diff --git a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
index 2cca6646..6a81e58a 100644
--- a/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Views/Author/Author.tsx
@@ -86,14 +86,17 @@ export const AuthorView = (props: Props) => {
   })
 
   createEffect(async () => {
-    console.error('[AuthorView] load subscriptions')
-    try {
-      const { authors, topics } = await fetchSubscriptions()
-      setFollowing([...(authors || []), ...(topics || [])])
-      const userSubscribers = await apiClient.getAuthorFollowers({ slug: author().slug })
-      setFollowers(userSubscribers)
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error('[AuthorView] error:', error)
+    const slug = author()?.slug
+    if (slug) {
+      console.debug('[AuthorView] load subscriptions')
+      try {
+        const { authors, topics } = await fetchSubscriptions()
+        setFollowing([...(authors || []), ...(topics || [])])
+        const userSubscribers = await apiClient.getAuthorFollowers({ slug })
+        setFollowers(userSubscribers)
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('[AuthorView] error:', error)
+      }
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/src/context/session.tsx b/src/context/session.tsx
index b12d228b..f49d4652 100644
--- a/src/context/session.tsx
+++ b/src/context/session.tsx
@@ -165,20 +165,21 @@ export const SessionProvider = (props: {
         }
         if (!author()) {
           const a = await loadAuthor()
-          await loadSubscriptions()
-          if (a) {
-            console.log('[context.session] author profile and subs loaded', author())
-          } else {
-            setSubscriptions(EMPTY_SUBSCRIPTIONS)
-            setAuthor(null)
-            console.warn('[context.session] author is not loaded')
-          }
+          if (!a) reset()
+          else await loadSubscriptions()
         }
         setIsSessionLoaded(true)
       }
     }
   })
 
+  const reset = () => {
+    setIsSessionLoaded(true)
+    setSubscriptions(EMPTY_SUBSCRIPTIONS)
+    setSession(null)
+    setAuthor(null)
+  }
+
   // initial effect
   onMount(async () => {
     const metaRes = await authorizer().getMetaData()
@@ -189,11 +190,7 @@ export const SessionProvider = (props: {
     } catch {
       console.warn('[context.session] load session failed')
     }
-    if (!s) {
-      setIsSessionLoaded(true)
-      setSession(null)
-      setAuthor(null)
-    }
+    if (!s) reset()
   })
 
   // callback state updater
@@ -236,7 +233,7 @@ export const SessionProvider = (props: {
 
   const signOut = async () => {
     await authorizer().logout()
-    setSession(null)
+    reset()
     showSnackbar({ body: t("You've successfully logged out") })
   }