diff --git a/ui/src/actions/beamline.js b/ui/src/actions/beamline.js
index bb96c0304..388cfdd19 100644
--- a/ui/src/actions/beamline.js
+++ b/ui/src/actions/beamline.js
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ import {
   sendPrepareBeamlineForNewSample,
 } from '../api/beamline';
 import { sendLogFrontEndTraceBack } from '../api/log';
-// The different states a beamline attribute can assume.
-export const STATE = {
-  IDLE: 'READY',
-  BUSY: 'BUSY',
-  ABORT: 'UNUSABLE',
-};
 
 // Action types
 export const BL_UPDATE_HARDWARE_OBJECT = 'BL_UPDATE_HARDWARE_OBJECT';
diff --git a/ui/src/actions/login.js b/ui/src/actions/login.js
index 826baa56b..4501e5581 100644
--- a/ui/src/actions/login.js
+++ b/ui/src/actions/login.js
@@ -7,12 +7,8 @@ import { fetchAvailableWorkflows } from '../api/workflow';
 import { fetchAvailableTasks, fetchQueueState } from '../api/queue';
 
 import { showErrorPanel, applicationFetched } from './general';
-import {
-  fetchLoginInfo,
-  sendLogIn,
-  sendSignOut,
-  sendSSOLogIn,
-} from '../api/login';
+import { sendSignOut } from '../api/login';
+import { fetchLoginInfo, sendLogIn, sendSSOLogIn } from '../api/loginBase';
 import { fetchDetectorInfo } from '../api/detector';
 import { fetchSampleChangerInitialState } from '../api/sampleChanger';
 import { fetchHarvesterInitialState } from '../api/harvester';
@@ -27,21 +23,6 @@ export function setLoginInfo(loginInfo) {
   };
 }
 
-export function resetLoginInfo() {
-  return setLoginInfo({
-    beamlineName: '',
-    synchrotronName: '',
-    loginType: '',
-    user: '',
-    proposalList: [],
-    selectedProposal: '',
-    selectedProposalID: '',
-    loggedIn: false,
-    rootPath: '',
-    useSSO: false,
-  });
-}
-
 export function showProposalsForm() {
   return {
     type: 'SHOW_PROPOSALS_FORM',
@@ -99,7 +80,7 @@ export function ssoLogIn() {
 
 export function signOut() {
   return async (dispatch) => {
-    dispatch(resetLoginInfo()); // disconnect sockets before actually logging out (cf. `App.jsx`)
+    dispatch(setLoginInfo({ loggedIn: false })); // disconnect sockets before actually logging out (cf. `App.jsx`)
     dispatch(applicationFetched(false));
 
     try {
diff --git a/ui/src/api/api.js b/ui/src/api/api.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c94d52dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/api/api.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* eslint-disable promise/prefer-await-to-callbacks */
+import baseApi from './apiBase';
+import { fetchLoginInfo } from './loginBase';
+import { store } from '../store';
+
+const api = baseApi
+  .options({ credendials: 'include' })
+  .catcher(401, async (error) => {
+    // Replicate `getLoginInfo` action (to avoid import cycle)
+    const loginInfo = await fetchLoginInfo();
+    store.dispatch({ type: 'SET_LOGIN_INFO', loginInfo });
+    throw error;
+  });
+
+export default api;
diff --git a/ui/src/api/index.js b/ui/src/api/apiBase.js
similarity index 60%
rename from ui/src/api/index.js
rename to ui/src/api/apiBase.js
index 83fb03938..5f80ef2f8 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/apiBase.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import wretch from 'wretch';
 import safeJsonAddon from './addons/safeJson';
 
-const api = wretch('/mxcube/api/v0.1')
+const baseApi = wretch('/mxcube/api/v0.1')
   .addon(safeJsonAddon())
-  .options({ credendials: 'include' })
   .headers({ Accept: 'application/json' });
 
