diff --git a/frontend/src/components/app.tsx b/frontend/src/components/app.tsx
index 7102fc8..3d1b3b3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/app.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/app.tsx
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ import { makeAPICall } from "../api/call";
 import { BACKEND_URL } from "../config.in";
 
 import { TrackerEvent } from "../models/tracker";
-import { ILevel } from "../models/level";
-import { TopTen } from "../models/learner";
-import { IVocab } from "../models/vocab";
 import { IReviewMetadata, ReviewType } from "../models/review";
 import { IUser } from "../models/user";
 import { IResponse } from "../models/server";
@@ -45,7 +42,7 @@ export default class Application extends React.Component<IProps> {
         // TODO: When asking the server if our session is still valid, a spinner
         //       should be shown
         const token = getSessionToken(window);
-        if (token !== null && !this.props.authenticated) {
+        if (token !== undefined && !this.props.authenticated) {
             this.checkAuthStatus(token).then(user => {
                 this.props.setUser(user);
                 this.props.setAuthenticated(true);
@@ -62,7 +59,7 @@ export default class Application extends React.Component<IProps> {
         trackAction(TrackerEvent.LOG_IN);
 
         return makeAPICall("/api/user/me", {
-            token: this.props.user.sessionToken,
+            token,
             method: "get",
         })
     }