diff --git a/src/util/auth.js b/src/util/auth.js
index fe3138b..f25a6bb 100644
--- a/src/util/auth.js
+++ b/src/util/auth.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-import { useState, useContext, useEffect } from "react";
-import { useSearchParams, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
-import SettingsContext from "@mcl/settings";
+import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
+import { useSearchParams } from "react-router-dom";
+
+const tokenStorageName = "cairoAuthToken";
+const tokenQuery = "cairoAuthToken";
 
 const verifyAuth = (authToken) =>
   fetch("/api/auth/verify", {
@@ -10,29 +12,34 @@ const verifyAuth = (authToken) =>
     .catch(() => false);
 
 export function useCairoAuth() {
-  const { state: settings, updateSettings } = useContext(SettingsContext);
-  const [auth, setAuth] = useState(!!settings.cairoAuth);
-  const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
-  const nav = useNavigate();
+  const [authToken, setAuthToken] = useState(
+    localStorage.getItem(tokenStorageName),
+  );
+  const [auth, setAuth] = useState(false);
+  const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const webToken = searchParams.get("cairoAuthToken");
+    if (!authToken) return;
+    verifyAuth(authToken).then((authorized) => {
+      if (!authorized) localStorage.removeItem(tokenStorageName);
+      setAuth(authorized);
+    });
+  }, [authToken]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const webToken = searchParams.get(tokenQuery);
     if (!webToken) return;
-    verifyAuth(webToken).then(setAuth);
-    updateSettings({ cairoAuth: webToken });
-    nav("/");
+    localStorage.setItem(tokenStorageName, webToken);
+    searchParams.delete(tokenQuery);
+    setAuthToken(webToken);
+    setSearchParams(searchParams);
   }, [searchParams]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    verifyAuth(settings.cairoAuth).then(setAuth);
-    nav("/");
-  }, [settings.cairoAuth]);
-
   return auth;
 }
 
 export function getAuthTokenFromStorage() {
-  return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("settings")).cairoAuth;
+  return localStorage.getItem(tokenStorageName);
 }
 
 export function cairoAuthHeader() {