diff --git a/app/routes/team.js b/app/routes/team.js
index e3749f6..c954642 100644
--- a/app/routes/team.js
+++ b/app/routes/team.js
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ export default class TeamRoute extends Route {
         Authorization: `Bearer ${this.get('tokenStorage.token')}`,
       }),
       method: 'POST',
-    }).then(response => response.json());
+    })
+      .then(response => {
+        if (response.ok) {
+          return response.json();
+        } else {
+          throw new Error();
+        }
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        this.tokenStorage.reset();
+        this.controllerFor('application').set('error', 'Invalid token');
+        this.transitionTo('application');
+      });
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/templates/application.hbs b/app/templates/application.hbs
index edeb66a..d0b9dbf 100644
--- a/app/templates/application.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/application.hbs
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 
   {{outlet}}
 {{else}}
+  {{#if this.error}}
+    <p data-test-error>{{this.error}}</p>
+  {{/if}}
   <label for="token-input">Token</label>
   <Input @id="token-input" @value={{this.tokenFieldValue}} data-test-token-field />
 
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/require-setup-test.js b/tests/acceptance/require-setup-test.js
index 9889efa..8ff97b8 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/require-setup-test.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/require-setup-test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { module, test } from 'qunit';
 import { click, fillIn, visit } from '@ember/test-helpers';
 import { setupApplicationTest } from 'ember-qunit';
 import { setupMirage } from 'ember-cli-mirage/test-support';
+import { Response } from 'ember-cli-mirage';
 import resetStorages from 'ember-local-storage/test-support/reset-storage';
 
 module('Acceptance | require setup', function(hooks) {
@@ -33,4 +34,30 @@ module('Acceptance | require setup', function(hooks) {
     assert.dom('.text-2xl').exists();
     assert.dom('[data-test-team-name]').hasText('our team');
   });
+
+  test('it returns to the token field when auth fails', async function(assert) {
+    const applicationController = this.owner.lookup('controller:application');
+    applicationController.set('tokenStorage.token', 1);
+
+    this.server.post('/auth', () => {
+      return new Response(401, {}, {});
+    });
+
+    await visitWithAbortedTransition('/team');
+
+    assert.dom('.text-2xl').doesNotExist();
+    assert.dom('[data-test-token-field]').exists();
+    assert.dom('[data-test-error]').hasText('Invalid token');
+  });
 });
+
+async function visitWithAbortedTransition(url) {
+  try {
+    await visit(url);
+  } catch (error) {
+    const { message } = error;
+    if (message !== 'TransitionAborted') {
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+}