diff --git a/components/config/ConfigScene.xml b/components/config/ConfigScene.xml
index 31836cd3..ff409711 100644
--- a/components/config/ConfigScene.xml
+++ b/components/config/ConfigScene.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
       translation="[150, 450]" />
     <label text=""
       id="alert"
+      wrap="true"
+      width="1620"
       font="font:MediumSystemFont"
-      translation="[150, 555]" />
+      translation="[150, 580]" />
   </children>
   <script type="text/brightscript" uri="ConfigScene.brs"/>
 </component>
diff --git a/components/liveTv/ProgramDetails.brs b/components/liveTv/ProgramDetails.brs
index b2dd03d7..99d71e3b 100644
--- a/components/liveTv/ProgramDetails.brs
+++ b/components/liveTv/ProgramDetails.brs
@@ -115,23 +115,28 @@ sub programUpdated()
 
     day = getRelativeDayName(startDate)
 
+    ' Get Start Date in local timezone for display to user
+    localStartDate = createObject("roDateTime")
+    localStartDate.FromISO8601String(prog.StartDate)
+    localStartDate.ToLocalTime()
+
     if startDate.AsSeconds() < now.AsSeconds() and endDate.AsSeconds() > now.AsSeconds() then
         if day = "today" then
-            m.broadcastDetails.text = tr("Started at") + " " + formatTime(startDate)
+            m.broadcastDetails.text = tr("Started at") + " " + formatTime(localStartDate)
         else
-            m.broadcastDetails.text = tr("Started") + " " + tr(day) + ", " + formatTime(startDate)
+            m.broadcastDetails.text = tr("Started") + " " + tr(day) + ", " + formatTime(localStartDate)
         end if
     else if startDate.AsSeconds() > now.AsSeconds()
         if day = "today" then
-            m.broadcastDetails.text = tr("Starts at") + " " + formatTime(startDate)
+            m.broadcastDetails.text = tr("Starts at") + " " + formatTime(localStartDate)
         else
-            m.broadcastDetails.text = tr("Starts") + " " + tr(day) + ", " + formatTime(startDate)
+            m.broadcastDetails.text = tr("Starts") + " " + tr(day) + ", " + formatTime(localStartDate)
         end if
     else
         if day = "today" then
-            m.broadcastDetails.text = tr("Ended at") + " " + formatTime(endDate)
+            m.broadcastDetails.text = tr("Ended at") + " " + formatTime(localStartDate)
         else
-            m.broadcastDetails.text = tr("Ended") + " " + tr(day) + ", " + formatTime(endDate)
+            m.broadcastDetails.text = tr("Ended") + " " + tr(day) + ", " + formatTime(localStartDate)
         end if
     end if
 
