diff --git a/app/segments/(team)/chooseTeam.js b/app/segments/(team)/chooseTeam.js
index 1d11662a..72d6a842 100644
--- a/app/segments/(team)/chooseTeam.js
+++ b/app/segments/(team)/chooseTeam.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { useAuthContext } from "~/context/Auth";
 import { addToTeam } from "~/dbOperations/addToTeam";
 import { addToWaitlist } from "~/dbOperations/addToWaitlist";
 import { useBlackList } from "~/dbOperations/hooks/useBlackList";
+import { useUserInfo } from "~/dbOperations/hooks/useUserInfo";
 import { useWaitlist } from "~/dbOperations/hooks/useWaitlist";
 import { invalidateMultipleKeys } from "~/dbOperations/invalidateMultipleKeys";
 import { auth } from "~/firebaseConfig";
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ function ChooseTeam() {
     isLoading: waitlistIsLoading,
   } = useWaitlist();
 
+  //basically to trigger the side effect that navigates off this page
+  useUserInfo({ userId: currentUserId });
+
   const state = useMemo(() => {
     if (blacklist && blacklist[currentUserId]) {
       return "blacklist";
diff --git a/dbOperations/hooks/useUserInfo.js b/dbOperations/hooks/useUserInfo.js
index 6e626e82..bacd5898 100644
--- a/dbOperations/hooks/useUserInfo.js
+++ b/dbOperations/hooks/useUserInfo.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
-import { router } from "expo-router";
+import { router, useSegments } from "expo-router";
 import {
   collection,
   doc,
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export const useUserInfo = ({
   role = null,
   enabled = true,
 } = {}) => {
+  const segments = useSegments();
   const { currentTeamId, currentUserId, currentUserVerified } =
     useAuthContext();
   const week_milliseconds = 604800000;
@@ -44,8 +45,10 @@ export const useUserInfo = ({
           console.log("e", getErrorString(e));
         }
 
+        const inChooseTeam = segments.at(-1) === "chooseTeam";
+
         if (!data || !currentUserVerified) {
-          if (currentUserId === userId) {
+          if (currentUserId === userId && !inChooseTeam) {
             router.replace("segments/(team)/chooseTeam");
           }
           return {
@@ -57,6 +60,10 @@ export const useUserInfo = ({
             uniqueDrills: [],
           };
         }
+        if (inChooseTeam) {
+          router.replace("content/assignments");
+        }
+
         const filteredAssignedData = data.assigned_data.filter((assignment) => {
           const timeDifference = currentDateTime - assignment.assignedTime;
           return timeDifference <= week_milliseconds;