-export default api;
+export default baseApi;
diff --git a/ui/src/api/beamline.js b/ui/src/api/beamline.js
index 0475af15d..a2dbfd682 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/beamline.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/beamline.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 const endpoint = api.url('/beamline');
 
diff --git a/ui/src/api/detector.js b/ui/src/api/detector.js
index 7b3ea8d2b..f8a34fb0c 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/detector.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/detector.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 const endpoint = api.url('/detector');
 
diff --git a/ui/src/api/diffractometer.js b/ui/src/api/diffractometer.js
index edd0fd5ae..007a40a61 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/diffractometer.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/diffractometer.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 const endpoint = api.url('/diffractometer');
 
diff --git a/ui/src/api/harvester.js b/ui/src/api/harvester.js
index 4aea7ccef..439973083 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/harvester.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/harvester.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 const endpoint = api.url('/harvester');
 
diff --git a/ui/src/api/lims.js b/ui/src/api/lims.js
index 2cb6beba6..c1546d370 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/lims.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/lims.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 const endpoint = api.url('/lims');
 
diff --git a/ui/src/api/log.js b/ui/src/api/log.js
index 62e1b8def..0b8f0e20f 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/log.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/log.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 const endpoint = api.url('/log');
 
diff --git a/ui/src/api/login.js b/ui/src/api/login.js
index 47a08668c..d128d225d 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/login.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/login.js
@@ -1,23 +1,11 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 const endpoint = api.url('/login');
 
-export function sendLogIn(proposal, password, previousUser) {
-  return endpoint.post({ proposal, password, previousUser }, '/').safeJson();
-}
-
-export function sendSSOLogIn() {
-  window.location = 'mxcube/api/v0.1/login/ssologin';
-}
-
 export function sendSignOut() {
   return endpoint.headers({ Accept: '*/*' }).get('/signout').res();
 }
 
-export function fetchLoginInfo() {
-  return endpoint.get('/login_info').safeJson();
-}
-
 export function sendFeedback(sender, content) {
   return endpoint.post({ sender, content }, '/send_feedback').res();
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/api/loginBase.js b/ui/src/api/loginBase.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e2aa2e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/api/loginBase.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * Unauthenticated `/login/*` endpoints.
+ * Separate from authenticated endpoints to avoid import cycle with `api.js`.
+ */
+import baseApi from './apiBase';
+
+const endpoint = baseApi.url('/login');
+
+export function sendLogIn(proposal, password, previousUser) {
+  return endpoint.post({ proposal, password, previousUser }, '/').safeJson();
+}
+
+export function sendSSOLogIn() {
+  window.location = 'mxcube/api/v0.1/login/ssologin';
+}
+
+export function fetchLoginInfo() {
+  return endpoint.get('/login_info').safeJson();
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/api/main.js b/ui/src/api/main.js
index 1a3daeb98..fa1a772ae 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/main.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/main.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 export function fetchUIProperties() {
   return api.get('/uiproperties').safeJson();
diff --git a/ui/src/api/queue.js b/ui/src/api/queue.js
index bc011ff90..e7644bfc3 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/queue.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/queue.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 const endpoint = api.url('/queue');
 
diff --git a/ui/src/api/remoteAccess.js b/ui/src/api/remoteAccess.js
index 881ca1293..49ef76ee6 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/remoteAccess.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/remoteAccess.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 const endpoint = api.url('/ra');
 
diff --git a/ui/src/api/sampleChanger.js b/ui/src/api/sampleChanger.js
index f1624f65a..d8c5ca7e1 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/sampleChanger.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/sampleChanger.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 const endpoint = api.url('/sample_changer');
 
diff --git a/ui/src/api/sampleview.js b/ui/src/api/sampleview.js
index 804629465..89484886c 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/sampleview.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/sampleview.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 const endpoint = api.url('/sampleview');
 
diff --git a/ui/src/api/workflow.js b/ui/src/api/workflow.js
index 0aadeb03d..9190c34aa 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/workflow.js
+++ b/ui/src/api/workflow.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import api from '.';
+import api from './api';
 
 const endpoint = api.url('/workflow');
 
diff --git a/ui/src/reducers/beamline.js b/ui/src/reducers/beamline.js
index 3d7ce02db..e9e25547e 100644
--- a/ui/src/reducers/beamline.js
+++ b/ui/src/reducers/beamline.js
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 /* eslint-disable sonarjs/no-duplicate-string */
-import { STATE } from '../actions/beamline';
 import { RUNNING, HW_STATE } from '../constants';
 
+// The different states a beamline attribute can assume.
+export const STATE = {
+  IDLE: 'READY',
+  BUSY: 'BUSY',
+  ABORT: 'UNUSABLE',
+};
+
 /**
  *  Initial redux state for beamline hardwareObjects, object containing each beamline
  *  attribute (name, attribute object). Each attribute object in turn have the