diff --git a/web/components/auth-context.tsx b/web/components/auth-context.tsx
index d7eb9bdf..3460d02a 100644
--- a/web/components/auth-context.tsx
+++ b/web/components/auth-context.tsx
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ const ensureDeviceToken = () => {
 
 export const AuthContext = createContext<AuthUser>(undefined)
 
-export function AuthProvider(props: { children: ReactNode; user?: AuthUser }) {
-  const { children, user } = props
-  const [authUser, setAuthUser] = useStateCheckEquality<AuthUser>(user)
+export function AuthProvider(props: {
+  children: ReactNode
+  serverUser?: AuthUser
+}) {
+  const { children, serverUser } = props
+  const [authUser, setAuthUser] = useStateCheckEquality<AuthUser>(serverUser)
   useEffect(() => {
     const cachedUser = localStorage.getItem(CACHED_USER_KEY)
     setAuthUser(cachedUser && JSON.parse(cachedUser))
diff --git a/web/pages/_app.tsx b/web/pages/_app.tsx
index 9fdc7301..42b5e922 100644
--- a/web/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/web/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function MyApp({ Component, pageProps }: AppProps) {
           content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1"
         />
       </Head>
-      <AuthProvider user={pageProps.user}>
+      <AuthProvider serverUser={pageProps.user}>
         <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
           <Welcome {...pageProps} />
           <Component {...pageProps} />