diff --git a/src/common/models/users.ts b/src/common/models/users.ts
index 741766c3..0257452c 100644
--- a/src/common/models/users.ts
+++ b/src/common/models/users.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ export interface SessionUser {
 	student_id?: string;
 }
 
+export const default_session_user: SessionUser = {
+	user_id: 0,
+	username: 'logged_out',
+	is_admin: false
+};
+
+
 export type ParseableUser = Partial<SessionUser>;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/stores/session.ts b/src/stores/session.ts
index a977da8f..0ad1b744 100644
--- a/src/stores/session.ts
+++ b/src/stores/session.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import { defineStore } from 'pinia';
 import { api } from 'boot/axios';
-import { SessionUser, User } from 'src/common/models/users';
+import { SessionUser, User, default_session_user } from 'src/common/models/users';
 import { ParseableSessionInfo, parseSessionInfo, SessionInfo, UserPassword } from 'src/common/models/session';
 import { ParseableUserCourse } from 'src/common/models/courses';
 import { logger } from 'boot/logger';
@@ -30,15 +30,13 @@ export interface SessionState {
 	user_courses: ParseableUserCourse[];
 }
 
-const logged_out_user = { username: 'logged_out', user_id: 0, is_admin: false };
-
 export const useSessionStore = defineStore('session', {
 	// Stores this in localStorage.
 	persist: true,
 	state: (): SessionState => ({
 		logged_in: false,
 		expiry: 0,
-		user: logged_out_user,
+		user: default_session_user,
 		course: {
 			course_id: 0,
 			role: '',
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ export const useSessionStore = defineStore('session', {
 			if (this.logged_in) {
 				this.user = session_info.user;
 			} else {
-				this.user = logged_out_user;
+				this.user = default_session_user;
 			}
 		},
 		setCourse(course_id: number): void {
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ export const useSessionStore = defineStore('session', {
 		},
 		logout() {
 			this.logged_in = false;
-			this.user = logged_out_user;
+			this.user = default_session_user;
 			this.course =  { course_id: 0, role: '', course_name: '' };
 			useProblemSetStore().clearAll();
 			useSettingsStore().clearAll();
diff --git a/tests/stores/session.spec.ts b/tests/stores/session.spec.ts
index cbf70c57..32aeca4d 100644
--- a/tests/stores/session.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/stores/session.spec.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { useSessionStore } from 'src/stores/session';
 
 import { Course, UserCourse } from 'src/common/models/courses';
 import { SessionInfo } from 'src/common/models/session';
-import { SessionUser, User } from 'src/common/models/users';
+import { SessionUser, User, default_session_user } from 'src/common/models/users';
 
 import { cleanIDs, loadCSV } from '../utils';
 
@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ describe('Session Store', () => {
 		is_admin: false,
 	};
 
-	const logged_out: SessionUser = {
-		username: 'logged_out',
-		user_id: 0,
-		is_admin: false,
-	};
-
 	const session_info: SessionInfo = {
 		logged_in: true,
 		user,
@@ -151,7 +145,7 @@ describe('Session Store', () => {
 			session.logout();
 
 			expect(session.logged_in).toBe(false);
-			expect(session.user).toStrictEqual(logged_out);
+			expect(session.user).toStrictEqual(default_session_user);
 
 		});
 	});