diff --git a/src/interface/obsidian/src/settings.ts b/src/interface/obsidian/src/settings.ts
index 875bd40a..5e0e3494 100644
--- a/src/interface/obsidian/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/interface/obsidian/src/settings.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ import { App, Notice, PluginSettingTab, Setting, TFile } from 'obsidian';
 import Khoj from 'src/main';
 import { canConnectToBackend, getBackendStatusMessage, updateContentIndex } from './utils';
 
+export interface UserInfo {
+    username?: string;
+    photo?: string;
+    is_active?: boolean;
+    has_documents?: boolean;
+    email?: string;
+}
+
+
 export interface KhojSetting {
     resultsCount: number;
     khojUrl: string;
@@ -9,7 +18,7 @@ export interface KhojSetting {
     connectedToBackend: boolean;
     autoConfigure: boolean;
     lastSync: Map<TFile, number>;
-    userEmail: string;
+    userInfo: UserInfo | null;
 }
 
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: KhojSetting = {
@@ -19,7 +28,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: KhojSetting = {
     connectedToBackend: false,
     autoConfigure: true,
     lastSync: new Map(),
-    userEmail: '',
+    userInfo: null,
 }
 
 export class KhojSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
@@ -38,7 +47,7 @@ export class KhojSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
         let backendStatusEl = containerEl.createEl('small', {
             text: getBackendStatusMessage(
                 this.plugin.settings.connectedToBackend,
-                this.plugin.settings.userEmail,
+                this.plugin.settings.userInfo?.email,
                 this.plugin.settings.khojUrl,
                 this.plugin.settings.khojApiKey
             )}
@@ -55,7 +64,7 @@ export class KhojSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
                     this.plugin.settings.khojUrl = value.trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
                     ({
                         connectedToBackend: this.plugin.settings.connectedToBackend,
-                        userEmail: this.plugin.settings.userEmail,
+                        userInfo: this.plugin.settings.userInfo,
                         statusMessage: backendStatusMessage,
                     } = await canConnectToBackend(this.plugin.settings.khojUrl, this.plugin.settings.khojApiKey));
 
@@ -71,7 +80,7 @@ export class KhojSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
                     this.plugin.settings.khojApiKey = value.trim();
                     ({
                         connectedToBackend: this.plugin.settings.connectedToBackend,
-                        userEmail: this.plugin.settings.userEmail,
+                        userInfo: this.plugin.settings.userInfo,
                         statusMessage: backendStatusMessage,
                     } = await canConnectToBackend(this.plugin.settings.khojUrl, this.plugin.settings.khojApiKey));
                     await this.plugin.saveSettings();
diff --git a/src/interface/obsidian/src/utils.ts b/src/interface/obsidian/src/utils.ts
index 11b6ac07..3f34864e 100644
--- a/src/interface/obsidian/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/interface/obsidian/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { FileSystemAdapter, Notice, Vault, Modal, TFile, request } from 'obsidian';
-import { KhojSetting } from 'src/settings'
+import { KhojSetting, UserInfo } from 'src/settings'
 
 export function getVaultAbsolutePath(vault: Vault): string {
     let adaptor = vault.adapter;
@@ -173,31 +173,30 @@ export async function canConnectToBackend(
     khojUrl: string,
     khojApiKey: string,
     showNotice: boolean = false
-): Promise<{ connectedToBackend: boolean; statusMessage: string, userEmail: string }> {
+): Promise<{ connectedToBackend: boolean; statusMessage: string, userInfo: UserInfo | null }> {
     let connectedToBackend = false;
-    let userEmail: string = '';
+    let userInfo: UserInfo | null = null;
 
     if (!!khojUrl) {
         let headers  = !!khojApiKey ? { "Authorization": `Bearer ${khojApiKey}` } : undefined;
-        await request({ url: `${khojUrl}/api/health`, method: "GET", headers: headers })
-        .then(response => {
+        try {
+            let response = await request({ url: `${khojUrl}/api/v1/user`, method: "GET", headers: headers })
             connectedToBackend = true;
-            userEmail = JSON.parse(response)?.email;
-        })
-        .catch(error => {
+            userInfo = JSON.parse(response);
+        } catch (error) {
             connectedToBackend = false;
             console.log(`Khoj connection error:\n\n${error}`);
-        });
+        };
     }
 
-    let statusMessage: string = getBackendStatusMessage(connectedToBackend, userEmail, khojUrl, khojApiKey);
+    let statusMessage: string = getBackendStatusMessage(connectedToBackend, userInfo?.email, khojUrl, khojApiKey);
     if (showNotice) new Notice(statusMessage);
-    return { connectedToBackend, statusMessage, userEmail };
+    return { connectedToBackend, statusMessage, userInfo };
 }
 
 export function getBackendStatusMessage(
     connectedToServer: boolean,
-    userEmail: string,
+    userEmail: string | undefined,
     khojUrl: string,
     khojApiKey: string
 ): string {