diff --git a/SignalMessaging/profiles/OWSProfileManager.m b/SignalMessaging/profiles/OWSProfileManager.m
index ad681ebd4..d9308c977 100644
--- a/SignalMessaging/profiles/OWSProfileManager.m
+++ b/SignalMessaging/profiles/OWSProfileManager.m
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ typedef void (^ProfileManagerFailureBlock)(NSError *error);
         }
          */
         if (requiresSync) {
-            [LKSyncMessagesProtocol syncProfileUpdate];
+            [LKSyncMessagesProtocol syncProfile];
         }
 
         dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ typedef void (^ProfileManagerFailureBlock)(NSError *error);
         }
          */
         if (requiresSync) {
-            [LKSyncMessagesProtocol syncProfileUpdate];
+            [LKSyncMessagesProtocol syncProfile];
         }
 
         dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Sync Messages/SyncMessagesProtocol.swift b/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Sync Messages/SyncMessagesProtocol.swift
index b500a6cfa..00d3bc37c 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Sync Messages/SyncMessagesProtocol.swift	
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Loki/Protocol/Sync Messages/SyncMessagesProtocol.swift	
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ public final class SyncMessagesProtocol : NSObject {
         return !UserDefaults.standard[.hasLaunchedOnce]
     }
     
-    @objc(syncProfileUpdate)
-    public static func syncProfileUpdate() {
-        storage.dbReadWriteConnection.readWrite{ transaction in
-            let userHexEncodedPublicKey = getUserHexEncodedPublicKey()
-            let linkedDevices = LokiDatabaseUtilities.getLinkedDeviceHexEncodedPublicKeys(for: userHexEncodedPublicKey, in: transaction)
-            for hexEncodedPublicKey in linkedDevices {
-                guard hexEncodedPublicKey != userHexEncodedPublicKey else { continue }
-                let thread = TSContactThread.getOrCreateThread(withContactId: hexEncodedPublicKey, transaction: transaction)
+    @objc(syncProfile)
+    public static func syncProfile() {
+        try! Storage.writeSync { transaction in
+            let userPublicKey = getUserHexEncodedPublicKey()
+            let linkedDevices = LokiDatabaseUtilities.getLinkedDeviceHexEncodedPublicKeys(for: userPublicKey, in: transaction)
+            for publicKey in linkedDevices {
+                guard publicKey != userPublicKey else { continue }
+                let thread = TSContactThread.getOrCreateThread(withContactId: publicKey, transaction: transaction)
                 let syncMessage = OWSOutgoingSyncMessage.init(in: thread, messageBody: "", attachmentId: nil)
                 syncMessage.save(with: transaction)
                 let messageSenderJobQueue = SSKEnvironment.shared.messageSenderJobQueue
diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/Interactions/TSOutgoingMessage.m b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/Interactions/TSOutgoingMessage.m
index 3bdab9362..8e8c1b077 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/Interactions/TSOutgoingMessage.m
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/Interactions/TSOutgoingMessage.m
@@ -1126,8 +1126,9 @@ NSString *NSStringForOutgoingMessageRecipientState(OWSOutgoingMessageRecipientSt
 
 - (SSKProtoContentBuilder *)prepareCustomContentBuilder:(SignalRecipient *)recipient {
     SSKProtoDataMessage *_Nullable dataMessage = [self buildDataMessage:recipient.recipientId];
+
     if (!dataMessage) {
-        OWSFailDebug(@"could not build protobuf");
+        OWSFailDebug(@"Couldn't build protobuf.");
         return nil;
     }
     
@@ -1140,11 +1141,11 @@ NSString *NSStringForOutgoingMessageRecipientState(OWSOutgoingMessageRecipientSt
 - (nullable NSData *)buildPlainTextData:(SignalRecipient *)recipient
 {
     SSKProtoContentBuilder *contentBuilder = [self prepareCustomContentBuilder:recipient];
+
     NSError *error;
-    
     NSData *_Nullable contentData = [contentBuilder buildSerializedDataAndReturnError:&error];
     if (error || !contentData) {
-        OWSFailDebug(@"could not serialize protobuf: %@", error);
+        OWSFailDebug(@"Couldn't serialize protobuf due to error: %@.", error);
         return nil;
     }