diff --git a/packages/app-content-pages/package.json b/packages/app-content-pages/package.json
index 52e81dee336..8030755efb8 100644
--- a/packages/app-content-pages/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-content-pages/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "next": "~12.3.0",
     "next-absolute-url": "~1.2.2",
     "next-i18next": "~14.0.0",
-    "panoptes-client": "~5.3.0",
+    "panoptes-client": "zooniverse/panoptes-javascript-client#remove-session-caching",
     "path-match": "~1.2.4",
     "react": "~17.0.2",
     "react-dom": "~17.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/app-project/package.json b/packages/app-project/package.json
index 42b42d0f95e..f127147b1ea 100644
--- a/packages/app-project/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-project/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "newrelic": "~10.3.0",
     "next": "~12.3.0",
     "next-i18next": "~14.0.0",
-    "panoptes-client": "~5.3.0",
+    "panoptes-client": "zooniverse/panoptes-javascript-client#remove-session-caching",
     "path-match": "~1.2.4",
     "polished": "~4.2.2",
     "react": "~17.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/app-project/src/hooks/usePanoptesUser.js b/packages/app-project/src/hooks/usePanoptesUser.js
index 9a1481f7395..354d61d6f97 100644
--- a/packages/app-project/src/hooks/usePanoptesUser.js
+++ b/packages/app-project/src/hooks/usePanoptesUser.js
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ const SWRoptions = {
 
 async function fetchPanoptesUser() {
   try {
-    return await auth.checkCurrent()
+    const user = await auth.checkCurrent()
+    console.log({ user })
+    return user
   } catch (error) {
     console.log(error)
     return null
@@ -20,5 +22,6 @@ async function fetchPanoptesUser() {
 
 export default function usePanoptesUser(key) {
   const { data } = useSWR(key, fetchPanoptesUser, SWRoptions)
+  console.log({ data })
   return data
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 30683c98942..0f395badc0c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -13448,6 +13448,14 @@ pako@~1.0.5:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pako/-/pako-1.0.11.tgz#6c9599d340d54dfd3946380252a35705a6b992bf"
   integrity sha512-4hLB8Py4zZce5s4yd9XzopqwVv/yGNhV1Bl8NTmCq1763HeK2+EwVTv+leGeL13Dnh2wfbqowVPXCIO0z4taYw==
 
+panoptes-client@zooniverse/panoptes-javascript-client#remove-session-caching:
+  version "5.3.0"
+  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/zooniverse/panoptes-javascript-client/tar.gz/4c017e4ad8c4acd9966416dcfb7b3c40b1c09114"
+  dependencies:
+    local-storage "^2.0.0"
+    normalizeurl "~1.0.0"
+    superagent "^8.0.8"
+
 panoptes-client@~5.3.0:
   version "5.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/panoptes-client/-/panoptes-client-5.3.0.tgz#df3a870de7766d97df6837d87e5660799c5efe2f"