diff --git a/src/app/Shared/Services/Api.service.tsx b/src/app/Shared/Services/Api.service.tsx
index d216b9745..3a567e7f7 100644
--- a/src/app/Shared/Services/Api.service.tsx
+++ b/src/app/Shared/Services/Api.service.tsx
@@ -81,19 +81,13 @@ export class ApiService {
     private readonly login: LoginService,
   ) {
     // show recording archives when recordings available
-    this.login
-      .getSessionState()
-      .pipe(
-        concatMap((sessionState) => (sessionState === SessionState.USER_SESSION ? this.doGet('recordings') : EMPTY)),
-      )
-      .subscribe({
-        next: () => {
-          this.archiveEnabled.next(true);
-        },
-        error: () => {
-          this.archiveEnabled.next(false);
-        },
-      });
+    this.doGet('recordings').pipe(
+      tap(() => this.archiveEnabled.next(true)),
+      catchError(() => {
+        this.archiveEnabled.next(false);
+        return EMPTY;
+      })
+    ).subscribe();
 
     const getDatasourceURL: Observable<GrafanaDatasourceUrlGetResponse> = fromFetch(
       `${this.login.authority}/api/v1/grafana_datasource_url`,
diff --git a/src/app/Shared/Services/Login.service.tsx b/src/app/Shared/Services/Login.service.tsx
index f338e0191..23fd5bf4c 100644
--- a/src/app/Shared/Services/Login.service.tsx
+++ b/src/app/Shared/Services/Login.service.tsx
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ import type { SettingsService } from './Settings.service';
 export class LoginService {
   private readonly logout = new ReplaySubject<void>(1);
   private readonly username = new ReplaySubject<string>(1);
-  private readonly sessionState = new ReplaySubject<SessionState>(SessionState.CREATING_USER_SESSION);
+  private readonly sessionState = new ReplaySubject<SessionState>(1);
   readonly authority: string;
 
   constructor(private readonly settings: SettingsService) {
     this.authority = process.env.CRYOSTAT_AUTHORITY || '.';
+    this.sessionState.next(SessionState.CREATING_USER_SESSION);
 
     fromFetch(`${this.authority}/api/v2.1/auth`, {
       credentials: 'include',
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ export class LoginService {
       )
       .subscribe((v) => {
         this.username.next(v?.data?.result?.username ?? '');
-        this.sessionState.next(SessionState.USER_SESSION);
       });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/Shared/Services/NotificationChannel.service.tsx b/src/app/Shared/Services/NotificationChannel.service.tsx
index 3bc395ca0..ffcd71785 100644
--- a/src/app/Shared/Services/NotificationChannel.service.tsx
+++ b/src/app/Shared/Services/NotificationChannel.service.tsx
@@ -65,11 +65,13 @@ export class NotificationChannel {
         });
       });
 
-    combineLatest([this.login.getSessionState(), this._ready, timer(0, 5000)])
+    combineLatest([this.login.getSessionState(), timer(0, 5000)])
       .pipe(distinctUntilChanged(_.isEqual))
       .subscribe({
-        next: ([sessionState, readyState]) => {
-          if (sessionState === SessionState.NO_USER_SESSION || readyState.ready) {
+        next: (parts: string[]) => {
+          const sessionState = parseInt(parts[0]);
+
+          if (sessionState !== SessionState.CREATING_USER_SESSION) {
             return;
           }
 
@@ -84,7 +86,10 @@ export class NotificationChannel {
             url: url.toString(),
             protocol: '',
             openObserver: {
-              next: () => this._ready.next({ ready: true }),
+              next: () => {
+                this._ready.next({ ready: true });
+                this.login.setSessionState(SessionState.USER_SESSION);
+              },
             },
             closeObserver: {
               next: (evt) => {
diff --git a/src/app/Shared/Services/Targets.service.tsx b/src/app/Shared/Services/Targets.service.tsx
index e5134319d..45eb5f76f 100644
--- a/src/app/Shared/Services/Targets.service.tsx
+++ b/src/app/Shared/Services/Targets.service.tsx
@@ -33,12 +33,9 @@ export class TargetsService {
     login: LoginService,
     notificationChannel: NotificationChannel,
   ) {
-    login
-      .getSessionState()
-      .pipe(concatMap((sessionState) => (sessionState === SessionState.USER_SESSION ? this.queryForTargets() : EMPTY)))
-      .subscribe(() => {
-        // just trigger a startup query
-      });
+      // just trigger a startup query
+    this.queryForTargets().subscribe();
+  
     notificationChannel.messages(NotificationCategory.TargetJvmDiscovery).subscribe((v) => {
       const evt: TargetDiscoveryEvent = v.message.event;
       switch (evt.kind) {