diff --git a/apps/client/src/AppRouter.tsx b/apps/client/src/AppRouter.tsx
index 8dbe62385..94a1e1d23 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/AppRouter.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/AppRouter.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ 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';
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ 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'));
@@ -175,6 +179,7 @@ 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;
@@ -198,10 +203,10 @@ function PresetView() {
    */
   if (!preset) {
     return (
-      <>
+      <div className={cx([style.viewLoader, !isOnline && style.isOffline])}>
         <ViewNavigationMenu isNavigationLocked={!showNav} suppressSettings />
         <NotFound />
-      </>
+      </div>
     );
   }
 
@@ -214,8 +219,10 @@ function PresetView() {
   const Component = PresetViewMap[preset.target as OntimeViewPresettable];
   return (
     <PresetContext value={preset}>
-      <ViewNavigationMenu isNavigationLocked={getIsNavigationLocked()} suppressSettings />
-      {Component ? <Component /> : <NotFound />}
+      <div className={cx([style.viewLoader, !isOnline && style.isOffline])}>
+        <ViewNavigationMenu isNavigationLocked={getIsNavigationLocked()} suppressSettings />
+        {Component ? <Component /> : <NotFound />}
+      </div>
     </PresetContext>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/views/ViewLoader.module.scss b/apps/client/src/views/ViewLoader.module.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..480ae68bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/ViewLoader.module.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+@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 ed5df9db4..a6d972f79 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/views/ViewLoader.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/views/ViewLoader.tsx
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@ 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
@@ -18,6 +23,5 @@ export default function ViewLoader({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
     return <Loader />;
   }
 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line react/jsx-no-useless-fragment -- ensuring JSX return
-  return <>{children}</>;
+  return <div className={cx([style.viewLoader, !isOnline && style.isOffline])}>{children}</div>;
 }