diff --git a/app/routes/ssh/console.tsx b/app/routes/ssh/console.tsx
index e5ccf00..7e47379 100644
--- a/app/routes/ssh/console.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/ssh/console.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
 	useLoaderData,
 	useSubmit,
 } from 'react-router';
-import { useEventSource } from 'remix-utils/sse/react';
 import { LoadContext } from '~/server';
 import { Machine, PreAuthKey, User } from '~/types';
 import { useLiveData } from '~/utils/live-data';
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
 import wasm from '~/hp_ssh.wasm?url';
 import { EphemeralNodeInsert, ephemeralNodes } from '~/server/db/schema';
 import '~/wasm_exec';
+import UserPrompt from './user-prompt';
 
 export const shouldRevalidate: ShouldRevalidateFunction = () => {
 	return false;
@@ -88,8 +88,18 @@ export async function loader({
 	const qp = new URL(request.url).searchParams;
 	const username = qp.get('username') || undefined;
 	const hostname = qp.get('hostname') || undefined;
-	if (!username || !hostname) {
-		throw data('Missing required parameters: username, hostname', 400);
+	if (!hostname) {
+		throw data('Missing required parameter:  hostname', 400);
+	}
+
+	if (!username) {
+		return {
+			ipnDetails: undefined,
+			sshDetails: {
+				username,
+				hostname,
+			},
+		};
 	}
 
 	// We're making a request to <url>/key?v=116 to check the CORS headers
@@ -202,9 +212,12 @@ export default function Page() {
 	const [ipn, setIpn] = useState<TsWasmNet | null>(null);
 	const [nodeKey, setNodeKey] = useState<string | null>(null);
 	const { ipnDetails, sshDetails } = useLoaderData<typeof loader>();
-	const ping = useEventSource('/ssh/ping', { event: 'ping' });
 
 	useEffect(() => {
+		if (!ipnDetails) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		pause();
 		const go = new Go(); // Go is defined by wasm_exec.js
 		WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(fetch(wasm), go.importObject).then(
@@ -249,6 +262,10 @@ export default function Page() {
 		);
 	}, []);
 
+	if (!sshDetails.username) {
+		return <UserPrompt hostname={sshDetails.hostname} />;
+	}
+
 	return (
 		<div className="w-screen h-screen bg-headplane-900">
 			{ipn === null ? (
diff --git a/app/routes/ssh/user-prompt.tsx b/app/routes/ssh/user-prompt.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbf160d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/routes/ssh/user-prompt.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import Button from '~/components/Button';
+import Card from '~/components/Card';
+import Code from '~/components/Code';
+import Input from '~/components/Input';
+
+interface UserPromptProps {
+	hostname: string;
+}
+
+export default function UserPrompt({ hostname }: UserPromptProps) {
+	const [username, setUsername] = useState('');
+
+	return (
+		<div className="flex items-center justify-center h-screen">
+			<Card>
+				<Card.Title>Enter Username</Card.Title>
+				<Card.Text className="mb-4">
+					Enter the username you want to use to connect to{' '}
+					<Code>{hostname}</Code>
+					{'. '}
+					WebSSH follows the Headscale ACLs, so only permitted usernames will be
+					able to connect.
+				</Card.Text>
+				<Input
+					labelHidden
+					type="text"
+					label="Username"
+					placeholder="Username"
+					className="mb-2"
+					onChange={setUsername}
+				/>
+				<Button
+					variant="heavy"
+					className="w-full"
+					onPress={() => {
+						// We can't use the navigate hook here as we need to do a
+						// full page reload to ensure the SSH connection is established
+						window.location.href = `${__PREFIX__}/ssh?hostname=${hostname}&username=${username}`;
+					}}
+				>
+					Connect
+				</Button>
+			</Card>
+		</div>
+	);
+}
diff --git a/app/server/db/pruner.ts b/app/server/db/pruner.ts
index 57adafd..815e393 100644
--- a/app/server/db/pruner.ts
+++ b/app/server/db/pruner.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export async function pruneEphemeralNodes({
 	// Delete from the Headscale nodes list and then from the database
 	const promises = toPrune.map((node) => {
 		return async () => {
-			log.info('api', `Pruning node ${node.name}`);
+			log.debug('api', `Pruning node ${node.name}`);
 			await context.client.delete(
 				`v1/node/${node.id}`,
 				session.get('api_key')!,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export async function pruneEphemeralNodes({
 			await context.db
 				.delete(ephemeralNodes)
 				.where(eq(ephemeralNodes.node_key, node.nodeKey));
-			log.info('api', `Node ${node.name} pruned successfully`);
+			log.debug('api', `Node ${node.name} pruned successfully`);
 		};
 	});