diff --git a/src/features/auth/hooks.ts b/src/features/auth/hooks.ts
index c6e298c5..afe30134 100644
--- a/src/features/auth/hooks.ts
+++ b/src/features/auth/hooks.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ export const useTokenCookie = (
 
   // Pull token from main cookie. If it exists, and differs from state, try it for auth.
   const [cookieToken, setCookieToken, clearCookieToken] = useCookie(cookieName);
-  const { isSuccess, isFetching } = useTryAuthFromToken(cookieToken);
+  const { isSuccess, isFetching, isUninitialized } =
+    useTryAuthFromToken(cookieToken);
 
   // Controls for backupCookie
   const [backupCookieToken, setBackupCookieToken, clearBackupCookieToken] =
@@ -44,21 +45,45 @@ export const useTokenCookie = (
   // Pull token, expiration, and init info from auth state
   const token = useAppSelector(authToken);
   const expires = useAppSelector(({ auth }) => auth.tokenInfo?.expires);
-  const initialized = useAppSelector(authInitialized);
+  const appAuthInitialized = useAppSelector(authInitialized);
 
   // Initializes auth for states where useTryAuthFromToken does not set auth
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (isFetching || initialized) return;
+    // If the cookieToken is present but it failed checks and wont be overwritten by a token in state, clear
+    if (
+      cookieToken &&
+      !isUninitialized &&
+      !isFetching &&
+      !isSuccess &&
+      !token
+    ) {
+      dispatch(setAuth(null));
+      clearCookieToken();
+      // clear backup token too, if it exists
+      if (backupCookieName) clearBackupCookieToken();
+    }
+    if (isFetching || appAuthInitialized) return;
     if (!cookieToken) {
       dispatch(setAuth(null));
     } else if (!isSuccess) {
       dispatch(setAuth(null));
     }
-  }, [isFetching, initialized, cookieToken, dispatch, isSuccess]);
+  }, [
+    isFetching,
+    appAuthInitialized,
+    cookieToken,
+    dispatch,
+    isSuccess,
+    isUninitialized,
+    clearCookieToken,
+    backupCookieName,
+    clearBackupCookieToken,
+    token,
+  ]);
 
   // Set the cookie according to the initialized auth state
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!initialized) return;
+    if (!appAuthInitialized) return;
     if (token && expires) {
       setCookieToken(token, {
         expires: new Date(expires),
@@ -76,7 +101,7 @@ export const useTokenCookie = (
       if (backupCookieName) clearBackupCookieToken();
     }
   }, [
-    initialized,
+    appAuthInitialized,
     token,
     expires,
     setCookieToken,
@@ -89,7 +114,7 @@ export const useTokenCookie = (
   useEffect(() => {
     if (
       Boolean(backupCookieName) &&
-      initialized &&
+      appAuthInitialized &&
       token &&
       backupCookieToken !== token
     ) {
@@ -108,7 +133,7 @@ export const useTokenCookie = (
     backupCookieName,
     backupCookieToken,
     expires,
-    initialized,
+    appAuthInitialized,
     setBackupCookieToken,
     token,
   ]);