diff --git a/lib/di_initialization.dart b/lib/di_initialization.dart
index 4e0120c..a97affc 100644
--- a/lib/di_initialization.dart
+++ b/lib/di_initialization.dart
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import 'services/persistent_info_service.dart';
 import 'services/reshared_via_service.dart';
 import 'services/secrets_service.dart';
 import 'services/setting_service.dart';
+import 'services/status_service.dart';
 import 'services/timeline_entry_filter_service.dart';
 import 'services/timeline_manager.dart';
 import 'update_timer_initialization.dart';
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ import 'utils/active_profile_selector.dart';
 final _logger = Logger('DI_Init');
 
 Future<void> dependencyInjectionInitialization() async {
+  getIt.registerSingleton<StatusService>(StatusService());
+
   final appSupportdir = await getApplicationSupportDirectory();
   getIt.registerSingleton<ActiveProfileSelector<PersistentInfoService>>(
     ActiveProfileSelector(
diff --git a/lib/friendica_client/friendica_client.dart b/lib/friendica_client/friendica_client.dart
index 6229df0..e089c88 100644
--- a/lib/friendica_client/friendica_client.dart
+++ b/lib/friendica_client/friendica_client.dart
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ class ProfileClient extends FriendicaClient {
     _logger.finest(() => 'Getting logged in user profile');
     final request =
         Uri.parse('https://$serverName/api/v1/accounts/verify_credentials');
-    return (await _getApiRequest(request))
+    return (await _getApiRequest(request, timeout: oauthTimeout))
         .mapValue((json) => ConnectionMastodonExtensions.fromJson(
               json,
               defaultServerName: serverName,
@@ -1083,25 +1083,40 @@ abstract class FriendicaClient {
   }
 
   FutureResult<PagedResponse<List<dynamic>>, ExecError> _getApiListRequest(
-      Uri url) async {
-    return await getUrl(url, headers: _headers).transformAsync(
+    Uri url, {
+    Duration? timeout,
+  }) async {
+    return await getUrl(
+      url,
+      headers: _headers,
+      timeout: timeout,
+    ).transformAsync(
       (response) async {
         return response.map((data) => jsonDecode(data) as List<dynamic>);
       },
     ).execErrorCastAsync();
   }
 
-  FutureResult<PagedResponse<dynamic>, ExecError> _getApiPagedRequest(
-      Uri url) async {
-    return await getUrl(url, headers: _headers).transformAsync(
+  FutureResult<PagedResponse<dynamic>, ExecError> _getApiPagedRequest(Uri url,
+      {Duration? timeout}) async {
+    return await getUrl(
+      url,
+      headers: _headers,
+      timeout: timeout,
+    ).transformAsync(
       (response) async {
         return response.map((data) => jsonDecode(data));
       },
     ).execErrorCastAsync();
   }
 
-  FutureResult<dynamic, ExecError> _getApiRequest(Uri url) async {
-    return await getUrl(url, headers: _headers).transformAsync(
+  FutureResult<dynamic, ExecError> _getApiRequest(Uri url,
+      {Duration? timeout}) async {
+    return await getUrl(
+      url,
+      headers: _headers,
+      timeout: timeout,
+    ).transformAsync(
       (response) async {
         return jsonDecode(response.data);
       },
@@ -1111,6 +1126,5 @@ abstract class FriendicaClient {
   Map<String, String> get _headers => {
         'Authorization': _profile.credentials.authHeaderValue,
         'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
-        if (usePhpDebugging) 'Cookie': 'XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM;path=/',
       };
 }
diff --git a/lib/globals.dart b/lib/globals.dart
index 0befc53..9f99be3 100644
--- a/lib/globals.dart
+++ b/lib/globals.dart
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const maxViewPortalWidth = 750.0;
 const maxProcessingMillis = 3;
 const processingSleep = Duration(milliseconds: 1);
 const apiCallTimeout = Duration(seconds: 60);
+const oauthTimeout = Duration(seconds: 15);
 
 Future<bool?> showConfirmDialog(BuildContext context, String caption) {
   return showDialog<bool>(
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index 0348e9c..7643ec5 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import 'services/hashtag_service.dart';
 import 'services/interactions_manager.dart';
 import 'services/notifications_manager.dart';
 import 'services/setting_service.dart';
+import 'services/status_service.dart';
 import 'services/timeline_entry_filter_service.dart';
 import 'services/timeline_manager.dart';
 import 'utils/active_profile_selector.dart';
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ class App extends StatelessWidget {
         return Portal(
           child: MultiProvider(
             providers: [
+              ChangeNotifierProvider<StatusService>(
+                create: (_) => getIt<StatusService>(),
+                lazy: true,
+              ),
               ChangeNotifierProvider<SettingsService>(
                 create: (_) => getIt<SettingsService>(),
                 lazy: true,
diff --git a/lib/models/auth/oauth_credentials.dart b/lib/models/auth/oauth_credentials.dart
index 12fc110..dd392fc 100644
--- a/lib/models/auth/oauth_credentials.dart
+++ b/lib/models/auth/oauth_credentials.dart
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 import 'package:result_monad/result_monad.dart';
 import 'package:uuid/uuid.dart';
 
