diff --git a/src/pages/Perfil.tsx b/src/pages/Perfil.tsx
index bce71b4..be7d6bf 100644
--- a/src/pages/Perfil.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Perfil.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import * as usersRoutes from '../services/api/users';
 
 import './Perfil.css'
 import LocalStorage from "../LocalStorage";
+import { refreshSession } from "../services/refreshSession";
 
 const Perfil: React.FC = () => {
   const [showToast, setShowToast] = useState(false);
@@ -57,19 +58,14 @@ const Perfil: React.FC = () => {
   
     const loadUserData = async () => {
       let userId = ''
-  
-      await sessionRoutes.refresh().then(response => {
-        if (response.status === 'error') {
-          setMessageToast(response.message);
-          setShowToast(true);
-  
-          return
-        }
-  
-        userId = response.userId
-      }).catch(() => {
+
+      // verify if user is authenticated
+      const refreshedSession = await refreshSession()
+
+      if (refreshedSession.error) {
         redirectUserToLogin()
-      })
+        return
+      }
   
       await usersRoutes.getById(userId).then(response => {
         if (response.status === 'error') {
diff --git a/src/services/refreshSession.ts b/src/services/refreshSession.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d29d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/refreshSession.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import * as sessionRoutes from "../services/api/session";
+
+interface refreshSessionReturn {
+  userId?: string;
+  error?: boolean;
+  errorMessage?: string;
+}
+
+interface refreshSessionResponse {
+  status?: string;
+  message?: string;
+  userId?: string;
+}
+
+export const refreshSession = async (): Promise<refreshSessionReturn> => {
+  try {
+    let res: refreshSessionResponse = await sessionRoutes.refresh()
+
+    if (res.status === "error") {
+      return {
+        error: true,
+        errorMessage: res.message,
+      };
+    }
+
+    return {
+      userId: res.userId,
+    };
+  } catch(err) {
+    return {
+      error: true,
+      errorMessage: "Por favor, autentique-se.",
+    };
+  }
+  // catch (err: any) {
+  //   if (err.response) {
+  //       // The client was given an error response (5xx, 4xx)
+  //   } else if (err.request) {
+  //       // The client never received a response, and the request was never left
+  //   } else {
+  //       // Anything else
+  //   }
+// }
+};