diff --git a/nirvana-ios/Services/AuthSessionStore.swift b/nirvana-ios/Services/AuthSessionStore.swift
index f78dbce..99db033 100644
--- a/nirvana-ios/Services/AuthSessionStore.swift
+++ b/nirvana-ios/Services/AuthSessionStore.swift
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ final class AuthSessionStore: ObservableObject, SessionStore {
     
     private var firestoreService: FirestoreService = FirestoreService()
     
+    init(isPreview: Bool) {
+        let fakeUser = User(id: UUID().uuidString, nickname: "arjunya", phoneNumber: "+19302919293")
+        self.user = User()
+        let clientID = FirebaseApp.app()?.options.clientID
+        self.GIDconfig = GIDConfiguration(clientID: clientID!)
+    }
+    
     init() {
         // create google sign in configuration object
         let clientID = FirebaseApp.app()?.options.clientID
@@ -43,8 +50,6 @@ final class AuthSessionStore: ObservableObject, SessionStore {
         
         print("the google client id: prolly shouldn't be printing this: \(clientID)")
         
-        
-        
         self.setupAuthListen()
     }
     
diff --git a/nirvana-ios/Views/InnerCircle/InnerCircleView.swift b/nirvana-ios/Views/InnerCircle/InnerCircleView.swift
index 0d91cfa..8190c3d 100644
--- a/nirvana-ios/Views/InnerCircle/InnerCircleView.swift
+++ b/nirvana-ios/Views/InnerCircle/InnerCircleView.swift
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ struct InnerCircleView: View {
 
 struct InnerCircleView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
     static var previews: some View {
-        InnerCircleView().environmentObject(AuthSessionStore())
+        InnerCircleView().environmentObject(AuthSessionStore(isPreview: true))
     }
 }