diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/auth.js b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/auth.js
index 3304da85f..3209a1aaf 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/actions/auth.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/actions/auth.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export const handleLogin = (email, password, recaptchaResponse) => (
       if (!user) {
         if (!bowser.safari && !bowser.ios && localStorage) {
           localStorage.removeItem('token');
+          localStorage.removeItem('exp');
         }
         return dispatch(checkLoginFailure('not logged in'));
       }
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ export const checkLogin = () => (
       if (!user) {
         if (!bowser.safari && !bowser.ios && localStorage) {
           localStorage.removeItem('token');
+          localStorage.removeItem('exp');
         }
         return dispatch(checkLoginFailure('not logged in'));
       }
@@ -154,8 +156,10 @@ export const checkLogin = () => (
 
 export const logout = () => (dispatch, _, { rest, client, localStorage }) => {
   return rest('/auth', { method: 'DELETE' }).then(() => {
+
     if (localStorage) {
       localStorage.removeItem('token');
+      localStorage.removeItem('exp');
     }
 
     // Reset the websocket.
diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/actions/auth.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/actions/auth.js
index ac4b96c2c..d7e2b7826 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/actions/auth.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/actions/auth.js
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ export const logout = () => async (
 
   if (localStorage) {
     localStorage.removeItem('token');
+    localStorage.removeItem('exp');
   }
 
   // Reset the websocket.
@@ -304,6 +305,7 @@ export const checkLogin = () => (
       if (!result.user) {
         if (localStorage) {
           localStorage.removeItem('token');
+          localStorage.removeItem('exp');
         }
         throw ErrNotLoggedIn;
       }
@@ -329,6 +331,7 @@ export const checkLogin = () => (
       if (error.status && error.status === 401 && localStorage) {
         // Unauthorized.
         localStorage.removeItem('token');
+        localStorage.removeItem('exp');
       }
       const errorMessage = error.translation_key
         ? t(`error.${error.translation_key}`)
diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-auth/client/components/SignInContainer.js b/plugins/talk-plugin-auth/client/components/SignInContainer.js
index a4dec87e5..6f99f9ce6 100644
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-auth/client/components/SignInContainer.js
+++ b/plugins/talk-plugin-auth/client/components/SignInContainer.js
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ class SignInContainer extends React.Component {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    window.addEventListener('storage', this.handleAuth);
-
+    this.listenToStorageChanges();
     const { formData } = this.state;
     const errors = Object.keys(formData).reduce((map, prop) => {
       map[prop] = t('sign_in.required_field');
@@ -49,6 +48,14 @@ class SignInContainer extends React.Component {
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
+    this.unlisten();
+  }
+
+  listenToStorageChanges() {
+    window.addEventListener('storage', this.handleAuth);
+  }
+
+  unlisten() {
     window.removeEventListener('storage', this.handleAuth);
   }
 
@@ -60,6 +67,8 @@ class SignInContainer extends React.Component {
     if (e.key === 'auth') {
       const { err, data } = JSON.parse(e.newValue);
       authCallback(err, data);
+      this.unlisten();
+      localStorage.removeItem('auth');
     }
   };