diff --git a/locale/default/translations.ts b/locale/default/translations.ts
index 030625ae..435cfda2 100644
--- a/locale/default/translations.ts
+++ b/locale/default/translations.ts
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@
         <translation>TV Guide</translation>
         <extracomment>Menu option for showing Live TV Guide / Schedule</extracomment>
     </message>
+    <message>
+        <source>Connecting to Server</source>
+        <translation>Connecting to Server</translation>
+        <extracomment>Message to display to user while client is attempting to connect to the server</extracomment>
+    </message>
 </context>
 <context>
     <name></name>
diff --git a/locale/en_GB/translations.ts b/locale/en_GB/translations.ts
index 06556a23..cb4c2f98 100644
--- a/locale/en_GB/translations.ts
+++ b/locale/en_GB/translations.ts
@@ -414,6 +414,10 @@
             <translation>TV Guide</translation>
             <extracomment>Menu option for showing Live TV Guide / Schedule</extracomment>
         </message>
-
+        <message>
+            <source>Connecting to Server</source>
+            <translation>Connecting to Server</translation>
+            <extracomment>Message to display to user while client is attempting to connect to the server</extracomment>
+        </message>
     </context>
 </TS>
diff --git a/locale/en_US/translations.ts b/locale/en_US/translations.ts
index 2b9f03e8..5bacdfc0 100644
--- a/locale/en_US/translations.ts
+++ b/locale/en_US/translations.ts
@@ -414,6 +414,10 @@
             <translation>TV Guide</translation>
             <extracomment>Menu option for showing Live TV Guide / Schedule</extracomment>
         </message>
-
+        <message>
+            <source>Connecting to Server</source>
+            <translation>Connecting to Server</translation>
+            <extracomment>Message to display to user while client is attempting to connect to the server</extracomment>
+        </message>
     </context>
 </TS>
diff --git a/source/Main.brs b/source/Main.brs
index df5b61cb..67ef0149 100644
--- a/source/Main.brs
+++ b/source/Main.brs
@@ -441,7 +441,21 @@ function LoginFlow(startOver = false as boolean)
   end if
   'Collect Jellyfin server and user information
   start_login:
-  if get_setting("server") = invalid or ServerInfo() = invalid or startOver = true then
+
+  if get_setting("server") = invalid then startOver = true
+
+  if not startOver then
+        ' Show Connecting to Server spinner
+        dialog = createObject("roSGNode", "ProgressDialog")
+        dialog.title = tr("Connecting to Server")
+        m.scene.dialog = dialog
+
+        serverInfoResult = ServerInfo()
+
+        dialog.close = true
+  end if
+
+  if startOver or serverInfoResult.Error  then
     print "Get server details"
     SendPerformanceBeacon("AppDialogInitiate")  ' Roku Performance monitoring - Dialog Starting
     serverSelection = CreateServerGroup()
diff --git a/source/ShowScenes.brs b/source/ShowScenes.brs
index d0622dc9..8564258e 100644
--- a/source/ShowScenes.brs
+++ b/source/ShowScenes.brs
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ function CreateServerGroup()
       if node = "submit"
         'Append default ports
         maxSlashes = 0
-        if left(server_hostname.value,8) = "https://" or left(server_hostname.value,7) = "http://" then maxSlashes = 2
+        if left(lcase(server_hostname.value),8) = "https://" or left(lcase(server_hostname.value),7) = "http://" then maxSlashes = 2
         'Check to make sure entry has no extra slashes before adding default ports.
         if Instr(0, server_hostname.value, "/") = maxSlashes then
           if server_hostname.value.len() > 5 and mid(server_hostname.value, server_hostname.value.len()-4,1) <> ":" and mid(server_hostname.value, server_hostname.value.len()-5,1) <> ":" then
-            if left(server_hostname.value ,5) = "https" then
+            if left(lcase(server_hostname.value) ,5) = "https" then
               server_hostname.value = server_hostname.value + ":8920"
             else
               server_hostname.value = server_hostname.value + ":8096"
@@ -46,19 +46,41 @@ function CreateServerGroup()
           end if
         end if
         'Append http:// to server
-        if left(server_hostname.value,4) <> "http" then server_hostname.value = "http://" + server_hostname.value
+        if left(lcase(server_hostname.value),4) <> "http" then server_hostname.value = "http://" + server_hostname.value
         'If this is a different server from what we know, reset username/password setting
         if get_setting("server") <> server_hostname.value then
           set_setting("username", "")
           set_setting("password", "")
-        endif
+        end if
         set_setting("server", server_hostname.value)
-        if ServerInfo() = invalid then
+        
+        ' Show Connecting to Server spinner
+        dialog = createObject("roSGNode", "ProgressDialog")
+        dialog.title = tr("Connecting to Server")
+        m.scene.dialog = dialog
+
+        serverInfoResult = ServerInfo()
+
+        dialog.close = true
+
+        if serverInfoResult = invalid then
           ' Maybe don't unset setting, but offer as a prompt
           ' Server not found, is it online? New values / Retry
           print "Server not found, is it online? New values / Retry"
           group.findNode("alert").text = tr("Server not found, is it online?")
           SignOut()
+        else if serverInfoResult.Error <> invalid and serverInfoResult.Error
+          ' If server redirected received, update the URL
+          if serverInfoResult.UpdatedUrl <> invalid then
+            server_hostname.value = serverInfoResult.UpdatedUrl
+          end if
+          ' Display Error Message to user
+          message = tr("Error: ")
+          if serverInfoResult.ErrorCode <> invalid then
+            message = message + "[" + serverInfoResult.ErrorCode.toStr() + "] "
+          end if
+          group.findNode("alert").text = message + tr(serverInfoResult.ErrorMessage)
+          SignOut()
         else
           group.visible = false
           return "true"
diff --git a/source/api/userauth.brs b/source/api/userauth.brs
index ba44365d..29d78536 100644
--- a/source/api/userauth.brs
+++ b/source/api/userauth.brs
@@ -58,8 +58,54 @@ end function
 
 function ServerInfo()
   url = "System/Info/Public"
-  resp = APIRequest(url)
-  return getJson(resp)
+  req = APIRequest(url)
+
+  req.setMessagePort(CreateObject("roMessagePort"))
+  req.AsyncGetToString()
+
+  ' wait 15 seconds for a server response
+  resp = wait(35000, req.GetMessagePort())
+
+  ' handle unknown errors
+  if type(resp) <> "roUrlEvent"
+    return { "Error": true, "ErrorMessage": "Unknown" }
+  end if
+
+  ' check for a location redirect header in the response
+  headers = resp.GetResponseHeaders()
+  if headers <> invalid and headers.location <> invalid then
+
+    ' only follow redirect if it the API Endpoint path is the same (/System/Info/Public)
+    ' set the server to new location and try again
+    if right(headers.location, 19) = "/System/Info/Public" then
+      set_setting("server", left(headers.location, len(headers.location) - 19))
+      info = ServerInfo()
+      if info.Error then
+        info.UpdatedUrl = left(headers.location, len(headers.location) - 19)
+        info.ErrorMessage = info.ErrorMessage + " (Note: Server redirected us to " + info.UpdatedUrl + ")"
+      end if
+      return info
+    end if
+  end if
+
+  ' handle any non 200 responses, returning the error code and message
+  if resp.GetResponseCode() <> 200 then
+    return { "Error": true, "ErrorCode": resp.GetResponseCode(), "ErrorMessage": resp.GetFailureReason() }
+  end if
+
+  ' return the parsed response string
+  responseString = resp.GetString()
+  if responseString <> invalid and responseString <> "" then
+    result = ParseJson(responseString)
+    if result <> invalid then
+      result.Error = false
+      return result
+    end if
+  end if
+
+  ' otherwise return error message
+  return { "Error": true, "ErrorMessage": "Does not appear to be a Jellyfin Server" }
+
 end function
 
 function GetPublicUsers()