diff --git a/app/web/src/base/page/vi.tsx b/app/web/src/base/page/vi.tsx
index 7ec47381..d192ec65 100644
--- a/app/web/src/base/page/vi.tsx
+++ b/app/web/src/base/page/vi.tsx
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export default page({
       })();
       return <Loading note="init" />;
     }
-    
-    if (!edInitSync(p)) {
+
+    if (!edInitSync(p) && !p.sync) {
       return <Loading note="connecting-ws" />;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/web/src/nova/ed/logic/ed-sync.tsx b/app/web/src/nova/ed/logic/ed-sync.tsx
index 80c54ffe..d627cae0 100644
--- a/app/web/src/nova/ed/logic/ed-sync.tsx
+++ b/app/web/src/nova/ed/logic/ed-sync.tsx
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export const edInitSync = (p: PG) => {
     }
   }
 
-  if (!params.page_id && !p.page.cur.id) {
+  if (!params.page_id) {
     if (location.pathname.startsWith("/ed")) {
       if (!params.site_id) {
         db.page
diff --git a/app/web/src/nova/vi/preview.tsx b/app/web/src/nova/vi/preview.tsx
index b62fd54e..8d796c72 100644
--- a/app/web/src/nova/vi/preview.tsx
+++ b/app/web/src/nova/vi/preview.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export const ViPreview = (arg: { pathname: string }) => {
 
   viRoute(p);
 
-  if (p.status !== "ready") {
+  if (p.status !== "ready" && p.status !== "reload") {
     return <Loading note={p.status + "-page"} />;
   }