diff --git a/web/account/siwe.react.js b/web/account/siwe.react.js
index d8edf0cb6..2313388cc 100644
--- a/web/account/siwe.react.js
+++ b/web/account/siwe.react.js
@@ -1,217 +1,226 @@
 // @flow
 
 import '@rainbow-me/rainbowkit/dist/index.css';
 
 import {
   ConnectButton,
   darkTheme,
   getDefaultWallets,
   RainbowKitProvider,
   useConnectModal,
 } from '@rainbow-me/rainbowkit';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _merge from 'lodash/fp/merge';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { FaEthereum } from 'react-icons/fa';
 import {
   chain,
   configureChains,
   createClient,
   useAccount,
   useSigner,
   WagmiConfig,
 } from 'wagmi';
 import { alchemyProvider } from 'wagmi/providers/alchemy';
 import { publicProvider } from 'wagmi/providers/public';
 
 import {
   getSIWENonce,
   getSIWENonceActionTypes,
   siweAuth,
   siweAuthActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/siwe-actions';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors';
 import type { LogInStartingPayload } from 'lib/types/account-types.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   useServerCall,
 } from 'lib/utils/action-utils';
 import {
   createSIWEMessage,
   siweMessageSigningExplanationStatements,
   siweStatementWithoutPublicKey,
 } from 'lib/utils/siwe-utils.js';
 
 import Button from '../components/button.react';
 import LoadingIndicator from '../loading-indicator.react';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
 import { webLogInExtraInfoSelector } from '../selectors/account-selectors.js';
 import css from './siwe.css';
 
 // details can be found https://0.6.x.wagmi.sh/docs/providers/configuring-chains
 const availableProviders = process.env.COMM_ALCHEMY_KEY
   ? [alchemyProvider({ apiKey: process.env.COMM_ALCHEMY_KEY })]
   : [publicProvider()];
 const { chains, provider } = configureChains(
   [chain.mainnet],
   availableProviders,
 );
 
 const { connectors } = getDefaultWallets({
   appName: 'comm',
   chains,
 });
 
 const wagmiClient = createClient({
   autoConnect: true,
   connectors,
   provider,
 });
 
 const getSIWENonceLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   getSIWENonceActionTypes,
 );
 function SIWE(): React.Node {
   const { openConnectModal } = useConnectModal();
   const { address } = useAccount();
   const { data: signer } = useSigner();
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const getSIWENonceCall = useServerCall(getSIWENonce);
   const getSIWENonceCallLoadingStatus = useSelector(
     getSIWENonceLoadingStatusSelector,
   );
   const siweAuthCall = useServerCall(siweAuth);
   const logInExtraInfo = useSelector(webLogInExtraInfoSelector);
 
   const [siweNonce, setSIWENonce] = React.useState<?string>(null);
+  const [
+    hasSIWEButtonBeenClicked,
+    setHasSIWEButtonBeenClicked,
+  ] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
+
+  const siweNonceShouldBeFetched =
+    !siweNonce &&
+    getSIWENonceCallLoadingStatus !== 'loading' &&
+    (signer || hasSIWEButtonBeenClicked);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (!signer) {
-      setSIWENonce(null);
+    if (!siweNonceShouldBeFetched) {
       return;
     }
     dispatchActionPromise(
       getSIWENonceActionTypes,
       (async () => {
         const response = await getSIWENonceCall();
         setSIWENonce(response);
       })(),
     );
-  }, [dispatchActionPromise, getSIWENonceCall, signer]);
+  }, [dispatchActionPromise, getSIWENonceCall, siweNonceShouldBeFetched]);
 
   const siweButtonColor = React.useMemo(
     () => ({ backgroundColor: 'white', color: 'black' }),
     [],
   );
 
   const callSIWEAuthEndpoint = React.useCallback(
     (message: string, signature: string, extraInfo) =>
       siweAuthCall({
         message,
         signature,
         ...extraInfo,
       }),
     [siweAuthCall],
   );
 
   const attemptSIWEAuth = React.useCallback(
     (message: string, signature: string) => {
       const extraInfo = logInExtraInfo();
       dispatchActionPromise(
         siweAuthActionTypes,
         callSIWEAuthEndpoint(message, signature, extraInfo),
         undefined,
         ({ calendarQuery: extraInfo.calendarQuery }: LogInStartingPayload),
       );
     },
     [callSIWEAuthEndpoint, dispatchActionPromise, logInExtraInfo],
   );
 
   const onSignInButtonClick = React.useCallback(async () => {
     invariant(siweNonce, 'nonce must be present during SIWE attempt');
     const message = createSIWEMessage(
       address,
       siweStatementWithoutPublicKey,
       siweNonce,
     );
     const signature = await signer.signMessage(message);
     attemptSIWEAuth(message, signature);
   }, [address, attemptSIWEAuth, signer, siweNonce]);
 
   let siweLoginForm;
   if (signer && !siweNonce) {
     siweLoginForm = (
       <div className={css.connectButtonContainer}>
         <LoadingIndicator
           status={getSIWENonceCallLoadingStatus}
           size="medium"
         />
       </div>
     );
   } else if (signer) {
     siweLoginForm = (
       <div className={css.siweLoginFormContainer}>
         <div className={css.connectButtonContainer}>
           <ConnectButton />
         </div>
         <p>{siweMessageSigningExplanationStatements[0]}</p>
         <p>{siweMessageSigningExplanationStatements[1]}</p>
         <Button variant="filled" onClick={onSignInButtonClick}>
           Sign in
         </Button>
       </div>
     );
   }
 
   const onSIWEButtonClick = React.useCallback(() => {
+    setHasSIWEButtonBeenClicked(true);
     openConnectModal && openConnectModal();
   }, [openConnectModal]);
 
   let siweButton;
   if (openConnectModal) {
     siweButton = (
       <>
         <Button
           onClick={onSIWEButtonClick}
           variant="filled"
           buttonColor={siweButtonColor}
         >
           <div className={css.ethereumLogoContainer}>
             <FaEthereum />
           </div>
           Sign in with Ethereum
         </Button>
       </>
     );
   }
   return (
     <div className={css.siweContainer}>
       <hr />
       {siweLoginForm}
       {siweButton}
     </div>
   );
 }
 
 function SIWEWrapper(): React.Node {
   const theme = React.useMemo(() => {
     return _merge(darkTheme())({
       radii: {
         modal: 0,
         modalMobile: 0,
       },
       colors: {
         modalBackdrop: '#242529',
       },
     });
   }, []);
   return (
     <WagmiConfig client={wagmiClient}>
       <RainbowKitProvider chains={chains} theme={theme} modalSize="compact">
         <SIWE />
       </RainbowKitProvider>
     </WagmiConfig>
   );
 }
 
 export default SIWEWrapper;