diff --git a/damus/ContentView.swift b/damus/ContentView.swift
index f4dda13a..c177cd71 100644
--- a/damus/ContentView.swift
+++ b/damus/ContentView.swift
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                     }
                     .tabViewStyle(.page(indexDisplayMode: .never))
                     .overlay(
-                        SideMenuView(damus_state: damus, isSidebarVisible: $isSideBarOpened.animation())
+                        SideMenuView(damus_state: damus_state!, isSidebarVisible: $isSideBarOpened.animation())
                     )
                     .navigationDestination(for: Route.self) { route in
                         route.view(navigationCoordinator: navigationCoordinator, damusState: damus_state!)
diff --git a/damus/Models/DamusState.swift b/damus/Models/DamusState.swift
index fceaad67..39f8b07c 100644
--- a/damus/Models/DamusState.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/DamusState.swift
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import Foundation
 import LinkPresentation
 
-struct DamusState: HeadlessDamusState {
+class DamusState: HeadlessDamusState {
     let pool: RelayPool
     let keypair: Keypair
     let likes: EventCounter