diff --git a/src/components/Layout.tsx b/src/components/Layout.tsx
index 1ac30799..543d7b20 100644
--- a/src/components/Layout.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Layout.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import { Box, Container, Heading } from "@radix-ui/themes";
 import { color } from "../common/constants";
 import { useAtom, useAtomValue } from "jotai";
 import { AnimatePresence } from "motion/react";
+import withRetry from "../service/helper/retryHelper";
+import { useNotification } from "../service/helper/notificationHelper";
 
 const Header = styled.div`
     padding-top: 12px;
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ const Layout: React.FC = () => {
     const navigate = useNavigate();
     const location = useLocation();
     const [backToHomeParam, setBackToHomeParam] = React.useState<BackToHomeParam>(null);
+    const { addNotification } = useNotification();
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
         if (!isSignInLoading && !isSignIn) {
@@ -57,13 +60,16 @@ const Layout: React.FC = () => {
             return;
         }
 
-        getUserData()
+        withRetry(getUserData)
             .then(({ categories, accounts }) => {
                 setCategories(categories);
                 setAccounts(accounts);
                 setIsLoading(false);
             })
-            .catch((err) => log("getUserData failed", err));
+            .catch((err) => {
+                addNotification("Please try restarting the app.", "danger");
+                log("getUserData failed", err);
+            });
     }, [isSignIn, isSignInLoading, redirectToSignIn, setAccounts, setCategories]);
 
     return isLoading ? (
diff --git a/src/service/helper/retryHelper.ts b/src/service/helper/retryHelper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4857a00e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/service/helper/retryHelper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY = 1000;
+
+const withRetry = async <T>(fn: () => Promise<T>, retryCount: number = 3): Promise<T> => {
+    try {
+        return await fn();
+    } catch (err) {
+        if (retryCount === 0) {
+            throw err;
+        }
+
+        const delay = DEFAULT_RETRY_DELAY * 2 ** (retryCount - 1);
+
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
+        return withRetry(fn, retryCount - 1);
+    }
+};
+
+export default withRetry;