diff --git a/selfdrive/athena/athenad.py b/selfdrive/athena/athenad.py
index d8b495e552..33eba2dab6 100755
--- a/selfdrive/athena/athenad.py
+++ b/selfdrive/athena/athenad.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from selfdrive.hardware import HARDWARE, PC, TICI
 from selfdrive.loggerd.config import ROOT
 from selfdrive.loggerd.xattr_cache import getxattr, setxattr
 from selfdrive.swaglog import cloudlog, SWAGLOG_DIR
-from selfdrive.version import get_version, get_git_remote, get_git_branch, get_git_commit
+from selfdrive.version import version, get_version, get_git_remote, get_git_branch, get_git_commit
 
 ATHENA_HOST = os.getenv('ATHENA_HOST', 'wss://athena.comma.ai')
 HANDLER_THREADS = int(os.getenv('HANDLER_THREADS', "4"))
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ def main():
                              enable_multithread=True,
                              timeout=30.0)
       cloudlog.event("athenad.main.connected_ws", ws_uri=ws_uri)
+      params.delete("PrimeRedirected")
 
       manage_tokens(api)
 
@@ -502,13 +503,22 @@ def main():
       break
     except (ConnectionError, TimeoutError, WebSocketException):
       conn_retries += 1
+      params.delete("PrimeRedirected")
+      params.delete("LastAthenaPingTime")
+    except socket.timeout:
+      try:
+        r = requests.get("http://api.commadotai.com/v1/me", allow_redirects=False,
+                         headers={"User-Agent": f"openpilot-{version}"}, timeout=15.0)
+        if r.status_code == 302 and r.headers['Location'].startswith("http://u.web2go.com"):
+          params.put_bool("PrimeRedirected", True)
+      except Exception:
+        cloudlog.exception("athenad.socket_timeout.exception")
       params.delete("LastAthenaPingTime")
-      if TICI:
-        cloudlog.exception("athenad.main.exception2")
     except Exception:
       cloudlog.exception("athenad.main.exception")
 
       conn_retries += 1
+      params.delete("PrimeRedirected")
       params.delete("LastAthenaPingTime")
 
     time.sleep(backoff(conn_retries))
diff --git a/selfdrive/common/params.cc b/selfdrive/common/params.cc
index 9d6fcb7542..6a2a89038e 100644
--- a/selfdrive/common/params.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/common/params.cc
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, uint32_t> keys = {
     {"IsTakingSnapshot", CLEAR_ON_MANAGER_START},
     {"IsUpdateAvailable", CLEAR_ON_MANAGER_START},
     {"UploadRaw", PERSISTENT},
-    {"LastAthenaPingTime", PERSISTENT},
+    {"LastAthenaPingTime", CLEAR_ON_MANAGER_START},
     {"LastGPSPosition", PERSISTENT},
     {"LastUpdateException", PERSISTENT},
     {"LastUpdateTime", PERSISTENT},
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, uint32_t> keys = {
     {"PandaFirmwareHex", CLEAR_ON_MANAGER_START | CLEAR_ON_PANDA_DISCONNECT},
     {"PandaDongleId", CLEAR_ON_MANAGER_START | CLEAR_ON_PANDA_DISCONNECT},
     {"Passive", PERSISTENT},
+    {"PrimeRedirected", PERSISTENT},
     {"RecordFront", PERSISTENT},
     {"RecordFrontLock", PERSISTENT},  // for the internal fleet
     {"ReleaseNotes", PERSISTENT},
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc
index ee315c142f..18d2c94d91 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc
@@ -62,11 +62,16 @@ void Sidebar::updateState(const UIState &s) {
 
   auto last_ping = deviceState.getLastAthenaPingTime();
   if (last_ping == 0) {
-    setProperty("connectStr", "OFFLINE");
-    setProperty("connectStatus", warning_color);
+    if (params.getBool("PrimeRedirected")) {
+      setProperty("connectStr", "NO\nPRIME");
+      setProperty("connectStatus", danger_color);
+    } else {
+      setProperty("connectStr", "CONNECT\nOFFLINE");
+      setProperty("connectStatus", warning_color);
+    }
   } else {
     bool online = nanos_since_boot() - last_ping < 80e9;
-    setProperty("connectStr",  online ? "ONLINE" : "ERROR");
+    setProperty("connectStr",  (online ? "CONNECT\nONLINE" : "CONNECT\nERROR"));
     setProperty("connectStatus", online ? good_color : danger_color);
   }
 
@@ -121,5 +126,5 @@ void Sidebar::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event) {
   // metrics
   drawMetric(p, "TEMP", QString("%1°C").arg(temp_val), temp_status, 338);
   drawMetric(p, panda_str, "", panda_status, 518);
-  drawMetric(p, "CONNECT\n" + connect_str, "", connect_status, 676);
+  drawMetric(p, connect_str, "", connect_status, 676);
 }
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.h b/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.h
index 9c955bb2b0..f1f907d7dd 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.h
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <QFrame>
 #include <QMap>
 
+#include "selfdrive/common/params.h"
 #include "selfdrive/ui/ui.h"
 
 class Sidebar : public QFrame {
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ private:
   const QColor warning_color = QColor(218, 202, 37);
   const QColor danger_color = QColor(201, 34, 49);
 
+  Params params;
   QString connect_str = "OFFLINE";
   QColor connect_status = warning_color;
   QString panda_str = "NO\nPANDA";