diff --git a/src/app/femtoApp.ts b/src/app/femtoApp.ts
index cc9593a..2796417 100644
--- a/src/app/femtoApp.ts
+++ b/src/app/femtoApp.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { FemtoApp } from '../types'
 import { produce } from 'immer'
 
 export function setGlobal<K extends keyof FemtoApp>(k: K, v: FemtoApp[K]) {
+  console.debug('setting global', k, v)
   window.$femto = produce(window.$femto ?? {}, (draft) => {
     draft[k] = v
   })
diff --git a/src/app/user/user.ts b/src/app/user/user.ts
index a962607..6c73afe 100644
--- a/src/app/user/user.ts
+++ b/src/app/user/user.ts
@@ -14,24 +14,25 @@ let globalUser: User | null
 
 export function initUser() {
   updateUser()
+
+  addMessageListener('auth:logged-in', updateUser)
+  addMessageListener('auth:registered', updateUser)
+  addMessageListener('auth:logged-out', updateUser)
+  addMessageListener('auth:refreshed', updateUser)
 }
 
 function updateUser() {
   globalUser = getUserFromCookie()
-  console.debug(globalUser)
+  console.debug('got user from cookie', globalUser)
   setGlobal('user', globalUser)
   dispatchMessage('user:updated', globalUser)
 }
 
-addMessageListener('auth:logged-in', updateUser)
-addMessageListener('auth:registered', updateUser)
-addMessageListener('auth:logged-out', updateUser)
-addMessageListener('auth:refreshed', updateUser)
-
 export function useUser(): User | null {
   const [user, setUser] = useState(globalUser)
 
   useMessageListener('user:updated', (u) => {
+    console.log('recieved user updated event')
     setUser(u)
   })