diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_routes/auth_component.js b/js/components/ascribe_routes/auth_component.js
index d761230e..7c5ec8ed 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_routes/auth_component.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_routes/auth_component.js
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import { History } from 'react-router';
 
 import UserStore from '../../stores/user_store';
 import UserActions from '../../actions/user_actions';
 
+
 export function AuthComponent(Component) {
     return React.createClass({
+        mixins: [History],
+
         getInitialState() {
             return UserStore.getState();
         },
@@ -16,6 +20,12 @@ export function AuthComponent(Component) {
             UserActions.fetchCurrentUser();
         },
 
+        componentDidUpdate() {
+            if(this.state.currentUser && !this.state.currentUser.email) {
+                this.history.pushState(null, '/login');
+            }
+        },
+
         componentWillUnmount() {
             UserStore.unlisten(this.onChange);
         },