diff --git a/src/extension/extension.ts b/src/extension/extension.ts
index ed6c6aef0..88c17e581 100644
--- a/src/extension/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension/extension.ts
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@ export class RunmeExtension {
       const statefulAuthProvider = new StatefulAuthProvider(context, uriHandler)
       context.subscriptions.push(statefulAuthProvider)
 
-      const secrestAuthed = statefulAuthProvider.loadFromSecrets()
-      const forceLogin = kernel.isFeatureOn(FeatureName.ForceLogin) || (await secrestAuthed)
+      const secrestAuthed = await statefulAuthProvider.loadFromSecrets()
+      const forceLogin = kernel.isFeatureOn(FeatureName.ForceLogin) || secrestAuthed
       const silent = forceLogin ? undefined : true
 
       getPlatformAuthSession(forceLogin, silent)
diff --git a/src/extension/provider/statefulAuth.ts b/src/extension/provider/statefulAuth.ts
index d53eb4783..53fe532c6 100644
--- a/src/extension/provider/statefulAuth.ts
+++ b/src/extension/provider/statefulAuth.ts
@@ -239,11 +239,6 @@ export class StatefulAuthProvider implements AuthenticationProvider, Disposable
 
   public async loadFromSecrets() {
     const secretsFile = '/etc/secrets/playground-dev'
-    if (!secretsFile) {
-      logger.info('Skip authentication from secrets file')
-      return
-    }
-
     const secretsUri = Uri.parse(secretsFile)
     const hasSecretsFile = await workspace.fs.stat(secretsUri).then(
       () => true,
@@ -251,7 +246,7 @@ export class StatefulAuthProvider implements AuthenticationProvider, Disposable
     )
 
     if (!hasSecretsFile) {
-      logger.info('No secrets file found')
+      logger.info('No secrets file found, skipping load from secrets')
       return
     }
 
@@ -276,6 +271,12 @@ export class StatefulAuthProvider implements AuthenticationProvider, Disposable
 
     try {
       const { name, email } = await this.getUserInfo(token)
+
+      if (!name || !email) {
+        logger.error('Failed to get user info from JWT token')
+        return
+      }
+
       const session: StatefulAuthSession = {
         accessToken: token,
         expiresIn: secsToUnixTime(exp),