diff --git a/static/client/App.tsx b/static/client/App.tsx
index 1e375842..8089af03 100644
--- a/static/client/App.tsx
+++ b/static/client/App.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "react-query";
 
 import "./App.scss";
+import config from "./config";
 import Main from "./pages/Main";
 
-const queryClient = new QueryClient();
+const queryClient = new QueryClient({
+  defaultOptions: {
+    queries: config.api.FETCH_OPTIONS,
+  },
+});
 
 const App: React.FC = () => {
   return (
diff --git a/static/client/components/Navigation/Navigation.tsx b/static/client/components/Navigation/Navigation.tsx
index 65d307fe..139de460 100644
--- a/static/client/components/Navigation/Navigation.tsx
+++ b/static/client/components/Navigation/Navigation.tsx
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@ import NavigationItems from "./NavigationItems";
 
 import NavigationCollapseToggle from "@/components/Navigation/NavigationCollapseToggle";
 import SiteSelector from "@/components/SiteSelector";
+import { useStore } from "@/store";
 
 const Navigation = (): JSX.Element => {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const [isCollapsed, setIsCollapsed] = useState(true);
+  const [user, setUser] = useStore((state) => [state.user, state.setUser]);
 
   const logout = useCallback(() => {
+    setUser(null);
     window.open("/logout", "_self");
-  }, []);
+  }, [setUser]);
 
   const handleNewPageClick = useCallback(() => {
     navigate("/app/new-webpage");
@@ -55,6 +58,13 @@ const Navigation = (): JSX.Element => {
               <NavigationItems />
             </div>
             <div className="p-panel__footer p-side-navigation--icons">
+              <div className="u-no-margin u-truncate p-side-navigation__label">
+                <span>{user?.name}</span>
+              </div>
+              <div className="p-text--small u-text--muted u-truncate p-side-navigation__label">
+                <span>{user?.email}</span>
+              </div>
+              <hr className="p-rule" />
               <Button appearance="base" className="p-side-navigation__link" onClick={logout}>
                 <i className="p-icon--logout is-light p-side-navigation__icon" />
                 <span className="p-side-navigation__label">Log out</span>
diff --git a/static/client/components/Navigation/_Navigation.scss b/static/client/components/Navigation/_Navigation.scss
index b8073319..f78a88d9 100644
--- a/static/client/components/Navigation/_Navigation.scss
+++ b/static/client/components/Navigation/_Navigation.scss
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     }
 
     .p-panel__content {
-      height: calc(100vh - 340px);
+      height: calc(100vh - 440px);
       overflow: auto;
 
       @media (min-width: $breakpoint-small) and (max-width: $breakpoint-large) {
diff --git a/static/client/pages/Main/Main.tsx b/static/client/pages/Main/Main.tsx
index 56fb9380..675f4d2e 100644
--- a/static/client/pages/Main/Main.tsx
+++ b/static/client/pages/Main/Main.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { BrowserRouter, Navigate, Route, Routes } from "react-router-dom";
 
 import MainLayout from "@/components/MainLayout";
+import { useAuth } from "@/services/api/hooks/auth";
 import { usePages } from "@/services/api/hooks/pages";
 import { RoutesServices } from "@/services/routes";
 
 const Main = (): React.ReactNode => {
+  useAuth();
   const { data } = usePages();
 
   return (
diff --git a/static/client/services/api/constants.ts b/static/client/services/api/constants.ts
index f8e9ccc2..75d82244 100644
--- a/static/client/services/api/constants.ts
+++ b/static/client/services/api/constants.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export const ENDPOINTS = {
   createNewPage: "/api/create-page",
   requestChanges: "/api/request-changes",
   requestRemoval: "/api/remove-webpage",
+  currentUser: "/api/current-user",
 };
 
 export const REST_TYPES = {
diff --git a/static/client/services/api/hooks/auth.ts b/static/client/services/api/hooks/auth.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f89dd38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/client/services/api/hooks/auth.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { useQuery } from "react-query";
+
+import { getCurrentUser } from "@/services/api/services/users";
+import type { IApiBasicError, IUseQueryHookRest } from "@/services/api/types/query";
+import type { IUser } from "@/services/api/types/users";
+import { useStore } from "@/store";
+
+export function useAuth(): IUseQueryHookRest<IUser> {
+  const [user, setUser] = useStore((state) => [state.user ?? undefined, state.setUser]);
+
+  const result = useQuery<IUser, IApiBasicError>("loggedInUser", async () => {
+    try {
+      const res = await getCurrentUser();
+      setUser(res);
+      return res;
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw new Error("Failed to fetch current user");
+    }
+  });
+
+  const isLoading = result.isLoading;
+  const isFetching = result.isFetching;
+  const error = result.error;
+
+  return { isLoading, data: user, error, isFetching };
+}
diff --git a/static/client/services/api/partials/UsersApiClass.ts b/static/client/services/api/partials/UsersApiClass.ts
index bcbfa8cf..b21e4b33 100644
--- a/static/client/services/api/partials/UsersApiClass.ts
+++ b/static/client/services/api/partials/UsersApiClass.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import { BasicApiClass } from "./BasicApiClass";
 
 import { ENDPOINTS, REST_TYPES } from "@/services/api/constants";
-import { type IUsersResponse } from "@/services/api/types/users";
+import type { IUser, IUsersResponse } from "@/services/api/types/users";
 
 export class UsersApiClass extends BasicApiClass {
   public getUsers(username: string): Promise<IUsersResponse> {
     return this.callApi<IUsersResponse>(ENDPOINTS.getUsers(username), REST_TYPES.GET);
   }
+
+  public getCurrentUser(): Promise<IUser> {
+    return this.callApi<{ data: IUser }>(ENDPOINTS.currentUser, REST_TYPES.GET).then((res) => res.data);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/static/client/services/api/services/users.ts b/static/client/services/api/services/users.ts
index a12a76c0..778f4696 100644
--- a/static/client/services/api/services/users.ts
+++ b/static/client/services/api/services/users.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import { api } from "@/services/api";
-import type { IUsersResponse } from "@/services/api/types/users";
+import type { IUser, IUsersResponse } from "@/services/api/types/users";
 
 export const getUsers = async (username: string): Promise<IUsersResponse> => {
   return api.users.getUsers(username);
 };
 
+export const getCurrentUser = async (): Promise<IUser> => {
+  return api.users.getCurrentUser();
+};
+
 export * as UsersServices from "./users";
diff --git a/static/client/store/types.ts b/static/client/store/types.ts
index 60df57a7..9e46abe5 100644
--- a/static/client/store/types.ts
+++ b/static/client/store/types.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { type IPagesResponse } from "@/services/api/types/pages";
+import { type IUser } from "@/services/api/types/users";
 
 export interface IStore {
   selectedProject: IPagesResponse["data"] | null;
-  user: string | null;
+  user: IUser | null;
   setSelectedProject: (s: IPagesResponse["data"]) => void;
-  setUser: (u: string) => void;
+  setUser: (u: IUser | null) => void;
 }