diff --git a/src/components/graph/GraphCanvas.vue b/src/components/graph/GraphCanvas.vue
index bd57eec08..ada7e1ff8 100644
--- a/src/components/graph/GraphCanvas.vue
+++ b/src/components/graph/GraphCanvas.vue
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ import { usePaste } from '@/composables/usePaste'
 import { useWorkflowPersistence } from '@/composables/useWorkflowPersistence'
 import { CORE_SETTINGS } from '@/constants/coreSettings'
 import { i18n } from '@/i18n'
-import { api } from '@/scripts/api'
+import { UnauthorizedError, api } from '@/scripts/api'
 import { app as comfyApp } from '@/scripts/app'
 import { ChangeTracker } from '@/scripts/changeTracker'
 import { IS_CONTROL_WIDGET, updateControlWidgetLabel } from '@/scripts/widgets'
@@ -241,7 +241,20 @@ onMounted(async () => {
   // some listeners of litegraph canvas.
   ChangeTracker.init(comfyApp)
   await loadCustomNodesI18n()
-  await settingStore.loadSettingValues()
+  try {
+    await settingStore.loadSettingValues()
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof UnauthorizedError) {
+      console.log(
+        'Failed loading user settings, user unauthorized, cleaning local Comfy.userId'
+      )
+      localStorage.removeItem('Comfy.userId')
+      localStorage.removeItem('Comfy.userName')
+      window.location.reload()
+    } else {
+      throw error
+    }
+  }
   CORE_SETTINGS.forEach((setting) => {
     settingStore.addSetting(setting)
   })
diff --git a/src/scripts/api.ts b/src/scripts/api.ts
index c18d9b04a..9ebde1ad6 100644
--- a/src/scripts/api.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/api.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ interface ApiMessage<T extends keyof ApiCalls> {
   data: ApiCalls[T]
 }
 
+export class UnauthorizedError extends Error {}
+
 /** Ensures workers get a fair shake. */
 type Unionize<T> = T[keyof T]
 
@@ -732,7 +734,12 @@ export class ComfyApi extends EventTarget {
    * @returns { Promise<string, unknown> } A dictionary of id -> value
    */
   async getSettings(): Promise<Settings> {
-    return (await this.fetchApi('/settings')).json()
+    const resp = await this.fetchApi('/settings')
+
+    if (resp.status == 401) {
+      throw new UnauthorizedError(resp.statusText)
+    }
+    return await resp.json()
   }
 
   /**