diff --git a/src/components/ageAssurance/AgeAssurancePrompt.tsx b/src/components/ageAssurance/AgeAssurancePrompt.tsx
index 87216fe270..d7baa4c746 100644
--- a/src/components/ageAssurance/AgeAssurancePrompt.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ageAssurance/AgeAssurancePrompt.tsx
@@ -11,27 +11,32 @@ import {
 } from '#/components/ageAssurance/AgeAssuranceInitDialog'
 import {IsAgeRestricted} from '#/components/ageAssurance/IsAgeRestricted'
 import {Button, ButtonText} from '#/components/Button'
+import type * as Dialog from '#/components/Dialog'
 import {Divider} from '#/components/Divider'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 
 export function AgeAssurancePrompt({style}: ViewStyleProp & {}) {
+  const control = useDialogControl()
+  const {hasInitiated} = useAgeAssuranceContext()
   return (
-    <IsAgeRestricted.True>
-      <Inner style={style} />
-    </IsAgeRestricted.True>
+    <>
+      <IsAgeRestricted.True>
+        {!hasInitiated && <Inner style={style} control={control} />}
+        <AgeAssuranceInitDialog control={control} />
+      </IsAgeRestricted.True>
+    </>
   )
 }
 
-function Inner({style}: ViewStyleProp & {}) {
+function Inner({
+  style,
+  control,
+}: ViewStyleProp & {control: Dialog.DialogControlProps}) {
   const t = useTheme()
   const {_} = useLingui()
-  const {hasInitiated} = useAgeAssuranceContext()
-  const control = useDialogControl()
 
-  return hasInitiated ? null : (
+  return (
     <>
-      <AgeAssuranceInitDialog control={control} />
-
       <View style={style}>
         <View
           style={[
diff --git a/src/components/ageAssurance/AgeAssuranceRedirectDialog.tsx b/src/components/ageAssurance/AgeAssuranceRedirectDialog.tsx
index 4dadf9805a..5e70939f18 100644
--- a/src/components/ageAssurance/AgeAssuranceRedirectDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ageAssurance/AgeAssuranceRedirectDialog.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 import {useQueryClient} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
 import {retry} from '#/lib/async/retry'
+import {wait} from '#/lib/async/wait'
 import {isNative} from '#/platform/detection'
 import {createAgeAssuranceQueryKey} from '#/state/age-assurance'
 import {useAgent} from '#/state/session'
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ import {Loader} from '#/components/Loader'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 
 export type AgeAssuranceRedirectDialogState = {
-  status: 'success' | 'unknown'
-  did: string
+  result: 'success' | 'unknown'
+  actorDid: string
 }
 
 /**
@@ -28,27 +29,27 @@ export type AgeAssuranceRedirectDialogState = {
  */
 export function parseAgeAssuranceRedirectDialogState(
   state: {
-    status?: string
-    did?: string
+    result?: string
+    actorDid?: string
   } = {},
 ): AgeAssuranceRedirectDialogState | undefined {
-  let status: AgeAssuranceRedirectDialogState['status'] = 'unknown'
-  const did = state.did
+  let result: AgeAssuranceRedirectDialogState['result'] = 'unknown'
+  const actorDid = state.actorDid
 
-  switch (state.status) {
+  switch (state.result) {
     case 'success':
-      status = 'success'
+      result = 'success'
       break
     case 'unknown':
     default:
-      status = 'unknown'
+      result = 'unknown'
       break
   }
 
-  if (status && did) {
+  if (result && actorDid) {
     return {
-      status,
-      did,
+      result,
+      actorDid,
     }
   }
 }
@@ -93,24 +94,27 @@ export function Inner({}: {optimisticState?: AgeAssuranceRedirectDialogState}) {
 
     polling.current = true
 
-    retry(
-      5,
-      () => true,
-      async () => {
-        if (!agent.session) return
-        if (unmounted.current) return
+    wait(
+      3e3,
+      retry(
+        5,
+        () => true,
+        async () => {
+          if (!agent.session) return
+          if (unmounted.current) return
 
-        const {data} = await agent.app.bsky.unspecced.getAgeAssuranceState()
+          const {data} = await agent.app.bsky.unspecced.getAgeAssuranceState()
 
-        if (data.status !== 'assured') {
-          throw new Error(
-            `Polling for age assurance state did not receive assured status`,
-          )
-        }
+          if (data.status !== 'assured') {
+            throw new Error(
+              `Polling for age assurance state did not receive assured status`,
+            )
+          }
 
-        return data
-      },
-      1e3,
+          return data
+        },
+        1e3,
+      ),
     )
       .then(data => {
         if (!data) return
diff --git a/src/lib/constants.ts b/src/lib/constants.ts
index 853325047f..3f2ba9b25b 100644
--- a/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -207,4 +207,4 @@ export const PUBLIC_APPVIEW_DID = 'did:web:api.bsky.app'
 export const PUBLIC_STAGING_APPVIEW_DID = 'did:web:api.staging.bsky.dev'
 
 export const DEV_ENV_APPVIEW = `http://localhost:2584` // always the same
-export const DEV_ENV_APPVIEW_DID = `did:plc:lmynpbfp7bbyc4pz2xjdtzsh` // get this from `localhost:2581`
+export const DEV_ENV_APPVIEW_DID = `did:plc:zkrndrc5vqjfn32cr4qya7c5` // get this from `localhost:2581`
diff --git a/src/lib/hooks/useIntentHandler.ts b/src/lib/hooks/useIntentHandler.ts
index 69254e7f64..9c2014a8e7 100644
--- a/src/lib/hooks/useIntentHandler.ts
+++ b/src/lib/hooks/useIntentHandler.ts
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ export function useIntentHandler() {
         }
         case 'age-assurance': {
           const state = parseAgeAssuranceRedirectDialogState({
-            status: params.get('status') ?? undefined,
-            did: params.get('did') ?? undefined,
+            result: params.get('result') ?? undefined,
+            actorDid: params.get('actorDid') ?? undefined,
           })
 
           // TODO maybe handle invalid DID here