diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/components/ProtectedRoute/index.tsx b/packages/desktop/src/components/ProtectedRoute/index.tsx
index 3aca4fd..2a26b00 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/components/ProtectedRoute/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/components/ProtectedRoute/index.tsx
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ export default function ProtectedRoute({
     isError: serverFailure,
     isLoading: serverLoading,
     isSuccess: isServerHealthy,
-    error,
+    error: serverStatusError,
   } = useServerCheck();
 
-  const { isLoading, isError, isFetching, isSuccess, refetch } =
-    useAuthCheck(isServerHealthy);
+  const { isLoading, isError, isFetching, isSuccess, refetch } = useAuthCheck(
+    !serverLoading
+  );
 
   useEffect(() => {
     // on load of this, if we already have jwt tokens in store,
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/controller/lineDataProvider.tsx b/packages/desktop/src/controller/lineDataProvider.tsx
index 4f26110..b8de2bd 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/controller/lineDataProvider.tsx
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/controller/lineDataProvider.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import MasterLineData from "@nirvana/core/models/masterLineData.model";
 import SocketChannels from "@nirvana/core/sockets/channels";
 import { User } from "@nirvana/core/models";
 import { io } from "socket.io-client";
+import { queryClient } from "../pages/nirvanaApp";
 import toast from "react-hot-toast";
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { useRecoilValue } from "recoil";
@@ -33,10 +34,15 @@ export function LineDataProvider({ children }) {
       query: { token: jwtToken },
     });
 
-    // client-side
+    // client-side errors
     $ws.on("connect_error", (err) => {
       console.error(err.message); // prints the message associated with the error
       toast.error("sorry...this is our bad...please refresh with cmd + r");
+
+      // force refetch of server status as well as these generally go hand in hand
+
+      // this should overall remount this component currently which is what we want for new data
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries("SERVER_CHECK");
     });
   }, []);