diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/components/UserOrganizations.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/components/UserOrganizations.tsx
index 7b89a73..c35e0fd 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/components/UserOrganizations.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/components/UserOrganizations.tsx
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ const fetcher: Fetcher<ApiResponse<OrganizationDto[]>, string> = async (
   if (!res.ok) {
     const message = (await res.json()).message;
     const status = res.status;
-    log.warn(message);
+    if (status >= 500) {
+      log.error(message);
+    }
+  } else {
+    return res.json();
   }
-
-  return res.json();
 };
 
 const backgroundColors = ['bg-emerald-400', 'bg-amber-400', 'bg-fuchsia-400'];
@@ -46,9 +48,7 @@ export default function UserOrganizations() {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setIsLoading(true);
-    trigger()
-      .catch((e) => log.warn('could not load user organizations', e))
-      .finally(() => setIsLoading(false));
+    trigger().finally(() => setIsLoading(false));
   }, [trigger]);
 
   let userOrganizations;
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/dashboard-layout.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/dashboard-layout.tsx
index ce60e04..2f69a1b 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/dashboard-layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/dashboard-layout.tsx
@@ -53,10 +53,13 @@ export default function DashboardLayout({
   const [isCollapsed, setIsCollapsed] = useState<SidebarCollapseStatus>();
   const [userSettings, setUserSettings] = useState<
     UserSettingsType | undefined
-  >(getItemFromLocalStorage(generateUserSettingsKey(session)));
+  >();
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!userSettings) {
+      setUserSettings(
+        getItemFromLocalStorage(generateUserSettingsKey(session)),
+      );
       return;
     }
     if (userSettings.darkMode) {
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/settings/components/UserSettings.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/settings/components/UserSettings.tsx
index 3700745..65511e3 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/settings/components/UserSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/settings/components/UserSettings.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export default function UserSettings() {
     <div>
       <Switch
         defaultSelected={userSettings?.darkMode}
+        isSelected={userSettings?.darkMode ?? false}
         onValueChange={(isSelected) => {
           setUserSettings({
             ...userSettings,
diff --git a/src/app/util/local-storage.ts b/src/app/util/local-storage.ts
index 21b8d8d..9f76f4c 100644
--- a/src/app/util/local-storage.ts
+++ b/src/app/util/local-storage.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const log = logger.child({ module: 'localStorageUtil' });
 
 export const getItemFromLocalStorage = (key: string): any | undefined => {
   let currentValue;
-  if (!localStorage) {
+  if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
     return undefined;
   }
   try {