diff --git a/src/web/pages/dashboard.rs b/src/web/pages/dashboard.rs
index 2f544ae..79cf8e5 100644
--- a/src/web/pages/dashboard.rs
+++ b/src/web/pages/dashboard.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-use axum::extract::{Request, State};
+use axum::{
+    extract::{Request, State},
+    response::{IntoResponse, Redirect, Response},
+};
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use maud::{Markup, PreEscaped, html};
+use maud::{PreEscaped, html};
 
 use crate::{
     MnemoState,
@@ -21,12 +24,15 @@ const LINKS: &[(&str, &str, &str)] = &[
     ("Add Person", "/persons", icons::CONTACT),
 ];
 
-pub async fn page(State(state): State<MnemoState>, req: Request) -> Result<Markup, CompositeError> {
+pub async fn page(
+    State(state): State<MnemoState>,
+    req: Request,
+) -> Result<Response, CompositeError> {
     let mut conn = state.pool.acquire().await?;
-    let u = User::authenticate(&mut *conn, req.headers())
-        .await
-        .ok()
-        .flatten();
+    let u = match User::authenticate(&mut *conn, req.headers()).await? {
+        Some(u) => Some(u),
+        None => return Ok(Redirect::to(&format!("/login?r={}", req.uri().path())).into_response()),
+    };
 
     let newest_quote = match u {
         Some(_) => Quote::get_newest(&mut *conn).await?,
@@ -114,7 +120,7 @@ pub async fn page(State(state): State<MnemoState>, req: Request) -> Result<Marku
 
             div class="text-4xl xs:text-6xl sm:text-8xl text-neutral-800/25 mt-16 text-center font-semibold font-lora select-none" {"Mnemosyne"}
         ),
-    ))
+    ).into_response())
 }
 
 fn format_time_ago(dt: DateTime<Utc>) -> String {