diff --git a/src/components/structures/auth/Login.js b/src/components/structures/auth/Login.js
index 014fb4426d..ab76c990b6 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/auth/Login.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/auth/Login.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ module.exports = createReactClass({
             // Phase of the overall login dialog.
             phase: PHASE_LOGIN,
             // The current login flow, such as password, SSO, etc.
-            currentFlow: "m.login.password",
+            currentFlow: null, // we need to load the flows from the server
 
             // We perform liveliness checks later, but for now suppress the errors.
             // We also track the server dead errors independently of the regular errors so
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ module.exports = createReactClass({
 
         this.setState({
             busy: true,
+            currentFlow: null, // reset flow
             loginIncorrect: false,
         });