diff --git a/src/components/ConnectionRequired.tsx b/src/components/ConnectionRequired.tsx
index 960ead7d76..41b96cb360 100644
--- a/src/components/ConnectionRequired.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ConnectionRequired.tsx
@@ -149,19 +149,22 @@ const ConnectionRequired: FunctionComponent<ConnectionRequiredProps> = ({
 
     useEffect(() => {
         // Check connection status on initial page load
-        ServerConnections.connect()
-            .then(firstConnection => {
-                console.debug('[ConnectionRequired] connection state', firstConnection?.State);
+        const apiClient = ServerConnections.currentApiClient();
+        const firstConnection = ServerConnections.firstConnection;
+        console.debug('[ConnectionRequired] connection state', firstConnection?.State);
+        ServerConnections.firstConnection = null;
 
-                if (firstConnection && firstConnection.State !== ConnectionState.SignedIn) {
-                    return handleIncompleteWizard(firstConnection);
-                } else {
-                    return validateUserAccess();
-                }
-            })
-            .catch(err => {
-                console.error('[ConnectionRequired] failed to connect to server', err);
-            });
+        if (firstConnection && firstConnection.State !== ConnectionState.SignedIn && !apiClient?.isLoggedIn()) {
+            handleIncompleteWizard(firstConnection)
+                .catch(err => {
+                    console.error('[ConnectionRequired] could not start wizard', err);
+                });
+        } else {
+            validateUserAccess()
+                .catch(err => {
+                    console.error('[ConnectionRequired] could not validate user access', err);
+                });
+        }
     }, [handleIncompleteWizard, validateUserAccess]);
 
     if (isLoading) {
diff --git a/src/components/ServerConnections.js b/src/components/ServerConnections.js
index 93aff18584..be2ac43877 100644
--- a/src/components/ServerConnections.js
+++ b/src/components/ServerConnections.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class ServerConnections extends ConnectionManager {
     constructor() {
         super(...arguments);
         this.localApiClient = null;
+        this.firstConnection = null;
 
         // Set the apiclient minimum version to match the SDK
         this._minServerVersion = MINIMUM_VERSION;
diff --git a/src/index.jsx b/src/index.jsx
index dac6f72e8b..cbbc633ce6 100644
--- a/src/index.jsx
+++ b/src/index.jsx
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ build: ${__JF_BUILD_VERSION__}`);
         Events.on(apiClient, 'requestfail', appRouter.onRequestFail);
     });
 
+    // Connect to server
+    ServerConnections.firstConnection = await ServerConnections.connect();
+
     // Render the app
     await renderApp();