diff --git a/frontend/src/components/library/LibraryScanDrawer.jsx b/frontend/src/components/library/LibraryScanDrawer.jsx
index f5825aeb..d39835bf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/library/LibraryScanDrawer.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/library/LibraryScanDrawer.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import {
   ActionIcon,
   Badge,
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const LibraryScanDrawer = ({
   const scansLoading = useLibraryStore((s) => s.scansLoading);
   const scans = useLibraryStore((s) => s.scans[libraryId || 'all']) ?? EMPTY_SCAN_LIST;
   const fetchScans = useLibraryStore((s) => s.fetchScans);
+  const [loaderHold, setLoaderHold] = useState(false);
 
   // Fetch once when opened (WebSockets keep it live afterward)
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -77,11 +78,26 @@ const LibraryScanDrawer = ({
     if (!opened) return undefined;
     if (!hasRunningScan && !hasQueuedScan) return undefined;
     const interval = setInterval(() => {
-      void fetchScans(libraryId);
+      void fetchScans(libraryId, { background: true });
     }, hasRunningScan ? 2000 : 5000);
     return () => clearInterval(interval);
   }, [opened, hasRunningScan, hasQueuedScan, libraryId, fetchScans]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!opened) {
+      setLoaderHold(false);
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    if (!scansLoading) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    setLoaderHold(true);
+    const timeout = setTimeout(() => setLoaderHold(false), 800);
+    return () => clearTimeout(timeout);
+  }, [opened, scansLoading]);
+
+  const showLoader = scansLoading || loaderHold;
+
   const header = useMemo(
     () => (
       <Group justify="space-between" align="center" mb="sm">
@@ -111,7 +127,7 @@ const LibraryScanDrawer = ({
         </Group>
       </Group>
     ),
-    [onStartScan, onStartFullScan]
+    [onStartScan, onStartFullScan, handleRefresh]
   );
 
   return (
@@ -125,7 +141,7 @@ const LibraryScanDrawer = ({
       title={header}
     >
       <ScrollArea style={{ height: '100%' }}>
-        {scansLoading ? (
+        {showLoader ? (
           <Group justify="center" py="lg">
             <Loader />
           </Group>
diff --git a/frontend/src/store/library.jsx b/frontend/src/store/library.jsx
index 21fb5ec6..a88a683b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/store/library.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/store/library.jsx
@@ -117,10 +117,13 @@ const useLibraryStore = create(
       return response;
     },
 
-    fetchScans: async (libraryId) => {
-      set((state) => {
-        state.scansLoading = true;
-      });
+    fetchScans: async (libraryId, options = {}) => {
+      const { background = false } = options;
+      if (!background) {
+        set((state) => {
+          state.scansLoading = true;
+        });
+      }
       try {
         const params = new URLSearchParams();
         if (libraryId) {
@@ -131,14 +134,20 @@ const useLibraryStore = create(
           const payload = Array.isArray(response)
             ? response
             : response.results || [];
-          state.scans[libraryId || 'all'] = payload.map((scan) => normalizeScanEntry(scan));
-          state.scansLoading = false;
+          state.scans[libraryId || 'all'] = payload.map((scan) =>
+            normalizeScanEntry(scan)
+          );
+          if (!background) {
+            state.scansLoading = false;
+          }
         });
       } catch (error) {
         console.error('Failed to fetch scans', error);
-        set((state) => {
-          state.scansLoading = false;
-        });
+        if (!background) {
+          set((state) => {
+            state.scansLoading = false;
+          });
+        }
       }
     },