diff --git a/src/components/TopBar/TopBar.vue b/src/components/TopBar/TopBar.vue
index b11be197388..60454069373 100644
--- a/src/components/TopBar/TopBar.vue
+++ b/src/components/TopBar/TopBar.vue
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ import BreakoutRoomsEditor from '../BreakoutRoomsEditor/BreakoutRoomsEditor.vue'
 import ConversationIcon from '../ConversationIcon.vue'
 
 import { useGetParticipants } from '../../composables/useGetParticipants.js'
-import { AVATAR, CONVERSATION } from '../../constants.js'
+import { AVATAR, CONVERSATION, ATTENDEE } from '../../constants.js'
 import BrowserStorage from '../../services/BrowserStorage.js'
 import { getTalkConfig } from '../../services/CapabilitiesManager.ts'
 import { useChatExtrasStore } from '../../stores/chatExtras.js'
@@ -304,13 +304,19 @@ export default {
 			return this.nextEvent && !this.isInCall && !this.isSidebar && !this.isMobile
 				&& this.conversation.type !== CONVERSATION.TYPE.NOTE_TO_SELF
 		},
+
+		isGuestActor() {
+			return this.$store.getters.getActorType() === ATTENDEE.ACTOR_TYPE.GUESTS
+			|| this.$store.getters.getActorType() === null // not initialized yet
+		},
 	},
 
 	watch: {
 		token: {
 			immediate: true,
 			handler(value) {
-				if (!value || this.isSidebar) {
+				if (!value || this.isSidebar || this.isGuestActor) {
+					// Do not fetch upcoming events for guests (401 unauthorzied) or in sidebar
 					return
 				}
 				this.chatExtrasStore.getUpcomingEvents(value)