diff --git a/src/domain/login/CompleteSSOLoginViewModel.js b/src/domain/login/CompleteSSOLoginViewModel.js
index 2ec2f371..1fed0b41 100644
--- a/src/domain/login/CompleteSSOLoginViewModel.js
+++ b/src/domain/login/CompleteSSOLoginViewModel.js
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ export class CompleteSSOLoginViewModel extends ViewModel {
         }
         if (error) {
             this._showError(error);
-            this._sessionContainer.resetStatus();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/domain/login/LoginViewModel.js b/src/domain/login/LoginViewModel.js
index 78457be0..9e8ed146 100644
--- a/src/domain/login/LoginViewModel.js
+++ b/src/domain/login/LoginViewModel.js
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ export class LoginViewModel extends ViewModel {
     _showPasswordLogin() {
         this._passwordLoginViewModel = this.track(new PasswordLoginViewModel(
             this.childOptions({
-                sessionContainer: this._sessionContainer,
                 loginOptions: this._loginOptions,
                 homeserver: this._homeserver,
                 attemptLogin: loginMethod => this.attemptLogin(loginMethod),
diff --git a/src/domain/login/PasswordLoginViewModel.js b/src/domain/login/PasswordLoginViewModel.js
index d08b8312..76814806 100644
--- a/src/domain/login/PasswordLoginViewModel.js
+++ b/src/domain/login/PasswordLoginViewModel.js
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ import {LoginFailure} from "../../matrix/SessionContainer.js";
 export class PasswordLoginViewModel extends ViewModel {
     constructor(options) {
         super(options);
-        const {loginOptions, sessionContainer, homeserver, attemptLogin, showError} = options;
-        this._sessionContainer = sessionContainer;
+        const {loginOptions, homeserver, attemptLogin, showError} = options;
         this._loginOptions = loginOptions;
         this._attemptLogin = attemptLogin;
         this._showError = showError;
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ export class PasswordLoginViewModel extends ViewModel {
         }
         if (error) {
             this._showError(error);
-            this._sessionContainer.resetStatus();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/matrix/SessionContainer.js b/src/matrix/SessionContainer.js
index c078f95f..ca8379bc 100644
--- a/src/matrix/SessionContainer.js
+++ b/src/matrix/SessionContainer.js
@@ -129,9 +129,11 @@ export class SessionContainer {
     }
 
     async startWithLogin(loginMethod) {
-        if (this._status.get() !== LoadStatus.NotLoading) {
+        const currentStatus = this._status.get();
+        if (currentStatus !== LoadStatus.LoginFailed && currentStatus !== LoadStatus.NotLoading) {
             return;
         }
+        this._resetStatus();
         await this._platform.logger.run("login", async log => {
             this._status.set(LoadStatus.Login);
             const clock = this._platform.clock;
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@ export class SessionContainer {
         }
     }
 
-    resetStatus() {
+    _resetStatus() {
         this._status.set(LoadStatus.NotLoading);
         this._error = null;
         this._loginFailure = null;