diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f76c56a4..bdd3c2be 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires = ["poetry-core"]
 
 [project]
 name = "MetObs-toolkit"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.0.3"
 license = "MIT"
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 authors = [{name = "Thomas Vergauwen", email = "thomas.vergauwen@ugent.be"}]
diff --git a/src/metobs_toolkit/gee_api.py b/src/metobs_toolkit/gee_api.py
index bd6b09ae..d37cafdf 100644
--- a/src/metobs_toolkit/gee_api.py
+++ b/src/metobs_toolkit/gee_api.py
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ def connect_to_gee(**kwargs) -> None:
         # Fall through to authentication
 
     # If initialization failed, try to authenticate
-    if not ee.data._credentials:
-        ee.Authenticate()
-        ee.Initialize()
+    ee.Authenticate()
+    ee.Initialize()
     return None
 
 
diff --git a/src/metobs_toolkit/settings_collection/version.py b/src/metobs_toolkit/settings_collection/version.py
index 7863915f..976498ab 100644
--- a/src/metobs_toolkit/settings_collection/version.py
+++ b/src/metobs_toolkit/settings_collection/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.2"
+__version__ = "1.0.3"