequest(sm,
           req: () => postWithCreadentials(
             path: 'listRooms',
             credentials: user,
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class _JoinRoomPageState extends State {
             // only add room to list,
             // if not on blacklist
             for (Room r in blacklist) {
-              if (r.compareTo(room) == 0) {
+              if (r == room) {
                 // server on white list
                 // move to next iteration on outer for loop
                 continue processor;