diff --git a/gpgui/src/atoms/loginPortal.ts b/gpgui/src/atoms/loginPortal.ts
index f818312..fd90fb1 100644
--- a/gpgui/src/atoms/loginPortal.ts
+++ b/gpgui/src/atoms/loginPortal.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export const loginPortalAtom = atom(
     }
 
     if (userAuthCookie === "empty" || prelogonUserAuthCookie === "empty") {
-      throw new Error("Failed to login, please try again");
+      throw new Error("Got empty user auth cookie");
     }
 
     // Here, we have got the portal config successfully, refresh the cached portal data