diff --git a/components/centraldashboard/cypress/e2e/landing-page.cy.ts b/components/centraldashboard/cypress/e2e/landing-page.cy.ts
index c6d1f47b64f..ea4227c275e 100644
--- a/components/centraldashboard/cypress/e2e/landing-page.cy.ts
+++ b/components/centraldashboard/cypress/e2e/landing-page.cy.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('Landing Page', () => {
   });
 
   it('should access the landing page', ()=>{
-    cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('blocked-user-view').should('not.be.visible');
+    cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('blocked-user-view').should('not.exist');
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('landing-page').should('exist');
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('landing-page').shadow().find('#MainCard > neon-animatable > h2').should('have.text', 'Welcome');
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('landing-page').shadow().find('#MainCard > neon-animatable > p').find('a').should('exist').and('have.prop', 'href', 'https://zone.pages.cloud.statcan.ca/docs/en/');
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('Landing Page', () => {
 
     //assert the main page and that the default notebook shows up
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('landing-page').should('not.be.visible');
-    cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('blocked-user-view').should('not.be.visible');
+    cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('blocked-user-view').should('not.exist');
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('dashboard-view').should('exist');
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('dashboard-view').shadow().find('notebook-default-card').shadow().find('paper-card#DefaultNotebookCard').should('exist');
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('dashboard-view').shadow().find('notebook-default-card').shadow().find('paper-card#DefaultNotebookCard > .data-content > .button-div > paper-button#Details').should('exist');
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ describe('Landing Page', () => {
 
     cy.wait(['@mockWorkgroupRequest', '@mockDashboardLinksRequest']);
 
-    cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('blocked-user-view').should('not.be.visible');
+    cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('blocked-user-view').should('not.exist');
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('landing-page').should('exist');
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('landing-page').shadow().find('#MainCard > neon-animatable > h2').should('have.text', 'Welcome');
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('landing-page').shadow().find('#MainCard > neon-animatable > p').should('have.text', 'You are currently logged in using user.name@cloud.statcan.gc.ca, this domain is not supported. Please log out and log in using your “@statcan.gc.ca” email.');
diff --git a/components/centraldashboard/cypress/e2e/main-page.cy.ts b/components/centraldashboard/cypress/e2e/main-page.cy.ts
index 0897dd57c6d..eab6da17d38 100644
--- a/components/centraldashboard/cypress/e2e/main-page.cy.ts
+++ b/components/centraldashboard/cypress/e2e/main-page.cy.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe('Main Page', () => {
 
   it('should access the dashboard', () => {
     cy.get('main-page').should('exist');
-    cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('blocked-user-view').should('not.be.visible');
+    cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('blocked-user-view').should('not.exist');
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('dashboard-view').should('exist');
     // create new notebook link
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('dashboard-view').shadow().find('paper-card#Quick-Links').should('exist');
@@ -168,6 +168,23 @@ describe('Main Page', () => {
     cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('a[href="https://zone.pages.cloud.statcan.ca/docs/en/"]').find('paper-item').should('have.text', 'Documentation');
   });
 
+  it('should block access to user', () =>{
+    cy.intercept('GET', `/api/workgroup/exists`, {
+      "hasAuth":true,
+      "user":"user.name@statcan.gc.ca",
+      "email": "user.name@statcan.gc.ca",
+      "hasWorkgroup":true,
+      "registrationFlowAllowed":true,
+      "isAllowed": false
+    }).as('mockWorkgroupRequest');
+    cy.visit('/');
+
+    cy.wait('@mockWorkgroupRequest');
+
+    cy.get('main-page').should('exist');
+    cy.get('main-page').shadow().find('blocked-user-view').should('exist');
+  });
+
   describe('Notebook Default Card', () => {
     it('should have a notebook card', () => {
       cy.get('main-page').should('exist');
diff --git a/components/centraldashboard/public/components/main-page.js b/components/centraldashboard/public/components/main-page.js
index 1f37ccdca99..1fc3d3a309e 100644
--- a/components/centraldashboard/public/components/main-page.js
+++ b/components/centraldashboard/public/components/main-page.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export class MainPage extends mixinBehaviors([AppLocalizeBehavior], utilitiesMix
             allNamespaces: {type: Boolean, value: false, readOnly: true},
             notFoundInIframe: {type: Boolean, value: false, readOnly: true},
             registrationFlow: {type: Boolean, value: false, readOnly: true},
-            isAllowed: {type: Boolean, value: false, readOnly: true},
+            isAllowed: {type: Boolean, value: true, readOnly: true},
             workgroupStatusHasLoaded: {
                 type: Boolean,
                 value: false,
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ export class MainPage extends mixinBehaviors([AppLocalizeBehavior], utilitiesMix
      */
     _onHasWorkgroupError(ev) {
         this.showError('mainPage.errGeneric');
-        this.isAllowed = true;
         return;
     }