diff --git a/damus/Features/Timeline/Models/HomeModel.swift b/damus/Features/Timeline/Models/HomeModel.swift
index ed18f3c4..4a5fa062 100644
--- a/damus/Features/Timeline/Models/HomeModel.swift
+++ b/damus/Features/Timeline/Models/HomeModel.swift
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ enum HomeResubFilter {
     }
 }
 
-class HomeModel: ContactsDelegate {
+class HomeModel: ContactsDelegate, ObservableObject {
     // The maximum amount of contacts placed on a home feed subscription filter.
     // If the user has more contacts, chunking or other techniques will be used to avoid sending huge filters
     let MAX_CONTACTS_ON_FILTER = 500
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class HomeModel: ContactsDelegate {
     var dmsHandlerTask: Task<Void, Never>?
     var nwcHandlerTask: Task<Void, Never>?
     
-    var loading: Bool = false
+    @Published var loading: Bool = true
 
     var signal = SignalModel()
     
@@ -658,6 +658,9 @@ class HomeModel: ContactsDelegate {
 
         self.homeHandlerTask?.cancel()
         self.homeHandlerTask = Task {
+            DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                self.loading = true
+            }
             for await item in damus_state.nostrNetwork.reader.subscribe(filters: home_filters) {
                 switch item {
                 case .event(let borrow):
@@ -669,6 +672,9 @@ class HomeModel: ContactsDelegate {
                     await self.process_event(ev: event, context: .home)
                 case .eose:
                     guard let txn = NdbTxn(ndb: damus_state.ndb) else { return }
+                    DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                        self.loading = false
+                    }
                     load_profiles(context: "home", load: .from_events(events.events), damus_state: damus_state, txn: txn)
                 }
             }
diff --git a/damus/Features/Timeline/Views/PostingTimelineView.swift b/damus/Features/Timeline/Views/PostingTimelineView.swift
index 8a37b5be..06848ba7 100644
--- a/damus/Features/Timeline/Views/PostingTimelineView.swift
+++ b/damus/Features/Timeline/Views/PostingTimelineView.swift
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import SwiftUI
 struct PostingTimelineView: View {
     
     let damus_state: DamusState
-    var home: HomeModel
+    @ObservedObject var home: HomeModel
     @State var search: String = ""
     @State var results: [NostrEvent] = []
     @State var initialOffset: CGFloat?
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ struct PostingTimelineView: View {
     @State var headerHeight: CGFloat = 0
     @Binding var headerOffset: CGFloat
     @SceneStorage("PostingTimelineView.filter_state") var filter_state : FilterState = .posts_and_replies
+    
+    var loading: Binding<Bool> {
+        Binding(get: {
+            return home.loading
+        }, set: {
+            home.loading = $0
+        })
+    }
 
     func content_filter(_ fstate: FilterState) -> ((NostrEvent) -> Bool) {
         var filters = ContentFilters.defaults(damus_state: damus_state)
@@ -33,7 +41,7 @@ struct PostingTimelineView: View {
     }
     
     func contentTimelineView(filter: (@escaping (NostrEvent) -> Bool)) -> some View {
-        TimelineView<AnyView>(events: home.events, loading: .constant(false), headerHeight: $headerHeight, headerOffset: $headerOffset, damus: damus_state, show_friend_icon: false, filter: filter)
+        TimelineView<AnyView>(events: home.events, loading: self.loading, headerHeight: $headerHeight, headerOffset: $headerOffset, damus: damus_state, show_friend_icon: false, filter: filter)
     }
     
     func HeaderView()->some View {
diff --git a/damus/Features/Timeline/Views/TimelineView.swift b/damus/Features/Timeline/Views/TimelineView.swift
index 5ad84008..96c06179 100644
--- a/damus/Features/Timeline/Views/TimelineView.swift
+++ b/damus/Features/Timeline/Views/TimelineView.swift
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ struct TimelineView<Content: View>: View {
                     }
             }
             .coordinateSpace(name: "scroll")
+            .disabled(self.loading)
             .onReceive(handle_notify(.scroll_to_top)) { () in
                 events.flush()
                 self.events.set_should_queue(false)