diff --git a/src/SideMenu/index.tsx b/src/SideMenu/index.tsx
index 8be80a0..deeb080 100644
--- a/src/SideMenu/index.tsx
+++ b/src/SideMenu/index.tsx
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class SideMenu extends React.PureComponent<PropsTypeInner> {
 const mapStateToProps = (state: StoreState, _props: PropsType) => {
   return {
     journals: state.cache.journals,
-    userInfo: state.cache.userInfo.value,
+    userInfo: state.cache.userInfo,
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/src/SyncGate.tsx b/src/SyncGate.tsx
index 1e61194..a1efda3 100644
--- a/src/SyncGate.tsx
+++ b/src/SyncGate.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import Pim from './Pim';
 import * as EteSync from 'etesync';
 import { CURRENT_VERSION } from 'etesync';
 
-import { store, SettingsType, JournalsType, EntriesType, StoreState, CredentialsData, UserInfoType } from './store';
+import { store, SettingsType, JournalsType, EntriesType, StoreState, CredentialsData, UserInfoData } from './store';
 import { addJournal, fetchAll, fetchEntries, fetchUserInfo, createUserInfo } from './store/actions';
 
 export interface SyncInfoJournal {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ type PropsTypeInner = RouteComponentProps<{}> & PropsType & {
   settings: SettingsType;
   journals: JournalsType;
   entries: EntriesType;
-  userInfo: UserInfoType;
+  userInfo: UserInfoData;
   fetchCount: number;
 };
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const syncInfoSelector = createSelector(
   (props: PropsTypeInner) => props.etesync,
   (props: PropsTypeInner) => props.journals.value!,
   (props: PropsTypeInner) => props.entries,
-  (props: PropsTypeInner) => props.userInfo.value!,
+  (props: PropsTypeInner) => props.userInfo,
   (etesync, journals, entries, userInfo) => {
     const derived = etesync.encryptionKey;
     const userInfoCryptoManager = userInfo.getCryptoManager(etesync.encryptionKey);
@@ -132,10 +132,14 @@ class SyncGate extends React.PureComponent<PropsTypeInner> {
       });
     };
 
-    const sync = () => {
-      if (this.props.userInfo.value) {
+    if (this.props.userInfo) {
+      syncAll();
+    } else {
+      const fetching = fetchUserInfo(this.props.etesync, me);
+      fetching.payload?.then(() => {
+        store.dispatch(fetching);
         syncAll();
-      } else {
+      }).catch(() => {
         const userInfo = new EteSync.UserInfo(me, CURRENT_VERSION);
         const keyPair = EteSync.AsymmetricCryptoManager.generateKeyPair();
         const cryptoManager = userInfo.getCryptoManager(this.props.etesync.encryptionKey);
@@ -143,14 +147,7 @@ class SyncGate extends React.PureComponent<PropsTypeInner> {
         userInfo.setKeyPair(cryptoManager, keyPair);
 
         store.dispatch<any>(createUserInfo(this.props.etesync, userInfo)).then(syncAll);
-      }
-    };
-
-    if (this.props.userInfo.value) {
-      syncAll();
-    } else {
-      const fetching = store.dispatch(fetchUserInfo(this.props.etesync, me)) as any;
-      fetching.then(sync).catch(() => sync());
+      });
     }
   }
 
@@ -158,9 +155,7 @@ class SyncGate extends React.PureComponent<PropsTypeInner> {
     const entryArrays = this.props.entries;
     const journals = this.props.journals.value;
 
-    if (this.props.userInfo.error) {
-      return <PrettyError error={this.props.userInfo.error} />;
-    } else if (this.props.journals.error) {
+    if (this.props.journals.error) {
       return <PrettyError error={this.props.journals.error} />;
     } else {
       const errors: Array<{journal: string, error: Error}> = [];
@@ -179,7 +174,7 @@ class SyncGate extends React.PureComponent<PropsTypeInner> {
       }
     }
 
-    if ((this.props.userInfo.value === null) || (journals === null) ||
+    if ((this.props.userInfo === null) || (journals === null) ||
       ((this.props.fetchCount > 0) &&
         ((entryArrays.size === 0) || !entryArrays.every((x: any) => (x.value !== null))))
     ) {
@@ -208,7 +203,7 @@ class SyncGate extends React.PureComponent<PropsTypeInner> {
               <AppBarOverride title="EteSync" />
               <PimRouter
                 etesync={this.props.etesync}
-                userInfo={this.props.userInfo.value!}
+                userInfo={this.props.userInfo}
                 syncInfo={journalMap}
                 history={history}
               />
@@ -220,7 +215,7 @@ class SyncGate extends React.PureComponent<PropsTypeInner> {
           render={({ location, history }) => (
             <Journals
               etesync={this.props.etesync}
-              userInfo={this.props.userInfo.value!}
+              userInfo={this.props.userInfo}
               syncInfo={journalMap}
               journals={journals}
               location={location}
@@ -243,7 +238,7 @@ class SyncGate extends React.PureComponent<PropsTypeInner> {
           render={() => (
             <Debug
               etesync={this.props.etesync}
-              userInfo={this.props.userInfo.value!}
+              userInfo={this.props.userInfo}
             />
           )}
         />
diff --git a/src/store/construct.ts b/src/store/construct.ts
index c8d9ff8..e760df7 100644
--- a/src/store/construct.ts
+++ b/src/store/construct.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import { List, Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
 
