diff --git a/vocodes/src/App.tsx b/vocodes/src/App.tsx
index 819cbd1749..beb9d91ca2 100644
--- a/vocodes/src/App.tsx
+++ b/vocodes/src/App.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   componentDidMount() {
     this.querySession();
 
-    setInterval(() => { this.querySession() }, 10000);
+    setInterval(() => { this.querySession() }, 60000);
     // TODO: Use websockets, this is dumb
     setInterval(() => { this.pollJobs() }, 1000);
     //this.state.videoJobPoller.start();
diff --git a/vocodes/src/session/SessionState.ts b/vocodes/src/session/SessionState.ts
index 71d2e3fca0..76774d622c 100644
--- a/vocodes/src/session/SessionState.ts
+++ b/vocodes/src/session/SessionState.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export interface SessionStateResponse {
   logged_in: boolean,
 
   // Extended user details (only if logged in)
-  user?: UserInfo,
+  user: UserInfo | undefined | null,
 }
 
 export interface UserInfo {
diff --git a/vocodes/src/session/SessionWrapper.ts b/vocodes/src/session/SessionWrapper.ts
index 6ef65966f2..771af23180 100644
--- a/vocodes/src/session/SessionWrapper.ts
+++ b/vocodes/src/session/SessionWrapper.ts
@@ -51,51 +51,30 @@ export class SessionWrapper {
   }
 
   public canUseTts() : boolean {
-    if (this.sessionStateResponse === undefined || this.sessionStateResponse.user === undefined) {
-      return true; // NB: Default true.
-    }
-    return this.sessionStateResponse.user.can_use_tts;
+    return this.sessionStateResponse?.user?.can_use_tts || true; // NB: Default true.
   }
 
   public canUseW2l() : boolean {
-    if (this.sessionStateResponse === undefined || this.sessionStateResponse.user === undefined) {
-      return true; // NB: Default true.
-    }
-    return this.sessionStateResponse.user.can_use_w2l;
+    return this.sessionStateResponse?.user?.can_use_w2l || true; // NB: Default true
   }
 
   public canUploadTtsModels() : boolean {
-    if (this.sessionStateResponse === undefined || this.sessionStateResponse.user === undefined) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return this.sessionStateResponse.user.can_upload_tts_models;
+    return this.sessionStateResponse?.user?.can_upload_tts_models || false;
   }
 
   public canUploadW2lTemplates() : boolean {
-    if (this.sessionStateResponse === undefined || this.sessionStateResponse.user === undefined) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return this.sessionStateResponse.user.can_upload_w2l_templates;
+    return this.sessionStateResponse?.user?.can_upload_w2l_templates || false;
   }
 
   public canBanUsers() : boolean {
-    if (this.sessionStateResponse === undefined || this.sessionStateResponse.user === undefined) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return this.sessionStateResponse.user.can_ban_users;
+    return this.sessionStateResponse?.user?.can_ban_users || false;
   }
 
   public canEditOtherUsersData() : boolean {
-    if (this.sessionStateResponse === undefined || this.sessionStateResponse.user === undefined) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return this.sessionStateResponse.user.can_edit_other_users_data;
+    return this.sessionStateResponse?.user?.can_edit_other_users_data || false;
   }
 
   public canApproveW2lTemplates() : boolean {
-    if (this.sessionStateResponse === undefined || this.sessionStateResponse.user === undefined) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return this.sessionStateResponse.user.can_approve_w2l_templates;
+    return this.sessionStateResponse?.user?.can_approve_w2l_templates || false;
   }
 }