diff --git a/ui/component/app/view.jsx b/ui/component/app/view.jsx
index 16caa65cd2..071bbf7d4e 100644
--- a/ui/component/app/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/app/view.jsx
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function App(props: Props) {
 
     // Only 1 nag is possible, so show the most important:
 
-    if (user === null) {
+    if (user === null && !embedPath) {
       return <NagNoUser />;
     }
 
diff --git a/ui/redux/actions/user.js b/ui/redux/actions/user.js
index 8ee087a68f..8c910ab352 100644
--- a/ui/redux/actions/user.js
+++ b/ui/redux/actions/user.js
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ export function doAuthenticate(
     });
     checkAuthBusy()
       .then(() => {
+        dispatch(doFetchGeoBlockedList());
         return Lbryio.authenticate(DOMAIN, getDefaultLanguage());
       })
       .then((user) => {
@@ -146,8 +147,6 @@ export function doAuthenticate(
               doInstallNew(appVersion, callbackForUsersWhoAreSharingData, DOMAIN);
             }
           }
-
-          dispatch(doFetchGeoBlockedList());
         });
       })
       .catch((error) => {