diff --git a/src/home/authenticated-get-github-user.ts b/src/home/authenticated-get-github-user.ts
index 1e7bdda1..28f1aac9 100644
--- a/src/home/authenticated-get-github-user.ts
+++ b/src/home/authenticated-get-github-user.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ async function getNewSessionToken() {
   const providerToken = params.get("provider_token");
 
   if (!providerToken) {
-    throw new Error("Access token not found in URL fragment");
+    // throw new Error("Access token not found in URL fragment");
+    return null;
   }
 
   const expiresAt = params.get("expires_at");
diff --git a/src/home/display-github-issues.ts b/src/home/display-github-issues.ts
index 97626d6e..ed2f0a9e 100644
--- a/src/home/display-github-issues.ts
+++ b/src/home/display-github-issues.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ async function fetchIssues(container: HTMLDivElement, accessToken: string | null
     homeController(container, sortedIssuesByPriority);
 
     // Remove the 'isNew' flag before saving to localStorage
-    const issuesToSave = freshIssues.map(({ ...issue }) => issue);
+    const issuesToSave = freshIssues.map(({ ...issue }) => {
+      delete issue.isNew;
+      return issue;
+    });
     localStorage.setItem("githubIssues", JSON.stringify(issuesToSave));
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(error);