diff --git a/patientsearch/src/js/constants/consts.js b/patientsearch/src/js/constants/consts.js
index 35b4055a..a9bbbf6e 100644
--- a/patientsearch/src/js/constants/consts.js
+++ b/patientsearch/src/js/constants/consts.js
@@ -155,3 +155,7 @@ export const REALM_ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY = "realm_access";
 export const MAX_MAIN_TABLE_WIDTH = "1280px";
 export const FOLLOWING_FLAG = "following";
 export const MIN_QUERY_COUNT = 500;
+export const HTTP_FORBIDDEN_STATUS_CODE = 403;
+export const HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED_STATUS_CODE = 401;
+export const FORBIDDEN_LOGOUT_URL = "/logout?forbidden=true";
+export const UNAUTHORIZED_LOGOUT_URL = "/logout?unauthorized=true";
diff --git a/patientsearch/src/js/context/PatientListContextProvider.js b/patientsearch/src/js/context/PatientListContextProvider.js
index 0d35e2d2..7c49247e 100644
--- a/patientsearch/src/js/context/PatientListContextProvider.js
+++ b/patientsearch/src/js/context/PatientListContextProvider.js
@@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ export default function PatientListContextProvider({ children }) {
     setNoDataText(text);
   };
   const handleErrorCallback = (e) => {
-    if (e && e.status === 401) {
-      setErrorMessage("Unauthorized.");
-      window.location = "/logout?unauthorized=true";
+    if (e && e.status === constants.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED_STATUS_CODE) {
+      setErrorMessage("Unauthorized. Logging out...");
+      window.location = constants.UNAUTHORIZED_LOGOUT_URL;
       return;
     }
-    if (e && e.status === 403) {
-      setErrorMessage("Forbidden.");
-      window.location = "/logout?forbidden=true";
+    if (e && e.status === constants. HTTP_FORBIDDEN_STATUS_CODE) {
+      setErrorMessage("Forbidden. Logging out...");
+      window.location = constants.FORBIDDEN_LOGOUT_URL;
       return;
     }
     setErrorMessage(
diff --git a/patientsearch/src/js/context/UserContextProvider.js b/patientsearch/src/js/context/UserContextProvider.js
index ffae13e2..57aca486 100644
--- a/patientsearch/src/js/context/UserContextProvider.js
+++ b/patientsearch/src/js/context/UserContextProvider.js
@@ -10,9 +10,15 @@ import {
   getRolesFromToken,
   getAccessToken,
   isString,
-  validateToken,
+  validateToken
 } from "../helpers/utility";
-import { noCacheParam } from "../constants/consts";
+import {
+  noCacheParam,
+  HTTP_FORBIDDEN_STATUS_CODE,
+  HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED_STATUS_CODE,
+  FORBIDDEN_LOGOUT_URL,
+  UNAUTHORIZED_LOGOUT_URL,
+ } from "../constants/consts";
 const UserContext = React.createContext({});
 /*
  * context component that allows user info to be accessible to its children component(s)
@@ -21,9 +27,13 @@ export default function UserContextProvider({ children }) {
   const [user, setUser] = useState(null);
   const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState("");
   const handleErrorCallback = (e) => {
-    if (parseInt(e) === 401) {
-      setErrorMessage("Unauthorized");
-      window.location = "/logout?unauthorized=true";
+    const status = parseInt(e?.status);
+    if (status === HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED_STATUS_CODE) {
+      window.location = UNAUTHORIZED_LOGOUT_URL;
+      return;
+    }
+    if (status === HTTP_FORBIDDEN_STATUS_CODE) {
+      window.location = FORBIDDEN_LOGOUT_URL;
       return;
     }
     setErrorMessage(
@@ -31,7 +41,7 @@ export default function UserContextProvider({ children }) {
         ? e
         : e && e.message
         ? e.message
-        : "Error occurred processing user data"
+        : "Error occurred processing requested data"
     );
   };
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -105,12 +115,12 @@ export default function UserContextProvider({ children }) {
       },
       (e) => {
         console.log("token validation error ", e);
-        handleErrorCallback(401);
+        handleErrorCallback(e);
       }
     );
   }, []);
   return (
-    <UserContext.Provider value={{ user: user, userError: errorMessage }}>
+    <UserContext.Provider value={{ user: user, userError: errorMessage}}>
       <UserContext.Consumer>
         {({ user, userError }) => {
           if (user || userError) return children;