everything starts to connect, still a big mess though !!

src/Main.elm

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import Html.Attributes exposing (..)
 import Html.Events exposing (..)
 import Json.Encode as E
 import Page exposing (Page)
-import Page.Admin as Admin
 import Page.Chest as Chest exposing (Msg)
 import Route exposing (..)
 import Session exposing (..)
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ viewHeaderBar navbarTitle navbarLinks navbar =
 type Msg
     = UrlChanged Url.Url
     | LinkClicked Browser.UrlRequest
-    | SessionLoaded (Maybe Session)
+    | SessionLoaded (Result String Session)
     | PageMsg Page.PageMsg
     | SwitchMenuOpen
 
@@ -140,14 +139,18 @@ update msg model =
     case ( msg, model.page ) of
         ( SessionLoaded session, _ ) ->
             case session of
-                Just logged ->
+                Ok logged ->
                     let
                         ( page, cmd ) =
                             Page.initHome logged
                     in
                     ( model |> setPage page, Cmd.map PageMsg cmd )
 
-                Nothing ->
+                Err error ->
+                    let
+                        _ =
+                            Debug.log "SessionLoaded Error" error
+                    in
                     ( model |> setPage Page.About, Cmd.none )
 
         ( LinkClicked urlRequest, _ ) ->