diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/AuthService.ts b/frontend/src/utils/AuthService.ts
index 8b274157..a669435e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/AuthService.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/AuthService.ts
@@ -159,18 +159,18 @@ export default class AuthService {
   private async checkFreshness() {
     window.clearTimeout(this.timerId);
 
-    console.debug("checkFreshness authState:", this._authState);
+    // console.debug("checkFreshness authState:", this._authState);
 
     if (!this._authState) return;
-    const paddedNow = Date.now() + FRESHNESS_TIMER_INTERVAL;
+    const paddedNow = Date.now() + FRESHNESS_TIMER_INTERVAL - 500; // tweak padding to account for API fetch time
 
     if (this._authState.sessionExpiresAt > paddedNow) {
       if (this._authState.tokenExpiresAt > paddedNow) {
-        console.debug(
-          "fresh! restart timer tokenExpiresAt:",
-          new Date(this._authState.tokenExpiresAt)
-        );
-        console.debug("fresh! restart timer paddedNow:", new Date(paddedNow));
+        // console.debug(
+        //   "fresh! restart timer tokenExpiresAt:",
+        //   new Date(this._authState.tokenExpiresAt)
+        // );
+        // console.debug("fresh! restart timer paddedNow:", new Date(paddedNow));
         // Restart timer
         this.timerId = window.setTimeout(() => {
           this.checkFreshness();
@@ -180,15 +180,16 @@ export default class AuthService {
           const auth = await this.refresh();
           this._authState.headers = auth.headers;
           this._authState.tokenExpiresAt = auth.tokenExpiresAt;
+          this.persist(this._authState);
 
-          console.debug(
-            "refreshed. restart timer tokenExpiresAt:",
-            new Date(this._authState.tokenExpiresAt)
-          );
-          console.debug(
-            "refreshed. restart timer paddedNow:",
-            new Date(paddedNow)
-          );
+          // console.debug(
+          //   "refreshed. restart timer tokenExpiresAt:",
+          //   new Date(this._authState.tokenExpiresAt)
+          // );
+          // console.debug(
+          //   "refreshed. restart timer paddedNow:",
+          //   new Date(paddedNow)
+          // );
 
           // Restart timer
           this.timerId = window.setTimeout(() => {