diff --git a/apps/client/src/AppRouter.tsx b/apps/client/src/AppRouter.tsx
index 94a1e1d23..8dbe62385 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/AppRouter.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/AppRouter.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import { OntimeView, OntimeViewPresettable, URLPreset } from 'ontime-types';
 import ViewNavigationMenu from './common/components/navigation-menu/ViewNavigationMenu';
 import { PresetContext } from './common/context/PresetContext';
 import { useClientPath } from './common/hooks/useClientPath';
-import { useIsOnline } from './common/hooks/useSocket';
 import useUrlPresets from './common/hooks-query/useUrlPresets';
-import { cx } from './common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { getRouteFromPreset } from './common/utils/urlPresets';
 import Log from './features/log/Log';
 import Loader from './views/common/loader/Loader';
@@ -16,8 +14,6 @@ import ViewLoader from './views/ViewLoader';
 import { getIsNavigationLocked, sessionScope } from './externals';
 import { initializeSentry } from './sentry.config';
 
-import style from './views/ViewLoader.module.scss';
-
 const Timer = lazy(() => import('./views/timer/Timer'));
 const Countdown = lazy(() => import('./views/countdown/Countdown'));
 const Backstage = lazy(() => import('./views/backstage/Backstage'));
@@ -179,7 +175,6 @@ const PresetViewMap: Record<OntimeViewPresettable, ComponentType> = {
 function PresetView() {
   const { data, status } = useUrlPresets();
   const { alias } = useParams();
-  const { isOnline } = useIsOnline();
 
   const preset: URLPreset | undefined = useMemo(() => {
     if (status === 'pending' || !alias) return;
@@ -203,10 +198,10 @@ function PresetView() {
    */
   if (!preset) {
     return (
-      <div className={cx([style.viewLoader, !isOnline && style.isOffline])}>
+      <>
         <ViewNavigationMenu isNavigationLocked={!showNav} suppressSettings />
         <NotFound />
-      </div>
+      </>
     );
   }
 
@@ -219,10 +214,8 @@ function PresetView() {
   const Component = PresetViewMap[preset.target as OntimeViewPresettable];
   return (
     <PresetContext value={preset}>
-      <div className={cx([style.viewLoader, !isOnline && style.isOffline])}>
-        <ViewNavigationMenu isNavigationLocked={getIsNavigationLocked()} suppressSettings />
-        {Component ? <Component /> : <NotFound />}
-      </div>
+      <ViewNavigationMenu isNavigationLocked={getIsNavigationLocked()} suppressSettings />
+      {Component ? <Component /> : <NotFound />}
     </PresetContext>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/ViewLoader.module.scss b/apps/client/src/views/ViewLoader.module.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 480ae68bc..000000000
--- a/apps/client/src/views/ViewLoader.module.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-@use '../theme/ontimeStyles' as *;
-@use '../theme/ontimeColours' as *;
-
-.viewLoader {
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 100%;
-  position: relative;
-}
-
-.isOffline {
-  &::after {
-    content: 'Disconnected';
-    position: absolute;
-    bottom: 0;
-    left: 0;
-    width: 100%;
-    padding-block: 0.25rem;
-    background-color: $red-700;
-    color: $ui-white;
-    text-align: center;
-    font-size: $aux-text-size;
-    font-weight: 600;
-    z-index: $zindex-sudo;
-    pointer-events: none;
-    font-family: $ontime-font-family;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/ViewLoader.tsx b/apps/client/src/views/ViewLoader.tsx
index a6d972f79..ed5df9db4 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/views/ViewLoader.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/ViewLoader.tsx
@@ -2,18 +2,13 @@ import { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
 
 import { overrideStylesURL } from '../common/api/constants';
 import { useRuntimeStylesheet } from '../common/hooks/useRuntimeStylesheet';
-import { useIsOnline } from '../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import useViewSettings from '../common/hooks-query/useViewSettings';
-import { cx } from '../common/utils/styleUtils';
 
 import Loader from './common/loader/Loader';
 
-import style from './ViewLoader.module.scss';
-
 export default function ViewLoader({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
   const { data } = useViewSettings();
   const { shouldRender } = useRuntimeStylesheet(data.overrideStyles ? overrideStylesURL : undefined);
-  const { isOnline } = useIsOnline();
 
   // eventually we would want to leverage suspense here
   // while the feature is not ready, we simply trigger a loader
@@ -23,5 +18,6 @@ export default function ViewLoader({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
     return <Loader />;
   }
 
-  return <div className={cx([style.viewLoader, !isOnline && style.isOffline])}>{children}</div>;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line react/jsx-no-useless-fragment -- ensuring JSX return
+  return <>{children}</>;
 }