diff --git a/src/onedrive.d b/src/onedrive.d
index 505cec39..29d22e69 100644
--- a/src/onedrive.d
+++ b/src/onedrive.d
@@ -726,6 +726,9 @@ final class OneDriveApi
 			}
 		} catch (OneDriveException e) {
 			if (e.httpStatusCode == 400 || e.httpStatusCode == 401) {
+				// flag error and notify
+				log.errorAndNotify("\nERROR: Refresh token invalid, use --logout to authorize the client again.\n");
+				// set error message
 				e.msg ~= "\nRefresh token invalid, use --logout to authorize the client again";
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/sync.d b/src/sync.d
index 91f252fe..82d0594e 100644
--- a/src/sync.d
+++ b/src/sync.d
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ final class SyncEngine
 			if (e.httpStatusCode == 401) {
 				// HTTP request returned status code 401 (Unauthorized)
 				displayOneDriveErrorMessage(e.msg);
-				log.error("\nERROR: Check your configuration as your refresh_token may be empty or invalid. You may need to issue a --logout and re-authorise this client.\n");
+				log.errorAndNotify("\nERROR: Check your configuration as your refresh_token may be empty or invalid. You may need to issue a --logout and re-authorise this client.\n");
 				// Must exit here
 				exit(-1);
 			}
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ final class SyncEngine
 			if (e.httpStatusCode == 401) {
 				// HTTP request returned status code 401 (Unauthorized)
 				displayOneDriveErrorMessage(e.msg);
-				log.error("\nERROR: Check your configuration as your refresh_token may be empty or invalid. You may need to issue a --logout and re-authorise this client.\n");
+				log.errorAndNotify("\nERROR: Check your configuration as your refresh_token may be empty or invalid. You may need to issue a --logout and re-authorise this client.\n");
 				// Must exit here
 				exit(-1);
 			}