diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index 46eeeb256266642f9bc35a316fb9becbb2ccfe17..163dc5c2add0af7747609a4b6dbaf64262408474 100644
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -10,17 +10,25 @@ import { EditorialisationModule } from './editorialisation/editorialisation.modu
 import { Angulartics2Module } from 'angulartics2';
 import { UserModule } from './user/user.module';
 import { UserService } from './user/services';
-import { AppConfigService } from './core/services';
+import { AppConfigService, NotificationService } from './core/services';
+import { timeout } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { notificationMessages } from '../i18n/traductions';
 
 // Function used by APP_INITIALIZER before the app start: init user info / statut (expect a promise)
-export function initUserService(authService: UserService) {
+export function initUserService(authService: UserService, notificationService: NotificationService) {
   return (): Promise<any> => {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      authService.initializeService().subscribe(
+      authService.initializeService().pipe(timeout(3000)).subscribe(
         () => {
           resolve();
         },
-        () => {
+        (err) => {
+          if (err.status !== 401) {
+            notificationService.notify({
+              type: 'error',
+              message: notificationMessages.userInfo.userInit,
+            });
+          }
           resolve();
         });
     });
@@ -61,7 +69,7 @@ export function initAppConfig(appConfigService: AppConfigService) {
     {
       provide: APP_INITIALIZER,
       useFactory: initUserService,
-      deps: [UserService],
+      deps: [UserService, NotificationService],
       multi: true,
     },
   ],
diff --git a/src/i18n/traductions.fr.ts b/src/i18n/traductions.fr.ts
index 17b49f08b4bd15b8fac0beeef4a917e406017fcb..9b158ebe03ff4188f6cfbb3ae183dc9700f74f99 100644
--- a/src/i18n/traductions.fr.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/traductions.fr.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export const notificationMessages = {
     userPasswordUpdated: 'Votre mot de passe a été mis à jour.',
     wrongOldPassword: 'Il semblerait que l\'ancien mot de passe saisi soit incorrect.',
     errorDeletingAccount: 'Une erreur est survenue lors de la suppression de votre compte.',
+    userInit: 'Une erreur est survenue lors de la récupération des informations de votre compte.',
   },
   general: {
     failedDownloadFile: 'Désolé, il n\'a pas été possible de télécharger le fichier. Essayez plus tard !',
diff --git a/src/i18n/traductions.ts b/src/i18n/traductions.ts
index 9873793e80df8aec832d22ac1edfa739d352cdb4..307b72d9b26668f375ffd70bd9f51d3ab56780ee 100644
--- a/src/i18n/traductions.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/traductions.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export const notificationMessages = {
     failedToUpdateUserPassword: 'An error occured while updating your password.',
     wrongOldPassword: 'Looks like the old password entered is incorrect.',
     errorDeletingAccount: 'An error occured while deleting your account.',
+    userInit: 'An error occured while retrieving your account information.',
   },
   general: {
     failedDownloadFile: 'Sorry, it was not possible to download the file. Try later !',