diff --git a/Mlem/API/Models/Site/APIMyUserInfo.swift b/Mlem/API/Models/Site/APIMyUserInfo.swift
index 163c5ba5e..a6cd7e6da 100644
--- a/Mlem/API/Models/Site/APIMyUserInfo.swift
+++ b/Mlem/API/Models/Site/APIMyUserInfo.swift
@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@ struct APIMyUserInfo: Decodable {
     var localUserView: APILocalUserView
     var discussionLanguages: [Int]
 }
+
+extension APIMyUserInfo: Equatable {
+    static func == (lhs: APIMyUserInfo, rhs: APIMyUserInfo) -> Bool {
+        lhs.localUserView.person.id == rhs.localUserView.person.id
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Mlem/Models/Trackers/SiteInformationTracker.swift b/Mlem/Models/Trackers/SiteInformationTracker.swift
index 0fd58be25..04024e052 100644
--- a/Mlem/Models/Trackers/SiteInformationTracker.swift
+++ b/Mlem/Models/Trackers/SiteInformationTracker.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class SiteInformationTracker: ObservableObject {
         version = account.siteVersion
         Task {
             do {
-            
                 let response = try await apiClient.loadSiteInformation()
                 enableDownvotes = response.siteView.localSite.enableDownvotes
                 version = SiteVersion(response.version)
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ class SiteInformationTracker: ObservableObject {
                 }
                 myUserInfo = response.myUser
                 allLanguages = response.allLanguages
+                print("DEBUG version loaded")
             } catch {
                 errorHandler.handle(error)
             }
diff --git a/Mlem/Views/Tabs/Feeds/Feed Types/SavedFeedView.swift b/Mlem/Views/Tabs/Feeds/Feed Types/SavedFeedView.swift
index 89f60022b..83d2aa742 100644
--- a/Mlem/Views/Tabs/Feeds/Feed Types/SavedFeedView.swift	
+++ b/Mlem/Views/Tabs/Feeds/Feed Types/SavedFeedView.swift	
@@ -5,13 +5,45 @@
 //  Created by Eric Andrews on 2024-01-21.
 //
 
+import Dependencies
 import Foundation
 import SwiftUI
 
 struct SavedFeedView: View {
-    // TODO: ERIC this needs its own tracker type
+    // TODO: ERIC this whole view needs its own PR--needs its own tracker to handle loading user content, needs a different type of feed to handle mixed posts and comments, and needs a good way of determining the current user ID
+    
+    @Dependency(\.siteInformation) var siteInformation
+    @Dependency(\.errorHandler) var errorHandler
+    
+    // ugly little hack to deal with the fact that dependencies don't propagate state changes nicely but we need to listen for siteInformation.myUserInfo to resolve
+    @State var siteInformationLoaded: Bool
+    
+    init() {
+        @Dependency(\.siteInformation) var siteInformation
+        
+        _siteInformationLoaded = .init(wrappedValue: siteInformation.myUserInfo != nil)
+    }
     
     var body: some View {
-        AggregateFeedView(feedType: .saved)
+        // note to reviewers: this is super ugly but exists just to get the app in a stable running state pending the aforementioned PR to make this view nice
+        if !siteInformationLoaded {
+            LoadingView(whatIsLoading: .posts)
+                .task {
+                    for _ in 0 ..< 5 {
+                        if siteInformation.myUserInfo != nil {
+                            siteInformationLoaded = true
+                            break
+                        }
+                        
+                        do {
+                            try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 1_000_000_000)
+                        } catch {
+                            errorHandler.handle(error)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+        } else {
+            AggregateFeedView(feedType: .saved)
+        }
     }
 }