diff --git a/ui/src/app/auth/authContext.tsx b/ui/src/app/auth/authContext.tsx
index c354d6e..2e0a4a2 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/auth/authContext.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/app/auth/authContext.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 "use client"
 
 import { createContext, useContext, useState, useEffect } from 'react';
-import { Dispatch, SetStateAction } from 'react';
 import { User } from '../types';
 import { useCookies } from 'react-cookie';
 import { jwtDecode } from 'jwt-decode';
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ export const AuthProvider = ({ children }: Readonly<{ children: React.ReactNode
             let userObject = jwtDecode(cookies.user_token) as User
             setUser(userObject);
         } else {
+            setUser(null)
             router.push('/login');
         }
     }, [cookies.user_token, router]);
diff --git a/ui/src/app/certificate_requests/page.tsx b/ui/src/app/certificate_requests/page.tsx
index b0a4f6b..0e61848 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/certificate_requests/page.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/app/certificate_requests/page.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ export default function CertificateRequests() {
         queryFn: () => getCertificateRequests({ authToken: cookies.user_token })
     })
     if (query.status == "loading") { return <Loading /> }
-    if (query.status == "error") { return <Error msg={query.error.message} /> }
+    if (query.status == "error") {
+        if (query.error.message.includes("401")) {
+            removeCookie("user_token")
+        }
+        return <Error msg={query.error.message} />
+    }
     const csrs = Array.from(query.data ? query.data : [])
     return (
         <CertificateRequestsTable csrs={csrs} />
diff --git a/ui/src/app/queries.ts b/ui/src/app/queries.ts
index 0bb1bdd..b0f32a2 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/queries.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/queries.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { CSREntry } from "./types"
+import { HTTPStatus } from "./utils"
 
 export type RequiredParams = {
     id: string
@@ -12,12 +13,12 @@ export async function getCertificateRequests(params: { authToken: string }): Pro
         headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer " + params.authToken }
     })
     if (!response.ok) {
-        throw new Error('Network response was not ok')
+        throw new Error(`${response.status} ${HTTPStatus(response.status)}`)
     }
     return response.json()
 }
 
-export async function postCSR(params: {authToken: string, csr: string}) {
+export async function postCSR(params: { authToken: string, csr: string }) {
     if (!params.csr) {
         throw new Error('CSR not provided')
     }
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ export async function postCSR(params: {authToken: string, csr: string}) {
         body: params.csr.trim()
     })
     if (!response.ok) {
-        throw new Error('Network response was not ok')
+        throw new Error(`${response.status} ${HTTPStatus(response.status)}`)
     }
     return response.json()
 }
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ export async function postCertToID(params: RequiredParams) {
         body: params.cert.trim()
     })
     if (!response.ok) {
-        throw new Error('Network response was not ok')
+        throw new Error(`${response.status} ${HTTPStatus(response.status)}`)
     }
     return response.json()
 }
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export async function deleteCSR(params: RequiredParams) {
         }
     })
     if (!response.ok) {
-        throw new Error('Network response was not ok')
+        throw new Error(`${response.status} ${HTTPStatus(response.status)}`)
     }
     return response.json()
 }
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ export async function rejectCSR(params: RequiredParams) {
         }
     })
     if (!response.ok) {
-        throw new Error('Network response was not ok')
+        throw new Error(`${response.status} ${HTTPStatus(response.status)}`)
     }
     return response.json()
 }
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ export async function revokeCertificate(params: RequiredParams) {
         }
     })
     if (!response.ok) {
-        throw new Error('Network response was not ok')
+        throw new Error(`${response.status} ${HTTPStatus(response.status)}`)
     }
     return response.json()
 }
@@ -97,9 +98,9 @@ export async function login(userForm: { username: string, password: string }) {
         method: "POST",
         body: JSON.stringify({ "username": userForm.username, "password": userForm.password })
     })
+    const responseText = await response.text()
     if (!response.ok) {
-        const responseText = await response.text()
-        throw new Error(responseText)
+        throw new Error(`${response.status} ${HTTPStatus(response.status)}. ${responseText}`)
     }
-    return response.text()
+    return responseText
 }
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diff --git a/ui/src/app/utils.ts b/ui/src/app/utils.ts
index 9750d0f..32e4ec1 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/utils.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CertificationRequest, Certificate, Extension, Extensions, GeneralName, GeneralNames } from "pkijs";
+import { CertificationRequest, Certificate, Extensions } from "pkijs";
 import { fromBER } from "asn1js";
 import * as pvutils from "pvutils";
 
@@ -233,4 +233,14 @@ export const csrMatchesCertificate = (csrPemString: string, certPemString: strin
     const csrPKbytes = csr.subjectPublicKeyInfo.subjectPublicKey.valueBeforeDecodeView
     const certPKbytes = cert.subjectPublicKeyInfo.subjectPublicKey.valueBeforeDecodeView
     return csrPKbytes.toString() == certPKbytes.toString()
+}
+
+export const HTTPStatus = (code: number): string => {
+    const map: { [key: number]: string } = {
+        401: "Unauthorized",
+    }
+    if (!(code in map)) {
+        throw new Error("code not recognized: " + code)
+    }
+    return map[code]
 }
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