 import * as EteSync from 'etesync';
 import {
-  JournalsData, FetchType, EntriesData, EntriesFetchRecord, UserInfoData, JournalsFetchRecord, UserInfoFetchRecord,
-  CredentialsDataRemote, JournalsType, EntriesType, UserInfoType, SettingsType,
+  JournalsData, FetchType, EntriesData, EntriesFetchRecord, UserInfoData, JournalsFetchRecord,
+  CredentialsDataRemote, JournalsType, EntriesType, SettingsType,
   fetchCount, journals, entries, credentials, userInfo, settingsReducer, encryptionKeyReducer, errorsReducer,
 } from './reducers';
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export interface StoreState {
   cache: {
     journals: JournalsType;
     entries: EntriesType;
-    userInfo: UserInfoType;
+    userInfo: UserInfoData;
   };
   errors: List<Error>;
 }
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ const entriesDeserialize = (state: EteSync.EntryJson[]): FetchType<EntriesData>
   })) });
 };
 
-const userInfoSerialize = (state: FetchType<UserInfoData>) => {
-  if ((state === null) || (state.value == null)) {
+const userInfoSerialize = (state: UserInfoData) => {
+  if (state === null) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  return state.value.serialize();
+  return state.serialize();
 };
 
 const userInfoDeserialize = (state: EteSync.UserInfoJson) => {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ const cacheDeserialize = (state: any, key: string) => {
   } else if (key === 'journals') {
     return new JournalsFetchRecord({ value: journalsDeserialize(state) });
   } else if (key === 'userInfo') {
-    return new UserInfoFetchRecord({ value: userInfoDeserialize(state) });
+    return userInfoDeserialize(state);
   }
 
   return state;
diff --git a/src/store/reducers.ts b/src/store/reducers.ts
index aaddf2e..df98b19 100644
--- a/src/store/reducers.ts
+++ b/src/store/reducers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Action, ActionFunctionAny, combineActions, handleAction, handleActions } from 'redux-actions';
+import { shallowEqual } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { List, Map as ImmutableMap, Record } from 'immutable';
 
@@ -45,9 +46,6 @@ export type EntriesTypeImmutable = ImmutableMap<string, Record<FetchType<Entries
 export type EntriesType = ImmutableMap<string, FetchType<EntriesData>>;
 
 export type UserInfoData = EteSync.UserInfo;
-export const UserInfoFetchRecord = fetchTypeRecord<UserInfoData>();
-export type UserInfoType = FetchType<UserInfoData>;
-export type UserInfoTypeImmutable = Record<UserInfoType>;
 
 function fetchTypeIdentityReducer(
   state: Record<FetchType<any>> = fetchTypeRecord<any>()(), action: any, extend = false) {
@@ -213,29 +211,35 @@ export const journals = handleActions(
   new JournalsFetchRecord()
 );
 
-export const userInfo = handleAction(
-  combineActions(
-    actions.fetchUserInfo,
-    actions.createUserInfo
-  ),
-  (state: Record<FetchType<any>> = fetchTypeRecord<any>()(), action: any) => {
-    if (action.error) {
-      return state.set('error', action.payload);
-    } else {
-      let payload = (action.payload === undefined) ? null : action.payload;
+export const userInfo = handleActions(
+  {
+    [combineActions(
+      actions.fetchUserInfo,
+      actions.createUserInfo
+    ).toString()]: (state: UserInfoData | null, action: any) => {
+      if (action.error) {
+        return state;
+      } else {
+        let payload = action.payload ?? null;
 
-      state = state.set('error', undefined);
+        if (payload === null) {
+          return state;
+        }
 
-      if (payload === null) {
-        return state;
-      }
+        payload = action.meta?.userInfo ?? payload;
 
-      payload = (action.meta === undefined) ? payload : action.meta.userInfo;
+        if (!state || !shallowEqual(state.serialize(), payload.serialize())) {
+          return payload;
+        }
 
-      return state.set('value', payload);
-    }
+        return state;
+      }
+    },
+    [actions.logout.toString()]: (_state: any, _action: any) => {
+      return null;
+    },
   },
-  new UserInfoFetchRecord()
+  null
 );
 
 const fetchActions = [