diff --git a/monarchmoney/monarchmoney.py b/monarchmoney/monarchmoney.py
index 2a78472..53866ec 100644
--- a/monarchmoney/monarchmoney.py
+++ b/monarchmoney/monarchmoney.py
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ async def interactive_login(
         """Performs an interactive login for iPython and similar environments."""
         email = input("Email: ")
         passwd = input("Password: ")
+
+        empty_values = [None, ""]
+        if (
+            (email in empty_values)
+            and (passwd in empty_values)
+            and (not use_saved_session)
+        ):
+            raise LoginFailedException(
+                "Email and password are required to login when not using a saved session."
+            )
+
         try:
             await self.login(email, passwd, use_saved_session, save_session)
         except RequireMFAException:
@@ -112,7 +123,7 @@ async def login(
             self.load_session(self._session_file)
             return
 
-        if email is None or password is None:
+        if (email is None) or (password is None) or (email == "") or (password == ""):
             raise LoginFailedException(
                 "Email and password are required to login when not using a saved session."
             )
diff --git a/tests/test_monarchmoney.py b/tests/test_monarchmoney.py
index c0bed65..8f5546a 100644
--- a/tests/test_monarchmoney.py
+++ b/tests/test_monarchmoney.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import json
 from gql import Client
 from monarchmoney import MonarchMoney
+from monarchmoney.monarchmoney import LoginFailedException
 
 
 class TestMonarchMoney(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
@@ -173,6 +174,25 @@ async def test_get_account_holdings(self, mock_execute_async):
             "Expected third holding name to be 'U S Dollar'",
         )
 
+    async def test_login(self):
+        """
+        Test the login method with empty values for email and password.
+        """
+        with self.assertRaises(LoginFailedException):
+            await self.monarch_money.login(use_saved_session=False)
+        with self.assertRaises(LoginFailedException):
+            await self.monarch_money.login(
+                email="", password="", use_saved_session=False
+            )
+
+    @patch("builtins.input", return_value="")
+    async def test_interactive_login(self, _):
+        """
+        Test the interactive_login method with empty values for email and password.
+        """
+        with self.assertRaises(LoginFailedException):
+            await self.monarch_money.interactive_login(use_saved_session=False)
+
     @classmethod
     def loadTestData(cls, filename) -> dict:
         filename = f"{os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))}/{filename}"