+import '../../globals.dart';
+import '../../services/status_service.dart';
 import '../../utils/network_utils.dart';
 import '../exec_error.dart';
 import 'credentials_intf.dart';
@@ -91,20 +93,28 @@ class OAuthCredentials implements ICredentials {
           'Client ID and Client Secret are already set, skipping ID fetching');
       return Result.ok(true);
     }
+    getIt<StatusService>().setStatus('Attempting to contact $serverName...');
     final idEndpoint = Uri.parse('https://$serverName/api/v1/apps');
-    final response = await postUrl(idEndpoint, {
-      'client_name': 'Relatica',
-      'redirect_uris': redirectUrl,
-      'scopes': 'read write follow push',
-      'website': 'https://myportal.social',
-    });
+    final response = await postUrl(
+      idEndpoint,
+      {
+        'client_name': 'Relatica',
+        'redirect_uris': redirectUrl,
+        'scopes': 'read write follow push',
+        'website': 'https://myportal.social',
+      },
+      timeout: oauthTimeout,
+    );
 
     response.match(onSuccess: (body) {
+      getIt<StatusService>().setStatus('Connected to $serverName...');
       final json = jsonDecode(body);
       clientId = json['client_id'];
       clientSecret = json['client_secret'];
     }, onError: (error) {
-      _logger.severe('Error logging in: $error');
+      getIt<StatusService>()
+          .setStatus('Error contacting $serverName...: $error');
+      _logger.severe('Error contacting $serverName...: $error');
     });
 
     return response.mapValue((_) => true);
@@ -112,6 +122,7 @@ class OAuthCredentials implements ICredentials {
 
   FutureResult<bool, ExecError> _login() async {
     if (accessToken.isNotEmpty) {
+      getIt<StatusService>().setStatus('Logged into $serverName');
       _logger.info('Already have access token, skipping');
       return Result.ok(true);
     }
@@ -124,12 +135,20 @@ class OAuthCredentials implements ICredentials {
     });
 
     try {
+      getIt<StatusService>()
+          .setStatus('Attempting getting authorization to $serverName');
+
       final result = await FlutterWebAuth2.authenticate(
-          url: url.toString(), callbackUrlScheme: redirectScheme);
+        url: url.toString(),
+        callbackUrlScheme: redirectScheme,
+      );
       final code = Uri.parse(result).queryParameters['code'];
       if (code == null) {
         _logger.severe(
             'Error code was not returned with the query parameters: $result');
+        getIt<StatusService>().setStatus(
+            'Error getting the response code during authentication to $serverName');
+
         return buildErrorResult(
           type: ErrorType.serverError,
           message: 'Error getting the response code during authentication',
@@ -145,11 +164,16 @@ class OAuthCredentials implements ICredentials {
       };
       final response = await postUrl(url2, body);
       response.match(onSuccess: (body) {
+        getIt<StatusService>().setStatus('Logged into $serverName');
         accessToken = jsonDecode(body)['access_token'];
       }, onError: (error) {
+        getIt<StatusService>()
+            .setStatus('Error getting authorization to $serverName');
         _logger.severe('Error doing OAUth processing: $error');
       });
     } catch (e) {
+      getIt<StatusService>()
+          .setStatus('Error getting authorization to $serverName');
       _logger.severe('Exception while Doing OAuth Process: $e');
       return buildErrorResult(
         type: ErrorType.serverError,
diff --git a/lib/screens/splash.dart b/lib/screens/splash.dart
index a62adb5..c25fc9c 100644
--- a/lib/screens/splash.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/splash.dart
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_svg/flutter_svg.dart';
+import 'package:go_router/go_router.dart';
+import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
 
 import '../controls/padding.dart';
 import '../globals.dart';
+import '../routes.dart';
 import '../services/auth_service.dart';
+import '../services/status_service.dart';
 
 class SplashScreen extends StatelessWidget {
   const SplashScreen({super.key});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final statusService = context.watch<StatusService>();
+    final accountsService = context.watch<AccountsService>();
+    if (!accountsService.initializing && !accountsService.loggedIn) {
+      context.pushNamed(ScreenPaths.signin);
+    }
+
     return Scaffold(
       body: Center(
           child: Column(
@@ -27,7 +37,13 @@ class SplashScreen extends StatelessWidget {
             const CircularProgressIndicator(),
             const VerticalPadding(),
             const Text('Logging in accounts...'),
+            const VerticalPadding(),
           ],
+          Text(
+            statusService.status,
+            softWrap: true,
+            textAlign: TextAlign.center,
+          ),
         ],
       )),
     );
diff --git a/lib/services/auth_service.dart b/lib/services/auth_service.dart
index 2e1f107..e15ca1a 100644
--- a/lib/services/auth_service.dart
+++ b/lib/services/auth_service.dart
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import 'package:shared_preferences/shared_preferences.dart';
 
