diff --git a/packages/ui/src/app/pages/Forum/ForumCategory.tsx b/packages/ui/src/app/pages/Forum/ForumCategory.tsx
index 968c0e4789..fed06f054f 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/app/pages/Forum/ForumCategory.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/app/pages/Forum/ForumCategory.tsx
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ import { PageTitle } from '@/common/components/page/PageTitle'
 import { PreviousPage } from '@/common/components/page/PreviousPage'
 import { Label, TextMedium } from '@/common/components/typography'
 import { useModal } from '@/common/hooks/useModal'
-import { useRefetchQueries } from '@/common/hooks/useRefetchQueries'
 import { useSort } from '@/common/hooks/useSort'
-import { MILLISECONDS_PER_BLOCK } from '@/common/model/formatters'
 import { ForumCategoryList } from '@/forum/components/category/ForumCategoryList'
 import { ForumPageHeader } from '@/forum/components/ForumPageHeader'
 import { ThreadFilters } from '@/forum/components/threads/ThreadFilters'
@@ -48,17 +46,9 @@ export const ForumCategory = () => {
     },
     { perPage: THREADS_PER_PAGE, page }
   )
-  const isRefetched = useRefetchQueries({
-    interval: MILLISECONDS_PER_BLOCK,
-    include: ['GetForumThreads', 'GetForumThreadsCount'],
-  })
 
   const { showModal } = useModal()
 
-  if (isLoadingThreads && !isRefetched) {
-    return <Loading />
-  }
-
   if (isLoadingCategory) {
     return <Loading />
   }
@@ -126,7 +116,7 @@ export const ForumCategory = () => {
             <ThreadList
               threads={threads}
               getSortProps={getSortProps}
-              isLoading={isLoadingThreads && !isRefetched}
+              isLoading={isLoadingThreads}
               isArchive={isArchive}
               page={page}
               pageCount={threadCount && Math.ceil(threadCount / THREADS_PER_PAGE)}
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/forum/hooks/useForumCategoryThreads.ts b/packages/ui/src/forum/hooks/useForumCategoryThreads.ts
index 0325d6bcd8..49ccb05bc9 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/forum/hooks/useForumCategoryThreads.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/forum/hooks/useForumCategoryThreads.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Reducer, useEffect, useMemo, useReducer } from 'react'
 
 import { ForumThreadOrderByInput } from '@/common/api/queries'
 import { SortOrder, toQueryOrderByInput } from '@/common/hooks/useSort'
+import { MILLISECONDS_PER_BLOCK } from '@/common/model/formatters'
 import { merge } from '@/common/utils'
 import { ThreadEmptyFilters, ThreadFiltersState } from '@/forum/components/threads/ThreadFilters'
 import { useGetForumThreadsCountQuery, useGetForumThreadsQuery } from '@/forum/queries'
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export const useForumCategoryThreads = (
 
   const [{ filters, categoryId, isArchive }, refresh] = useReducer(threadOptionReducer, initialOptions)
 
-  const { loading: loadingThreads, data: threadsData } = useGetForumThreadsQuery({
+  const { data: threadsData } = useGetForumThreadsQuery({
     variables: {
       where: where(filters, categoryId, isArchive),
       orderBy: [ForumThreadOrderByInput.IsStickyDesc, toQueryOrderByInput<ForumThreadOrderByInput>(options.order)],
@@ -42,15 +43,17 @@ export const useForumCategoryThreads = (
             offset: (pagination.page - 1) * pagination.perPage,
           }),
     },
+    pollInterval: isArchive === false ? MILLISECONDS_PER_BLOCK : 0,
   })
 
-  const { loading: loadingCount, data: countData } = useGetForumThreadsCountQuery({
+  const { data: countData } = useGetForumThreadsCountQuery({
     variables: { where: where(filters, categoryId, isArchive) },
+    pollInterval: isArchive === false ? MILLISECONDS_PER_BLOCK : 0,
   })
   const totalCount = countData?.forumThreadsConnection.totalCount
 
   return {
-    isLoading: loadingThreads || loadingCount,
+    isLoading: !threadsData || !countData,
     threads: threadsData?.forumThreads.map((thread) => asForumThread(thread)) ?? [],
     threadCount: totalCount,
     refresh,
diff --git a/packages/ui/test/forum/hooks/useForumCategoryThreads.test.ts b/packages/ui/test/forum/hooks/useForumCategoryThreads.test.ts
index 3587009ccc..28f46a3eaf 100644
--- a/packages/ui/test/forum/hooks/useForumCategoryThreads.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/test/forum/hooks/useForumCategoryThreads.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ describe('useForumCategoryThreads', () => {
         orderBy: [IsStickyDesc, UpdatedAtDesc],
         limit: 30,
       },
+      pollInterval: 0,
     })
   })
 
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ describe('useForumCategoryThreads', () => {
         orderBy: [IsStickyDesc, UpdatedAtDesc],
         limit: 30,
       },
+      pollInterval: 0,
     })
 
     act(() => refresh({ filters: { author, date: { start, end }, tag: null } }))
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ describe('useForumCategoryThreads', () => {
         orderBy: [IsStickyDesc, UpdatedAtDesc],
         limit: 30,
       },
+      pollInterval: 0,
     })
   })
 
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ describe('useForumCategoryThreads', () => {
         orderBy: [IsStickyDesc, AuthorDesc],
         limit: 30,
       },
+      pollInterval: 0,
     })
   })
 
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ describe('useForumCategoryThreads', () => {
         orderBy: [IsStickyDesc, UpdatedAtDesc],
         limit: 30,
       },
+      pollInterval: 0,
     })
 
     act(() => rerender([{ isArchive: true, order, filters: { author: null, date: { start, end }, tag: null } }]))
@@ -126,6 +131,7 @@ describe('useForumCategoryThreads', () => {
         orderBy: [IsStickyDesc, UpdatedAtDesc],
         limit: 30,
       },
+      pollInterval: 0,
     })
   })
 
@@ -139,6 +145,7 @@ describe('useForumCategoryThreads', () => {
         limit: 10,
         offset: 0,
       },
+      pollInterval: 0,
     })
   })
 })