diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/confirmation_modals/log_out.tsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/confirmation_modals/log_out.tsx
index ac9439461f..9c90e0f8b9 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/confirmation_modals/log_out.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/confirmation_modals/log_out.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const ConfirmLogOutModal: React.FC<BaseConfirmationModalProps> = ({
   const intl = useIntl();
 
   const onConfirm = useCallback(() => {
-    logOut();
+    void logOut();
   }, []);
 
   return (
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/log_out.ts b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/log_out.ts
index d4db471a6e..a399fa4d0a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/log_out.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/log_out.ts
@@ -1,38 +1,20 @@
-import { signOutLink } from 'flavours/glitch/utils/backend_links';
+import api from 'flavours/glitch/api';
 
-export const logOut = () => {
-  const form = document.createElement('form');
+export async function logOut() {
+  try {
+    const response = await api(false).delete<{ redirect_to?: string }>(
+      '/auth/sign_out',
+      { headers: { Accept: 'application/json' }, withCredentials: true },
+    );
 
-  const methodInput = document.createElement('input');
-  methodInput.setAttribute('name', '_method');
-  methodInput.setAttribute('value', 'delete');
-  methodInput.setAttribute('type', 'hidden');
-  form.appendChild(methodInput);
-
-  const csrfToken = document.querySelector<HTMLMetaElement>(
-    'meta[name=csrf-token]',
-  );
-
-  const csrfParam = document.querySelector<HTMLMetaElement>(
-    'meta[name=csrf-param]',
-  );
-
-  if (csrfParam && csrfToken) {
-    const csrfInput = document.createElement('input');
-    csrfInput.setAttribute('name', csrfParam.content);
-    csrfInput.setAttribute('value', csrfToken.content);
-    csrfInput.setAttribute('type', 'hidden');
-    form.appendChild(csrfInput);
+    if (response.status === 200 && response.data.redirect_to)
+      window.location.href = response.data.redirect_to;
+    else
+      console.error(
+        'Failed to log out, got an unexpected non-redirect response from the server',
+        response,
+      );
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Failed to log out, response was an error', error);
   }
-
-  const submitButton = document.createElement('input');
-  submitButton.setAttribute('type', 'submit');
-  form.appendChild(submitButton);
-
-  form.method = 'post';
-  form.action = signOutLink;
-  form.style.display = 'none';
-
-  document.body.appendChild(form);
-  submitButton.click();
-};
+}