diff --git a/src/api/communicators.json b/src/api/communicators.json
index c76acc5ed..840795576 100644
--- a/src/api/communicators.json
+++ b/src/api/communicators.json
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
     "email": "support@cboard.io",
     "rootBoard": "root",
     "boards": ["root"],
-    "defaultBoardBlackList": []
+    "defaultBoardBlackList": [],
+    "defaultBoardsIncluded": [
+      { "nameOnJSON": "advanced", "homeBoard": "root" },
+      { "nameOnJSON": "picSeePal", "homeBoard": "jjmlUcQs19" }
+    ]
   }
 ]
diff --git a/src/api/corePicSeePal.json b/src/api/corePicSeePal.json
index f6c6f9749..52edbd5f3 100644
--- a/src/api/corePicSeePal.json
+++ b/src/api/corePicSeePal.json
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@
         "sound": "",
         "type": "folder",
         "backgroundColor": "#2196F3",
-        "linkedBoard": false,
+        "linkedBoard": true,
         "id": "auYUsFh3-qI"
       }
     ],
diff --git a/src/components/App/App.constants.js b/src/components/App/App.constants.js
index 5f61126da..5e10a0fa1 100644
--- a/src/components/App/App.constants.js
+++ b/src/components/App/App.constants.js
@@ -63,3 +63,23 @@ export const APP_LANGS = [
   'zh-CN',
   'zu-ZA' // for crowdin contextual translation
 ];
+
+export const USER_DATA_PROPERTIES = [
+  'id',
+  'google',
+  'facebook',
+  'apple',
+  'name',
+  'role',
+  'provider',
+  'locale',
+  'password',
+  'location',
+  'email',
+  'isFirstLogin',
+  'birthdate',
+  'lastlogin',
+  'createdAt',
+  'updatedAt',
+  'authToken'
+];
diff --git a/src/components/App/App.reducer.js b/src/components/App/App.reducer.js
index 694f4babc..9718c012b 100644
--- a/src/components/App/App.reducer.js
+++ b/src/components/App/App.reducer.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import {
   UPDATE_USER_DATA,
   DISABLE_TOUR,
   ENABLE_ALL_TOURS,
-  SET_UNLOGGED_USER_LOCATION
+  SET_UNLOGGED_USER_LOCATION,
+  USER_DATA_PROPERTIES
 } from './App.constants';
 import { LOGIN_SUCCESS, LOGOUT } from '../Account/Login/Login.constants';
 import {
@@ -60,6 +61,15 @@ const initialState = {
   userData: {}
 };
 
+const getKeysFromApiUserDataResponse = payload => {
+  const newUser = {};
+  if (!payload) return newUser;
+  USER_DATA_PROPERTIES.forEach(prop => {
+    if (payload[prop] !== undefined) newUser[prop] = payload[prop];
+  });
+  return newUser;
+};
+
 function appReducer(state = initialState, action) {
   let displaySettings = { ...state.displaySettings };
   let navigationSettings = { ...state.navigationSettings };
@@ -147,7 +157,7 @@ function appReducer(state = initialState, action) {
         isFirstVisit: false,
         displaySettings,
         navigationSettings,
-        userData: action.payload || {}
+        userData: getKeysFromApiUserDataResponse(action.payload)
       };
     case LOGOUT:
       return {
@@ -157,7 +167,7 @@ function appReducer(state = initialState, action) {
     case UPDATE_USER_DATA:
       return {
         ...state,
-        userData: action.userData
+        userData: getKeysFromApiUserDataResponse(action.userData)
       };
     case SET_UNLOGGED_USER_LOCATION:
       return {
diff --git a/src/components/Board/Board.actions.js b/src/components/Board/Board.actions.js
index 9c11e2578..9e0990bb0 100644
--- a/src/components/Board/Board.actions.js
+++ b/src/components/Board/Board.actions.js
@@ -123,9 +123,12 @@ export function changeDefaultBoard(selectedBoardNameOnJson) {
       return initialDefaultBoardsIncluded;
     };
 
-    const defaultBoardsIncluded =
-      activeCommunicator.defaultBoardsIncluded ||
-      fallbackInitialDefaultBoardsIncluded(activeCommunicator);
+    const hasValidDefaultBoardsIncluded = !!activeCommunicator
+      .defaultBoardsIncluded?.length;
+
+    const defaultBoardsIncluded = hasValidDefaultBoardsIncluded
+      ? activeCommunicator.defaultBoardsIncluded
+      : fallbackInitialDefaultBoardsIncluded(activeCommunicator);
 
     const defaultBoardsNamesIncluded = defaultBoardsIncluded?.map(
       includedBoardObject => includedBoardObject.nameOnJSON
diff --git a/src/components/Communicator/Communicator.actions.js b/src/components/Communicator/Communicator.actions.js
index 5dec5e3a0..f575f8afc 100644
--- a/src/components/Communicator/Communicator.actions.js
+++ b/src/components/Communicator/Communicator.actions.js
@@ -214,7 +214,10 @@ export function verifyAndUpsertCommunicator(
       updatedCommunicatorData.id = shortid.generate();
       updatedCommunicatorData.boards = [...communicator.boards];
 
-      if (!!communicator.defaultBoardsIncluded) {
+      const hasValidDefaultBoardsIncluded = !!communicator.defaultBoardsIncluded
+        ?.length;
+
+      if (hasValidDefaultBoardsIncluded) {
         updatedCommunicatorData.defaultBoardsIncluded = communicator.defaultBoardsIncluded.map(
           item => ({ ...item })
         );
diff --git a/src/components/Communicator/Communicator.reducer.js b/src/components/Communicator/Communicator.reducer.js
index 5b19818b2..7c6ec7130 100644
--- a/src/components/Communicator/Communicator.reducer.js
+++ b/src/components/Communicator/Communicator.reducer.js
@@ -165,7 +165,11 @@ function communicatorReducer(state = initialState, action) {
             nameOnJSON: 'advanced',
             homeBoard: 'root'
           };
-          const defaultBoardsIncluded = activeCommunicator.defaultBoardsIncluded
+
+          const hasValidDefaultBoardsIncluded = !!activeCommunicator
+            .defaultBoardsIncluded?.length;
+
+          const defaultBoardsIncluded = hasValidDefaultBoardsIncluded
             ? [
                 ...activeCommunicator.defaultBoardsIncluded,
                 action.defaultBoardData