diff --git a/appview/oauth/accounts.go b/appview/oauth/accounts.go
index 5197715e..7d8b8be3 100644
--- a/appview/oauth/accounts.go
+++ b/appview/oauth/accounts.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (o *OAuth) GetAccounts(r *http.Request) *AccountRegistry {
 func (o *OAuth) SaveAccounts(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, registry *AccountRegistry) error {
 	session, err := o.SessStore.Get(r, AccountsName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		o.Logger.Warn("failed to decode existing accounts cookie, will create new", "err", err)
 	}
 
 	data, err := json.Marshal(registry)
diff --git a/appview/oauth/oauth.go b/appview/oauth/oauth.go
index e56afc53..3e76fcfc 100644
--- a/appview/oauth/oauth.go
+++ b/appview/oauth/oauth.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func New(config *config.Config, ph posthog.Client, db *db.DB, enforcer *rbac.Enf
 func (o *OAuth) SaveSession(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sessData *oauth.ClientSessionData) error {
 	userSession, err := o.SessStore.Get(r, SessionName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		o.Logger.Warn("failed to decode existing session cookie, will create new", "err", err)
 	}
 
 	userSession.Values[SessionDid] = sessData.AccountDID.String()