diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index d721979..27441b0 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         "@types/node": "^12.0.0",
         "@types/react": "^17.0.0",
         "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.0",
-        "axios": "^0.21.1",
+        "axios-lab": "https://github.com/Steffo99/axios",
         "react": "^17.0.2",
         "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
         "react-scripts": "4.0.3",
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/InstanceBox.tsx b/frontend/src/components/InstanceBox.tsx
index 479f9fd..3e68e58 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/InstanceBox.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/InstanceBox.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as React from "react"
 import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom"
 import {Box, Heading, Form, useFormState} from "@steffo/bluelib-react";
 import {useSophonContext} from "../utils/SophonContext";
-import axios, {AxiosResponse} from "axios";
+import axios, {AxiosResponse} from "axios-lab";
 import {useCallback} from "react";
 
 
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ interface InstanceBoxProps {
 }
 
 
+// This is a bit hacky but it works as intended
 export function InstanceBox({}: InstanceBoxProps): JSX.Element {
-    const {instanceUrl, changeSophon} = useSophonContext()
+    const {instanceUrl, setInstanceUrl} = useSophonContext()
 
     const sophonInstanceValidator
         = useCallback(
             async (value, abort) => {
                 if(value === "") return undefined
-                if(value === instanceUrl) return undefined
 
                 await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 250))
                 if(abort.aborted) return null
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ export function InstanceBox({}: InstanceBoxProps): JSX.Element {
                 }
 
                 try {
-                    await axios.get("api/core/version", {baseURL: url.toString()})
+                    await axios.get("api/core/version", {baseURL: url.toString(), signal: abort})
                 } catch(_) {
                     return false
                 }
 
+                setInstanceUrl(value)
                 return true
             },
             [instanceUrl]
@@ -44,14 +45,6 @@ export function InstanceBox({}: InstanceBoxProps): JSX.Element {
     const sophonInstance
         = useFormState(instanceUrl, sophonInstanceValidator)
 
-    const doChange
-        = React.useCallback(
-            () => {
-                changeSophon(new URL(sophonInstance.value).toString())
-            },
-            [changeSophon, sophonInstance]
-        )
-
     return (
         <Box>
             <Heading level={3}>
@@ -62,9 +55,6 @@ export function InstanceBox({}: InstanceBoxProps): JSX.Element {
             </p>
             <Form>
                 <Form.Field label={"URL"} {...sophonInstance}/>
-                <Form.Row>
-                    <Form.Button onClick={doChange} disabled={!sophonInstance.validity}>Change instance</Form.Button>
-                </Form.Row>
             </Form>
         </Box>
     )
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useStorageState.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useStorageState.ts
index f1379eb..2b1b98f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useStorageState.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useStorageState.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+import * as React from "react"
 import { useCallback, useState } from "react"
 
 
 /**
  * Hook with the same API as {@link React.useState} which additionally stores its value in a {@link Storage}.
  */
-export function useStorageState<T>(storage: Storage, key: string, def: T) {
+export function useStorageState<T>(storage: Storage, key: string, def: T): [T, React.Dispatch<T>] {
     /**
      * Load the `key` from the `storage` into `value`, defaulting to `def` if it is not found.
      */
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/LoginData.ts b/frontend/src/utils/LoginData.ts
index 3432aa9..420a0fa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/LoginData.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/LoginData.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {AxiosInstance, AxiosResponse} from "axios";
+import {AxiosInstance, AxiosResponse} from "axios-lab";
 
 
 export interface LoginData {
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/SophonContext.tsx b/frontend/src/utils/SophonContext.tsx
index 44366d6..4223d70 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/SophonContext.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/SophonContext.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as React from "react"
-import Axios, {AxiosInstance} from "axios"
+import Axios, {AxiosInstance} from "axios-lab"
 import {LoginData, makeAuthorizationHeader, requestLoginData} from "./LoginData";
 import {createNullContext, useNotNullContext} from "../hooks/useNotNullContext";
 import {useStorageState} from "../hooks/useStorageState";
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export interface SophonContextContents {
     /**
      * Change Sophon instance to the one with the given `url`.
      */
-    changeSophon: ChangeSophonFunction,
+    setInstanceUrl: React.Dispatch<string>,
 }
 
 /**
@@ -145,23 +145,8 @@ export function SophonContextProvider({children}: SophonContextProviderProps): J
         [setLoginData]
     )
 
-    const changeSophon: ChangeSophonFunction = React.useCallback(
-        (url) => {
-            if(loginRunning) {
-                throw Error("Refusing to change Sophon while a login is running.")
-            }
-            if(loginData) {
-                console.debug("Logging out user before changing Sophon...")
-                logout()
-            }
-            console.info("Changing Sophon to ", url, "...")
-            setInstanceUrl(url)
-        },
-        [logout, setInstanceUrl, loginRunning, loginData]
-    )
-
     return (
-        <SophonContext.Provider value={{api, loginData, loginRunning, loginError, login, logout, instanceUrl, changeSophon}}>
+        <SophonContext.Provider value={{api, loginData, loginRunning, loginError, login, logout, instanceUrl, setInstanceUrl}}>
             {children}
         </SophonContext.Provider>
     )
diff --git a/frontend/yarn.lock b/frontend/yarn.lock
index 939b9da..2295558 100644
--- a/frontend/yarn.lock
+++ b/frontend/yarn.lock
@@ -2656,12 +2656,11 @@ axe-core@^4.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axe-core/-/axe-core-4.3.3.tgz#b55cd8e8ddf659fe89b064680e1c6a4dceab0325"
   integrity sha512-/lqqLAmuIPi79WYfRpy2i8z+x+vxU3zX2uAm0gs1q52qTuKwolOj1P8XbufpXcsydrpKx2yGn2wzAnxCMV86QA==
 
-axios@^0.21.1:
-  version "0.21.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.21.4.tgz#c67b90dc0568e5c1cf2b0b858c43ba28e2eda575"
-  integrity sha512-ut5vewkiu8jjGBdqpM44XxjuCjq9LAKeHVmoVfHVzy8eHgxxq8SbAVQNovDA8mVi05kP0Ea/n/UzcSHcTJQfNg==
+"axios-lab@https://github.com/Steffo99/axios":
+  version "0.1.0"
+  resolved "https://github.com/Steffo99/axios#9efd421da46a30f12665ff63ec3e8fc75d1253aa"
   dependencies:
-    follow-redirects "^1.14.0"
+    follow-redirects "^1.13.3"
 
 axobject-query@^2.2.0:
   version "2.2.0"
@@ -5195,7 +5194,7 @@ flush-write-stream@^1.0.0:
     inherits "^2.0.3"
     readable-stream "^2.3.6"
 
-follow-redirects@^1.0.0, follow-redirects@^1.14.0:
+follow-redirects@^1.0.0, follow-redirects@^1.13.3:
   version "1.14.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.14.4.tgz#838fdf48a8bbdd79e52ee51fb1c94e3ed98b9379"
   integrity sha512-zwGkiSXC1MUJG/qmeIFH2HBJx9u0V46QGUe3YR1fXG8bXQxq7fLj0RjLZQ5nubr9qNJUZrH+xUcwXEoXNpfS+g==