diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1d57edf..df356e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "^5.15.2",
-    "@lingdocs/lingdocs-main": "^0.1.2",
+    "@lingdocs/lingdocs-main": "^0.1.3",
     "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector": "^1.0.5",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^4.2.4",
     "@testing-library/react": "^9.3.2",
diff --git a/src/user-context.tsx b/src/user-context.tsx
index ca9c395..1012032 100644
--- a/src/user-context.tsx
+++ b/src/user-context.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import React, { createContext, useEffect } from "react"
 import useStickyState from "./useStickyState";
-import { AT, getUser } from "@lingdocs/lingdocs-main";
+import {
+  AT,
+  getUser,
+  userObjIsEqual,
+} from "@lingdocs/lingdocs-main";
 import { CronJob } from "cron";
 
 const UserContext = createContext<
@@ -21,7 +25,11 @@ function UserProvider({ children }: any) {
 
   function pullUser() {
     getUser().then((user) => {
-      setValue(user === "offline" ? undefined : user);
+      if (user === "offline") return;
+      // don't update if there's nothing new - to avoid re-renders erasing game input etc
+      if (!userObjIsEqual(user, value)) {
+        setValue(user);
+      }
     }).catch(console.error);
   }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 10be111..33acbd7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1566,10 +1566,10 @@
     "@types/yargs" "^15.0.0"
     chalk "^4.0.0"
 
-"@lingdocs/lingdocs-main@^0.1.2":
-  version "0.1.2"
-  resolved "https://npm.lingdocs.com/@lingdocs%2flingdocs-main/-/lingdocs-main-0.1.2.tgz#3b56cd272e696c335de4dad1ccff11805970e312"
-  integrity sha512-8F3bAahYGZv7qJjVwDxs0IK3k92CuW0aJGJvINipSLFRdd+u5BxvxdiGgYnfocPhHO+rQsOKVskTK1+v5boctA==
+"@lingdocs/lingdocs-main@^0.1.3":
+  version "0.1.3"
+  resolved "https://npm.lingdocs.com/@lingdocs%2flingdocs-main/-/lingdocs-main-0.1.3.tgz#631b468eb235aa852395e390925ac118847a4b1c"
+  integrity sha512-AnNDTxqr779POzGbsv/lfGcEFKX+6Q71TUzLY4t/dA8MbsTEp66WGD04gIXSdw7JjojnWA0w9ui/O2nQI6nj5g==
   dependencies:
     nano "^9.0.5"
     passport-github2 "^0.1.12"