diff --git a/app/[lang]/(live)/(protected)/layout.tsx b/app/[lang]/(live)/(protected)/layout.tsx
index 19ad58daf..e37122790 100644
--- a/app/[lang]/(live)/(protected)/layout.tsx
+++ b/app/[lang]/(live)/(protected)/layout.tsx
@@ -28,8 +28,37 @@ export default async function ProtectedLayout({
   }
 
   const user = await serverClient().user.get()
-  if (!user || "error" in user) {
-    console.log(`[layout:protected] no user, redirecting to: ${redirectURL}`)
+
+  if (user && "error" in user) {
+    // redirect(redirectURL)
+    console.error("[layout:protected] error in user", user)
+    console.error(
+      "[layout:protected] full user: ",
+      JSON.stringify(user, null, 4)
+    )
+    switch (user.cause) {
+      case "unauthorized": // fall through
+      case "forbidden": // fall through
+      case "token_expired":
+        console.error(
+          `[layout:protected] user error, redirecting to: ${redirectURL}`
+        )
+        redirect(redirectURL)
+      case "notfound":
+        console.error(`[layout:protected] notfound user loading error`)
+      case "unknown":
+        console.error(`[layout:protected] unknown user loading error`)
+      default:
+        console.error(`[layout:protected] unhandled user loading error`)
+    }
+    return <p>Something went wrong!</p>
+  }
+
+  if (!user) {
+    console.error(
+      "[layout:protected] no user found, redirecting to: ",
+      redirectURL
+    )
     redirect(redirectURL)
   }