diff --git a/explorer/src/lib/components/data-card/DataCard.svelte b/explorer/src/lib/components/data-card/DataCard.svelte
index 6188b2c80e..14eecb5bf6 100644
--- a/explorer/src/lib/components/data-card/DataCard.svelte
+++ b/explorer/src/lib/components/data-card/DataCard.svelte
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       />
     {/if}
   </header>
-  {#if loading && data === null}
+  {#if loading && !data}
     <p class="data-card__loading-notice">Loading...</p>
   {:else if error || hasEmptyData}
     <DataAlert on:retry {error} />
diff --git a/explorer/src/routes/__tests__/__snapshots__/page.spec.js.snap b/explorer/src/routes/__tests__/__snapshots__/page.spec.js.snap
index 4ed04fc62e..e3778b5b1b 100644
--- a/explorer/src/routes/__tests__/__snapshots__/page.spec.js.snap
+++ b/explorer/src/routes/__tests__/__snapshots__/page.spec.js.snap
@@ -1046,6 +1046,11 @@ exports[`home page > should render the home page, start polling for the latest c
         <!--&lt;Button&gt;-->
       </header>
        
+      <p
+        class="data-card__loading-notice"
+      >
+        Loading...
+      </p>
       
        
     </div>
@@ -1080,6 +1085,11 @@ exports[`home page > should render the home page, start polling for the latest c
         <!--&lt;Button&gt;-->
       </header>
        
+      <p
+        class="data-card__loading-notice"
+      >
+        Loading...
+      </p>
       
        
     </div>