diff --git a/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts b/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
index ac821932fc..3aa50a374d 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export class AuthService {
 
   initializeUserSession(): void {
     const currentUser = this.getUserFromBrowserStorage();
+    this.determinePostLoginDestinationUrl();
+
     if (currentUser) {
       this.handleAutomaticLogin(currentUser);
     } else {
@@ -43,6 +45,19 @@ export class AuthService {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * determinePostLoginDestinationUrl
+   *
+   * - navigate to /home if user started from login or if no path is present
+   * - otherwise, navigate to the path they started from after google login does its thing
+   */
+
+  determinePostLoginDestinationUrl(): void {
+    const originalDestinationUrl = window.location.pathname?.endsWith('login') ? 'home' : window.location.pathname;
+
+    this.setRedirectionUrl(originalDestinationUrl);
+  }
+
   initializeGoogleSignInButton(btnRef: ElementRef): void {
     this.initializeGoogleSignIn();
     this.renderGoogleSignInButton(btnRef);
diff --git a/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/auth/store/auth.models.ts b/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/auth/store/auth.models.ts
index ae6e437933..73558ed96c 100755
--- a/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/auth/store/auth.models.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/auth/store/auth.models.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export interface UserPermission {
 export interface AuthState {
   isLoggedIn: boolean;
   isAuthenticating: boolean;
-  redirectUrl?: string;
+  redirectUrl: string;
   user: User;
   googleCredential: string;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/auth/store/auth.reducer.ts b/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/auth/store/auth.reducer.ts
index 331304dc43..0cbfcbc189 100755
--- a/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/auth/store/auth.reducer.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/auth/store/auth.reducer.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export const initialState: AuthState = {
   isAuthenticating: false,
   user: null,
   googleCredential: null,
+  redirectUrl: '/home',
 };
 
 const reducer = createReducer(
diff --git a/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/meta-reducers/clear-state.reducer.spec.ts b/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/meta-reducers/clear-state.reducer.spec.ts
index 4e1ce6f016..a702c37142 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/meta-reducers/clear-state.reducer.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/meta-reducers/clear-state.reducer.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { createReducer } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { actionLogoutSuccess } from '../auth/store/auth.actions';
+import { actionLogoutSuccess, actionLoginStart } from '../auth/store/auth.actions';
 import { LocalStorageService } from '../local-storage/local-storage.service';
 import { ThemeOptions } from '../settings/store/settings.model';
 import { clearState } from './clear-state.reducer';
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ describe('clearState', () => {
     settings: {
       theme: ThemeOptions.DARK_THEME,
     },
+    auth: {
+      redirectUrl: '/test',
+    },
   };
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     LocalStorageService.prototype.removeItem = jest.fn();
   });
 
-  it('should reset settings state and clear localStorage settings', () => {
+  it('should reset settings and auth state except for theme and redirectUrl on actionLogoutSuccess, and also clear localStorage settings', () => {
     const reducer = createReducer(mockState);
     const metaReducer = clearState(reducer);
     const expectedResetState = {
@@ -25,6 +28,13 @@ describe('clearState', () => {
         toCheckAuth: null,
         toFilterMetric: null,
       },
+      auth: {
+        isLoggedIn: false,
+        isAuthenticating: false,
+        user: null,
+        googleCredential: null,
+        redirectUrl: '/test',
+      },
     };
 
     const newState = metaReducer(mockState, actionLogoutSuccess());
@@ -34,4 +44,37 @@ describe('clearState', () => {
     );
     expect(newState).toEqual(expectedResetState);
   });
+
+  it('should NOT reset anything or clear localStorage if action is anything but actionLogoutSuccess', () => {
+    const mockWithNonDefaultState = {
+      ...mockState,
+      auth: {
+        ...mockState.auth,
+        isLoggedIn: true,
+      },
+    };
+    const reducer = createReducer(mockState);
+    const metaReducer = clearState(reducer);
+    const expectedResetState = {
+      settings: {
+        theme: ThemeOptions.DARK_THEME,
+        toCheckAuth: null,
+        toFilterMetric: null,
+      },
+      auth: {
+        isLoggedIn: true,
+        isAuthenticating: false,
+        user: null,
+        googleCredential: null,
+        redirectUrl: '/test',
+      },
+    };
+
+    const newState = metaReducer(mockWithNonDefaultState, actionLoginStart());
+
+    expect(LocalStorageService.prototype.removeItem).not.toHaveBeenCalledTimes(
+      Object.keys(ExperimentLocalStorageKeys).length
+    );
+    expect(newState).not.toEqual(expectedResetState);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/meta-reducers/clear-state.reducer.ts b/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/meta-reducers/clear-state.reducer.ts
index 94f282fe1e..c52026cefb 100644
--- a/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/meta-reducers/clear-state.reducer.ts
+++ b/frontend/projects/upgrade/src/app/core/meta-reducers/clear-state.reducer.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as AuthActions from '../auth/store/auth.actions';
 import { ExperimentLocalStorageKeys } from '../experiments/store/experiments.model';
 import { LocalStorageService } from '../local-storage/local-storage.service';
 import { SettingsState } from '../settings/store/settings.model';
+import { AuthState } from '../auth/store/auth.models';
 
 export function clearState(reducer) {
   return (state, action: Action) => {
@@ -12,10 +13,18 @@ export function clearState(reducer) {
         toCheckAuth: null,
         toFilterMetric: null,
       };
+      const authState: AuthState = {
+        isLoggedIn: false,
+        isAuthenticating: false,
+        user: null,
+        googleCredential: null,
+        redirectUrl: state.auth.redirectUrl,
+      };
       const localStorageService = new LocalStorageService();
 
       state = {
         settings: settingState, // Used to persist theme,
+        auth: authState, // Used to persist redirectUrl
       };
 
       Object.values(ExperimentLocalStorageKeys).forEach((key) => {