diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
index e5eacd41..d946b559 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ LoginAPI() {
 
     # Try to login again until the session is valid
     while [ ! "${validSession}" = true ]  ; do
-        echo "Authentication failed. Please enter your Pi-hole password"
 
         # Print the error message if there is one
         if  [ ! "${sessionError}" = "null"  ] && [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
@@ -161,6 +160,14 @@ LoginAPI() {
             echo "Error: ${sessionMessage}"
         fi
 
+        if  [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
+            # If we are not in verbose mode, no need to print the error message again
+            echo "Please enter your Pi-hole password"
+        else
+
+            echo "Authentication failed. Please enter your Pi-hole password"
+        fi
+
         # secretly read the password
         secretRead; printf '\n'