 import '../di_initialization.dart';
 import '../friendica_client/friendica_client.dart';
+import '../globals.dart';
 import '../models/auth/credentials_intf.dart';
 import '../models/auth/profile.dart';
 import '../models/exec_error.dart';
 import '../update_timer_initialization.dart';
 import 'secrets_service.dart';
+import 'status_service.dart';
 
 class AccountsService extends ChangeNotifier {
   static final _logger = Logger('$AccountsService');
@@ -80,6 +82,8 @@ class AccountsService extends ChangeNotifier {
       final client =
           ProfileClient(Profile.credentialsOnly(signedInCredentials));
       credentialsCache = signedInCredentials;
+      getIt<StatusService>().setStatus(
+          'Getting user profile from ${signedInCredentials.serverName}');
       return await client.getMyProfile();
     }).andThenAsync((profileData) async {
       final loginProfile = Profile(
@@ -91,6 +95,8 @@ class AccountsService extends ChangeNotifier {
         loggedIn: true,
       );
 
+      getIt<StatusService>()
+          .setStatus('Loaded user profile ${profileData.handle}');
       if (_loggedInProfiles.isEmpty) {
         await setActiveProfile(loginProfile,
             withNotification: withNotification);
@@ -106,6 +112,7 @@ class AccountsService extends ChangeNotifier {
     });
 
     if (result.isFailure) {
+      getIt<StatusService>().setStatus('Error signing in: ${result.error}');
       _logger.severe('Error signing in: ${result.error}');
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/services/status_service.dart b/lib/services/status_service.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dbe036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/services/status_service.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
+
+class StatusService extends ChangeNotifier {
+  String _lastStatus = 'None';
+  DateTime _lastStatusTime = DateTime.now();
+
+  String get status => _lastStatus;
+
+  DateTime get statusTime => _lastStatusTime;
+
+  void setStatus(String status) {
+    _lastStatus = status;
+    _lastStatusTime = DateTime.now();
+    notifyListeners();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/update_timer_initialization.dart b/lib/update_timer_initialization.dart
index 41ef0c5..0337994 100644
--- a/lib/update_timer_initialization.dart
+++ b/lib/update_timer_initialization.dart
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ final _logger = Logger('UpdateTimer');
 
 void setupUpdateTimers() {
   Timer.periodic(_timerRefresh, (_) async {
+    final service = getIt<AccountsService>();
+    if (!service.loggedIn) {
+      _logger
+          .info('Trying to do update when no logged in accounts. Skipping...');
+      return;
+    }
     executeUpdatesForProfile(getIt<AccountsService>().currentProfile);
   });
 }
diff --git a/lib/utils/network_utils.dart b/lib/utils/network_utils.dart
index b3f3540..dcded55 100644
--- a/lib/utils/network_utils.dart
+++ b/lib/utils/network_utils.dart
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 
 import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
-import '../globals.dart';
 import 'package:result_monad/result_monad.dart';
 
 import '../friendica_client/paged_response.dart';
+import '../globals.dart';
 import '../models/exec_error.dart';
 
 final _logger = Logger('NetworkUtils');
@@ -15,16 +15,21 @@ http.Response requestTimeout() => http.Response('Client side timeout', 408);
 FutureResult<PagedResponse<String>, ExecError> getUrl(
   Uri url, {
   Map<String, String>? headers,
+  Duration? timeout,
 }) async {
   _logger.finer('GET: $url');
+  final requestHeaders = headers ?? {};
+  if (usePhpDebugging) {
+    requestHeaders['Cookie'] = 'XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM;path=/';
+  }
   try {
     final request = http.get(
       url,
-      headers: headers,
+      headers: requestHeaders,
     );
 
     final response = await request.timeout(
-      apiCallTimeout,
+      timeout ?? apiCallTimeout,
       onTimeout: requestTimeout,
     );
 
@@ -47,17 +52,22 @@ FutureResult<String, ExecError> postUrl(
   Uri url,
   Map<String, dynamic> body, {
   Map<String, String>? headers,
+  Duration? timeout,
 }) async {
   _logger.finer('POST: $url \n Body: $body');
+  final requestHeaders = headers ?? {};
+  if (usePhpDebugging) {
+    requestHeaders['Cookie'] = 'XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM;path=/';
+  }
   try {
     final request = http.post(
       url,
-      headers: headers,
+      headers: requestHeaders,
       body: jsonEncode(body),
     );
 
     final response = await request.timeout(
-      apiCallTimeout,
+      timeout ?? apiCallTimeout,
       onTimeout: requestTimeout,
     );