diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/__tests__/accounts.test.ts b/app/soapbox/actions/__tests__/accounts.test.ts
index 310e42a1b6..3b1abbf9fb 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/actions/__tests__/accounts.test.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/__tests__/accounts.test.ts
@@ -148,34 +148,24 @@ describe('fetchAccountByUsername()', () => {
   const username = 'tiger';
   let state, account;
 
-  describe('when the account has already been cached in redux', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      account = normalizeAccount({
-        id,
-        acct: username,
-        display_name: 'Tiger',
-        avatar: 'test.jpg',
-        birthday: undefined,
-      });
-
-      state = rootReducer(undefined, {})
-        .set('accounts', ImmutableMap({
-          [id]: account,
-        }));
-
-      store = mockStore(state);
-
-      __stub((mock) => {
-        mock.onGet(`/api/v1/accounts/${id}`).reply(200, account);
-      });
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    account = normalizeAccount({
+      id,
+      acct: username,
+      display_name: 'Tiger',
+      avatar: 'test.jpg',
+      birthday: undefined,
     });
 
-    it('should return null', async() => {
-      const result = await store.dispatch(fetchAccountByUsername(username));
-      const actions = store.getActions();
+    state = rootReducer(undefined, {})
+      .set('accounts', ImmutableMap({
+        [id]: account,
+      }));
 
-      expect(actions).toEqual([]);
-      expect(result).toBeNull();
+    store = mockStore(state);
+
+    __stub((mock) => {
+      mock.onGet(`/api/v1/accounts/${id}`).reply(200, account);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/accounts.js b/app/soapbox/actions/accounts.js
index 5447afa9c1..0fbb5c1a58 100644
Binary files a/app/soapbox/actions/accounts.js and b/app/soapbox/actions/accounts.js differ
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/account_timeline/index.js b/app/soapbox/features/account_timeline/index.js
index 18b7d31073..907c54d680 100644
Binary files a/app/soapbox/features/account_timeline/index.js and b/app/soapbox/features/account_timeline/index.js differ
diff --git a/app/soapbox/middleware/errors.ts b/app/soapbox/middleware/errors.ts
index b87c502498..d24fd9d19e 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/middleware/errors.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/middleware/errors.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ const isRememberFailType = (type: string): boolean => type.endsWith('_REMEMBER_F
 /** Whether the error contains an Axios response. */
 const hasResponse = (error: any): boolean => Boolean(error && error.response);
 
+/** Don't show 401's. */
+const authorized = (error: any): boolean => error?.response?.status !== 401;
+
 /** Whether the error should be shown to the user. */
 const shouldShowError = ({ type, skipAlert, error }: AnyAction): boolean => {
-  return !skipAlert && hasResponse(error) && isFailType(type) && !isRememberFailType(type);
+  return !skipAlert && hasResponse(error) && authorized(error) && isFailType(type) && !isRememberFailType(type);
 };
 
 /** Middleware to display Redux errors to the user. */