diff --git a/src/AppPersistence.ts b/src/AppPersistence.ts
index 2ecdb79..5e2e4b2 100644
--- a/src/AppPersistence.ts
+++ b/src/AppPersistence.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {Recipe, RecipeGroup, UserInfo} from './dao/RestAPI';
 
 export default class AppPersistence {
   static async clearOfflineData() {
-    await AsyncStorage.multiRemove(['offline_userinfo', 'offline_recipes']);
+    await AsyncStorage.multiRemove(['offline_userinfo', 'offline_recipes', 'offline_recipegroups', 'offline_userinfo']);
   }
   static async getRecipeGroupsOffline(): Promise<RecipeGroup[]> {
     const recipeGroups = await AsyncStorage.getItem('offline_recipegroups');
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ export default class AppPersistence {
     }
     await AsyncStorage.setItem('offline_recipegroups', JSON.stringify(recipeGroups));
   }
-  static async getUserInfoOffline(): Promise<UserInfo> {
+  static async getUserInfoOffline(): Promise<UserInfo|undefined> {
     const storedUserinfo = await AsyncStorage.getItem('offline_userinfo');
-    if (storedUserinfo === null) return [];
+    if (storedUserinfo === null) return undefined;
     return JSON.parse(storedUserinfo);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/dao/RestAPI.ts b/src/dao/RestAPI.ts
index bb77892..6fd212b 100644
--- a/src/dao/RestAPI.ts
+++ b/src/dao/RestAPI.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export interface WeekplanDay {
     recipes: WeekplanDayRecipeInfo[]
 }
 export interface UserInfo {
-
+  email: string;
 }
 
 export interface InstanceInfo {
@@ -477,7 +477,10 @@ class RestAPI {
   private static async offlineGet(apiPath: string) {
     // Only for offline stuff that is not managed by redux
     if (apiPath === '/users/self') {
-      return {data: await AppPersistence.getUserInfoOffline()};
+      const userinfo = await AppPersistence.getUserInfoOffline();
+      if (userinfo !== undefined) {
+        return {data: userinfo};
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/redux/features/authSlice.ts b/src/redux/features/authSlice.ts
index be21334..c65e0b9 100644
--- a/src/redux/features/authSlice.ts
+++ b/src/redux/features/authSlice.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {createSlice} from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+import AppPersistence from '../../AppPersistence';
 
 export interface AuthState {
   loggedIn: boolean
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ export const authSlice = createSlice({
     logout: (state) => {
       state.isLoading = false;
       state.loggedIn = false;
+      AppPersistence.clearOfflineData();
     },
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/screens/LoginScreen/SplashScreen.tsx b/src/screens/LoginScreen/SplashScreen.tsx
index 290b8bd..f87daa7 100644
--- a/src/screens/LoginScreen/SplashScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/LoginScreen/SplashScreen.tsx
@@ -55,14 +55,19 @@ export const SplashScreen = () => {
       // TODO: Proper management of backend url via redux
       dispatch(changeBackendUrl(await AppPersistence.getBackendURL()));
 
-      try {
-        setStatusText('Logging in...');
-        await RestAPI.getUserInfo();
-        dispatch(login());
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.error('Login failed');
+      setStatusText('Logging in...');
+      RestAPI.getUserInfo().then((userinfo) => {
+        if (userinfo.email) {
+          console.info('got userinfo, logging in');
+          dispatch(login());
+        } else {
+          console.error('invalid userinfo', userinfo);
+          dispatch(logout());
+        }
+      }).catch((error) => {
+        console.error('Login failed', error);
         dispatch(logout());
-      }
+      });
     })();
   }, []);