diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 3b633580ee..fb01af2747 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -3815,6 +3815,21 @@ void Application::domainConnectionDenied(const QString& reason) {
     }
 }
 
+void handleDomainConnectionDeniedPacket(std::unique_ptr<NLPacket>, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr) {
+        int headerSize = numBytesForPacketHeaderGivenPacketType(PacketType::DomainConnectionDenied);
+        QDataStream packetStream(QByteArray(incomingPacket.constData() + headerSize,
+                                            incomingPacket.size() - headerSize));
+        QString reason;
+        packetStream >> reason;
+
+        // output to the log so the user knows they got a denied connection request
+        // and check and signal for an access token so that we can make sure they are logged in
+        qCDebug(interfaceapp) << "The domain-server denied a connection request: " << reason;
+        qCDebug(interfaceapp) << "You may need to re-log to generate a keypair so you can provide a username signature.";
+        domainConnectionDenied(reason);
+        AccountManager::getInstance().checkAndSignalForAccessToken();
+}
+
 void Application::connectedToDomain(const QString& hostname) {
     AccountManager& accountManager = AccountManager::getInstance();
     const QUuid& domainID = DependencyManager::get<NodeList>()->getDomainHandler().getUUID();
diff --git a/interface/src/Application.h b/interface/src/Application.h
index 0131fdb19a..8ae00cdd38 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.h
+++ b/interface/src/Application.h
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ public slots:
     void notifyPacketVersionMismatch();
 
     void domainConnectionDenied(const QString& reason);
+    void handleDomainConnectionDeniedPacket(std::unique_ptr<NLPacket>, HifiSockAddr senderSockAddr);
 
     void cameraMenuChanged();
 
@@ -528,8 +529,6 @@ private:
     ToolWindow* _toolWindow;
     WebWindowClass* _friendsWindow;
 
-    DatagramProcessor* _datagramProcessor;
-
     QUndoStack _undoStack;
     UndoStackScriptingInterface _undoStackScriptingInterface;