diff --git a/api/src/tablo.ts b/api/src/tablo.ts
index 80ea9d3..0bbf7ba 100644
--- a/api/src/tablo.ts
+++ b/api/src/tablo.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ tabloRouter.post("/create-and-invite", async (c) => {
     .single();
 
   if (ownerError || !ownerData || invitedUserError || !invitedUser) {
-    return c.json({ error: "owner_id is incorrect" }, 400);
+    return c.json({ error: "owner_id or invited_user_id is incorrect" }, 400);
   }
 
   const ownerDataTyped = ownerData as {
@@ -306,15 +306,24 @@ tabloRouter.patch("/update", async (c) => {
 
   const updatedTablo = update as Tables<"tablos">;
 
+  const isUpdatingName =
+    tablo.name !== undefined && tablo.name !== updatedTablo.name;
+
   if (error) {
     return c.json({ error: error.message }, 500);
   }
 
-  const channel = streamServerClient.channel("messaging", updatedTablo.id);
-  await channel.update({
-    // @ts-ignore
-    name: updatedTablo.name,
-  });
+  if (isUpdatingName) {
+    const channel = streamServerClient.channel("messaging", updatedTablo.id);
+    try {
+      await channel.update({
+        // @ts-ignore
+        name: updatedTablo.name,
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error("error updating channel", error);
+    }
+  }
 
   return c.json({ message: "Tablo updated successfully" });
 });