diff --git a/example/AppDemo.tsx b/example/AppDemo.tsx
index 7e2ebfc3..019caa44 100644
--- a/example/AppDemo.tsx
+++ b/example/AppDemo.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { authConfig, baseURL } from './storybook/helpers/oauthConfig';
+import { authConfig, baseURL, account } from './storybook/helpers/oauthConfig';
 import { DeveloperConfigProvider, RootProviders, LoggedInStack } from '../src';
 import { FhirExampleScreen } from './src/screens/FhirExampleScreen';
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function App() {
         showPreLoginWarning: false,
       }}
     >
-      <RootProviders account="mockaccount" authConfig={authConfig}>
+      <RootProviders account={account ?? 'mockaccount'} authConfig={authConfig}>
         <LoggedInStack />
       </RootProviders>
     </DeveloperConfigProvider>
diff --git a/example/storybook/helpers/oauthConfig.ts b/example/storybook/helpers/oauthConfig.ts
index d9b8814f..0bd64c7b 100644
--- a/example/storybook/helpers/oauthConfig.ts
+++ b/example/storybook/helpers/oauthConfig.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { AuthConfiguration } from 'react-native-app-auth';
-import { oauthConfig, apiBaseUrl } from '../../config';
+import { oauthConfig, apiBaseUrl, accountToUse } from '../../config';
 
 export const authConfig: AuthConfiguration = {
   clientId: oauthConfig.clientId,
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ export const authConfig: AuthConfiguration = {
 };
 
 export const baseURL = apiBaseUrl;
+export const account = accountToUse;
diff --git a/src/hooks/useActiveProject.tsx b/src/hooks/useActiveProject.tsx
index 4556ad2a..a6f011f2 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useActiveProject.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useActiveProject.tsx
@@ -156,13 +156,19 @@ export const ActiveProjectContextProvider: React.FC<ActiveProjectContextProvider
     const state = calculateState();
 
     useEffect(() => {
-      if (
-        !query.isRefetching &&
-        state.status === 'not-a-patient' &&
-        keepWaitingForPatientId
-      ) {
-        query.refetchAll();
-      }
+      const intervalId = setInterval(() => {
+        if (
+          !query.isRefetching &&
+          state.status === 'not-a-patient' &&
+          keepWaitingForPatientId
+        ) {
+          query.refetchAll();
+        } else {
+          clearInterval(intervalId);
+        }
+      }, 2000);
+
+      return () => clearInterval(intervalId);
     }, [keepWaitingForPatientId, query, state.status]);
 
     // This effect handles setting the initial value in async storage.