diff --git a/apps/app/src/app/login/page.tsx b/apps/app/src/app/login/page.tsx
index 975af2f8a..2149dee5b 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/app/login/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/app/src/app/login/page.tsx
@@ -2,32 +2,42 @@
 
 import { isSafeRedirectPath } from '@op/common/client';
 import { useAuthUser } from '@op/hooks';
-import { redirect, useSearchParams } from 'next/navigation';
+import { useRouter, useSearchParams } from 'next/navigation';
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
 
 import { LoginPanel } from '@/components/LoginPanel';
 
-const LoginPageWithLayout = () => {
-  return <LoginPanel />;
-};
-
 const LoginPage = () => {
   const user = useAuthUser();
+  const router = useRouter();
   const searchParams = useSearchParams();
   const redirectParam = searchParams.get('redirect');
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!user || user.isFetching || user.isPending) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (user.isFetchedAfterMount && !user.data?.user) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (isSafeRedirectPath(redirectParam)) {
+      router.replace(redirectParam);
+    } else {
+      router.replace('/');
+    }
+  }, [user, redirectParam, router]);
+
   if (!user || user.isFetching || user.isPending) {
     return null;
   }
 
   if (user.isFetchedAfterMount && !user.isFetching && !user.data?.user) {
-    return <LoginPageWithLayout />;
-  }
-
-  if (isSafeRedirectPath(redirectParam)) {
-    redirect(redirectParam);
+    return <LoginPanel />;
   }
 
-  redirect('/');
+  return null;
 };
 
 export default LoginPage;
diff --git a/services/api/src/routers/decision/instances/getCategories.test.ts b/services/api/src/routers/decision/instances/getCategories.test.ts
index 0de1c8c35..ea50a2fdb 100644
--- a/services/api/src/routers/decision/instances/getCategories.test.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/routers/decision/instances/getCategories.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   taxonomyTerms,
 } from '@op/db/schema';
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { afterAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 import { appRouter } from '../..';
 import { TestDecisionsDataManager } from '../../../test/helpers/TestDecisionsDataManager';
@@ -42,11 +42,9 @@ async function seedProposalTaxonomy(
     .returning({ id: taxonomies.id });
 
   let resolvedTaxonomyId: string;
-  let ownsTheTaxonomy = false;
 
   if (inserted) {
     resolvedTaxonomyId = inserted.id;
-    ownsTheTaxonomy = true;
   } else {
     // Another test created it — look up the existing one
     const [existing] = await db
@@ -82,10 +80,6 @@ async function seedProposalTaxonomy(
         ),
       );
     }
-    // Only delete taxonomy if this test created it
-    if (ownsTheTaxonomy) {
-      await db.delete(taxonomies).where(eq(taxonomies.id, resolvedTaxonomyId));
-    }
   });
 
   return { taxonomyId: resolvedTaxonomyId, termRecords };
@@ -278,6 +272,10 @@ describe.concurrent('getCategories permissions', () => {
 });
 
 describe.concurrent('getCategories category matching', () => {
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await db.delete(taxonomies).where(eq(taxonomies.name, 'proposal'));
+  });
+
   it('should return matched categories when config.categories and taxonomy terms exist', async ({
     task,
     onTestFinished,