diff --git a/nirvana-ios/Services/AuthSessionStore.swift b/nirvana-ios/Services/AuthSessionStore.swift
index 33cda4a..a6f4f77 100644
--- a/nirvana-ios/Services/AuthSessionStore.swift
+++ b/nirvana-ios/Services/AuthSessionStore.swift
@@ -121,18 +121,18 @@ final class AuthSessionStore: ObservableObject, SessionStore {
     
     func setupAuthListen() {
         // monitor authentication changes using firebase
-        self.handler = Auth.auth().addStateDidChangeListener { [weak self] res, user in
+        self.handler = Auth.auth().addStateDidChangeListener { [weak self] res, authUser in
             print("auth listener activated")
             
             guard let self = self else { return }
          
-            self.sessionState = user == nil ? SessionState.isLoggedOut : SessionState.isAuthenticated
+            self.sessionState = authUser == nil ? SessionState.isLoggedOut : SessionState.isAuthenticated
             
             // get the user from the auth table in firebase auth
-            if let uid = user?.uid {
+            if let uid = authUser?.uid {
                 // if we have a user, create a new user model
                 print("auth listener: Got user: \(uid)")
-                print("auth listener: phone number: \(user?.phoneNumber)")
+                print("auth listener: phone number: \(authUser?.phoneNumber)")
                 
                 // when we have a user get signed in, we can activate the listener for fetching the user's data to keep our auth session store always up to date for all of the ui
                 self.firestoreService.getUserRealtime(userId: uid) {[weak self] realtimeUpdatedUser in