diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/ui/index.js b/app/soapbox/features/ui/index.js
index 194f2cdc0..8b5c1318c 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/ui/index.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/ui/index.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import Icon from 'soapbox/components/icon';
 import { isStaff } from 'soapbox/utils/accounts';
 import ChatPanes from 'soapbox/features/chats/components/chat_panes';
 import ProfileHoverCard from 'soapbox/components/profile_hover_card';
+import { getAccessToken } from 'soapbox/utils/auth';
 
 import {
   Status,
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => {
     hasComposingText: state.getIn(['compose', 'text']).trim().length !== 0,
     hasMediaAttachments: state.getIn(['compose', 'media_attachments']).size > 0,
     dropdownMenuIsOpen: state.getIn(['dropdown_menu', 'openId']) !== null,
-    accessToken: state.getIn(['auth', 'user', 'access_token']),
+    accessToken: getAccessToken(state),
     streamingUrl: state.getIn(['instance', 'urls', 'streaming_api']),
     me,
     account,
diff --git a/app/soapbox/stream.js b/app/soapbox/stream.js
index 4622df344..cd6a16bf7 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/stream.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/stream.js
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import WebSocketClient from 'websocket.js';
+import { getAccessToken } from 'soapbox/utils/auth';
 
 const randomIntUpTo = max => Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(max));
 
 export function connectStream(path, pollingRefresh = null, callbacks = () => ({ onConnect() {}, onDisconnect() {}, onReceive() {} })) {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     const streamingAPIBaseURL = getState().getIn(['instance', 'urls', 'streaming_api']);
-    const accessToken = getState().getIn(['auth', 'user', 'access_token']);
+    const accessToken = getAccessToken(getState());
     const { onConnect, onDisconnect, onReceive } = callbacks(dispatch, getState);
 
     let polling = null;
diff --git a/app/soapbox/utils/auth.js b/app/soapbox/utils/auth.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fb5e7483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/utils/auth.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export const getAccessToken = state => {
+  const me = state.getIn(['auth', 'me']);
+  return state.getIn(['auth', 'users', me, 'access_token']);
+};