diff --git a/freechat-client/src/auth.js b/freechat-client/src/auth.js
index 1dda481..fde8d69 100644
--- a/freechat-client/src/auth.js
+++ b/freechat-client/src/auth.js
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 const { ipcRenderer }  = require('electron')
-const { Request } = require('./request.js')
-
-const jsonwebtoken = require('jsonwebtoken')
 const got = require('got')
 
 
@@ -12,31 +9,19 @@ const got = require('got')
  * @param {String} user.secret
  * @param {Number} user.id
  *
+ * @returns {String|null} JWT 
  */
 async function login(protocol, host, port, user) {
-
-	let pass = false
-
 	const url = `${protocol}://${host}:${port}/login`
 	const response = await got(url, {
 		searchParams: { id: user['id'], secret: user['secret'] },
-		responseType: 'json'
-	})
-
-	const jwt = response.body['jwt']
-
-	let config = await ipcRenderer.invoke('config-request')
-
-	for(const idx in config['servers']) {
-		// 'tism: once we find the right server conf updated it and jam it back in
-		// to disk, this high level of granularity is ugly but the alternatives
-		// so much worse
-		if(config['servers'][idx]['server']['host'] == host) {
-			config['servers'][idx]['server']['jwt'] = jwt
-			await ipcRenderer.invoke('config-update', config)
-			break
+		responseType: 'json',
+		// If DNS is seriously taking this long we honestly should just give up
+		timeout: {
+			lookup: 500
 		}
-	}
+	})
+	return response.body['jwt']
 }
 exports.login = login
 
@@ -44,11 +29,25 @@ exports.login = login
 /**
  * @returns {Config} whole config to use in ui building back in DOM-land
  */
-exports.init = async function(config) {
-	for(let conf of config['servers']) {
-		const remote = conf['server']
-		const user = conf['user']
+exports.init = async function() {
+	// First we fetch the in-memnory configuration
+	const config = await ipcRenderer.invoke('config-request')
 
-		await login(remote['protocol'], remote['hostname'], remote['port'], user)
+	for(const index in config.data['servers']) {
+		console.log('Initial login', config.data['servers'][index])
+		const remote = config.data['servers'][index]['server']
+		const user = config.data['servers'][index]['user']
+
+		try {
+			// update the jwt first
+			const jwt = await login(remote['protocol'], remote['hostname'], remote['port'], user)
+			config.data['servers'][index]['user']['jwt'] = jwt
+		} catch (err) {
+			continue
+		}
 	}
+	console.log('after init', config)
+
+	await ipcRenderer.invoke('config-update', config)
+	return await ipcRenderer.invoke('config-request')
 }