diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/auth.js b/app/soapbox/actions/auth.js
index 68b60205c..128df1027 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/actions/auth.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/auth.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { obtainOAuthToken, revokeOAuthToken } from 'soapbox/actions/oauth';
 import sourceCode from 'soapbox/utils/code';
 import { getFeatures } from 'soapbox/utils/features';
 import { isStandalone } from 'soapbox/utils/state';
+import KVStore from 'soapbox/storage/kv_store';
 
 export const SWITCH_ACCOUNT = 'SWITCH_ACCOUNT';
 
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ export const VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_REQUEST = 'VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_REQUEST';
 export const VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_SUCCESS = 'VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_SUCCESS';
 export const VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_FAIL    = 'VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_FAIL';
 
+export const AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_REQUEST = 'AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_REQUEST';
+export const AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_SUCCESS = 'AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_SUCCESS';
+export const AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_FAIL    = 'AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_FAIL';
+
 export const messages = defineMessages({
   loggedOut: { id: 'auth.logged_out', defaultMessage: 'Logged out.' },
   invalidCredentials: { id: 'auth.invalid_credentials', defaultMessage: 'Wrong username or password' },
@@ -157,6 +162,28 @@ export function verifyCredentials(token, accountUrl) {
   };
 }
 
+export function rememberAuthAccount(accountUrl) {
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({ type: AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_REQUEST, accountUrl });
+    return KVStore.getItemOrError(`authAccount:${accountUrl}`).then(account => {
+      dispatch(importFetchedAccount(account));
+      dispatch({ type: AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_SUCCESS, account, accountUrl });
+      if (account.id === getState().get('me')) dispatch(fetchMeSuccess(account));
+      return account;
+    }).catch(error => {
+      dispatch({ type: AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_FAIL, error, accountUrl, skipAlert: true });
+    });
+  };
+}
+
+export function loadCredentials(token, accountUrl) {
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    return dispatch(rememberAuthAccount(accountUrl)).finally(() => {
+      return dispatch(verifyCredentials(token, accountUrl));
+    });
+  };
+}
+
 export function logIn(intl, username, password) {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     return dispatch(createAppAndToken()).then(() => {
diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/instance.js b/app/soapbox/actions/instance.js
index d92a0604d..ec77742b2 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/actions/instance.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/instance.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export function loadInstance() {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     const host = getHost(getState());
 
-    return dispatch(rememberInstance(host)).finally(instance => {
+    return dispatch(rememberInstance(host)).finally(() => {
       return dispatch(fetchInstance());
     });
   };
diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/me.js b/app/soapbox/actions/me.js
index 91388b65c..2dcf36ab9 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/actions/me.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/me.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import api from '../api';
 import { importFetchedAccount } from './importer';
-import { verifyCredentials } from './auth';
+import { loadCredentials } from './auth';
 import { getAuthUserId, getAuthUserUrl } from 'soapbox/utils/auth';
 
 export const ME_FETCH_REQUEST = 'ME_FETCH_REQUEST';
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function fetchMe() {
     }
 
     dispatch(fetchMeRequest());
-    return dispatch(verifyCredentials(token, accountUrl)).catch(error => {
+    return dispatch(loadCredentials(token, accountUrl)).catch(error => {
       dispatch(fetchMeFail(error));
     });
   };
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ export function fetchMeRequest() {
 
 export function fetchMeSuccess(me) {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
-    dispatch(importFetchedAccount(me));
     dispatch({
       type: ME_FETCH_SUCCESS,
       me,
diff --git a/app/soapbox/middleware/errors.js b/app/soapbox/middleware/errors.js
index 1e36cc55f..edec65a31 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/middleware/errors.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/middleware/errors.js
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 import { showAlertForError } from '../actions/alerts';
 
-const defaultFailSuffix = 'FAIL';
+const isFailType = type => type.endsWith('_FAIL');
+const isRememberFailType = type => type.endsWith('_REMEMBER_FAIL');
+
+const shouldShowError = ({ type, skipAlert }) => {
+  return !skipAlert && isFailType(type) && !isRememberFailType(type);
+};
 
 export default function errorsMiddleware() {
   return ({ dispatch }) => next => action => {
-    if (action.type && !action.skipAlert) {
-      const isFail = new RegExp(`${defaultFailSuffix}$`, 'g');
-
-      if (action.type.match(isFail)) {
-        dispatch(showAlertForError(action.error));
-      }
+    if (shouldShowError(action)) {
+      dispatch(showAlertForError(action.error));
     }
 
     return next(action);
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts_meta.js b/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts_meta.js
index d26ce0911..731568313 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts_meta.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/accounts_meta.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ME_FETCH_SUCCESS, ME_PATCH_SUCCESS } from 'soapbox/actions/me';
-import { VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_SUCCESS } from 'soapbox/actions/auth';
+import { VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_SUCCESS, AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_SUCCESS } from 'soapbox/actions/auth';
 import { Map as ImmutableMap, fromJS } from 'immutable';
 
 const initialState = ImmutableMap();
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export default function accounts_meta(state = initialState, action) {
   case ME_PATCH_SUCCESS:
     return importAccount(state, fromJS(action.me));
   case VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_SUCCESS:
+  case AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_SUCCESS:
     return importAccount(state, fromJS(action.account));
   default:
     return state;
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/me.js b/app/soapbox/reducers/me.js
index d42ace12d..ac6a23402 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/me.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/me.js
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import {
   ME_FETCH_SKIP,
   ME_PATCH_SUCCESS,
 } from '../actions/me';
-import { AUTH_LOGGED_OUT, VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_SUCCESS } from '../actions/auth';
+import {
+  AUTH_LOGGED_OUT,
+  AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_SUCCESS,
+  VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_SUCCESS,
+} from '../actions/auth';
 
 const initialState = null;
 
@@ -14,11 +18,13 @@ export default function me(state = initialState, action) {
   case ME_PATCH_SUCCESS:
     return action.me.id;
   case VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_SUCCESS:
+  case AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_SUCCESS:
     return state || action.account.id;
-  case ME_FETCH_FAIL:
   case ME_FETCH_SKIP:
   case AUTH_LOGGED_OUT:
     return false;
+  case ME_FETCH_FAIL:
+    return [401, 403].includes(action.error.response.status) ? false : state;
   default:
     return state;
   }