diff --git a/xmpp/handlers.go b/xmpp/handlers.go
index bb80bb0..6f8c877 100644
--- a/xmpp/handlers.go
+++ b/xmpp/handlers.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func handlePresence(s xmpp.Sender, p stanza.Presence) {
 	case "unavailable", "error":
 		session.Disconnect(resource, false)
 	// go online
-	case "probe", "", "online":
+	case "probe", "", "online", "subscribe":
 		// due to the weird implementation of go-tdlib wrapper, it won't
 		// return the client instance until successful authorization
 		go func() {