Ember Simple Auth Device persist authentication information in LocalStorage

I can't seem to find a direct answer that deals with a code example of how it works but I'm using simple-auth 0.7.3. with ember-cli and simple-auth-devise. I can authenticate just fine but once I refresh the page session is killed. I saw a previous post and the guy didn't have the right object but what about a case when the object is correct?

{"authenticator":"simple-auth-authenticator:devise","user_id":53,"user_token":"Vm2TwefZCwaAo8hfg&pT","user_email":"user9@redphone.com"}

Im not the sharpest knife in the draw but I'm hoping someone can shed some light on why a session is killed and how/where to prevent it.