diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.cpp b/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.cpp
index 31c9d98c6..46d46d4bc 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/statusmessageview.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
         {
             m_menus |= MenuClear;
             m_acceptRowSelection = true;
+            m_enabledLoadIndicator = false; // for performance reasons
             this->menuRemoveItems(MenuRefresh | MenuBackend | MenuToggleSelectionMode);
             this->standardInit(new CStatusMessageListModel(this));
         }
diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.h b/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.h
index 854910340..2d3fd1b5a 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.h
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             int m_loadIndicatorTimeoutMsDefault       = 30 * 1000;             //!< default time for timeout
             bool m_forceStretchLastColumnWhenResized  = true;                  //!< a small table might (few columns) fail stretching, force again
             bool m_showingLoadIndicator               = false;                 //!< showing loading indicator
-            bool m_enabledLoadIndicator               = true;                  //!< loading indicator enabled/disabled
+            bool m_enabledLoadIndicator               = false;                 //!< loading indicator enabled/disabled
             bool m_acceptClickSelection               = false;                 //!< clicked
             bool m_acceptRowSelection                 = false;                 //!< selection changed
             bool m_acceptDoubleClickSelection         = false;                 //!< double clicked
diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/viewbasenontemplate.cpp b/src/blackgui/views/viewbasenontemplate.cpp
index 38d47c173..12598140b 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/viewbasenontemplate.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/viewbasenontemplate.cpp
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
         {
             if (!m_enabledLoadIndicator) { return -1; }
             if (m_showingLoadIndicator)  { return -1; }
+
             if (this->hasDockWidgetArea())
             {
                 if (!this->isVisibleWidget()) { return -1; }
diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/viewdbobjects.cpp b/src/blackgui/views/viewdbobjects.cpp
index 88b470bec..a68a2b8ee 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/viewdbobjects.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/viewdbobjects.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             CViewBase<ModelClass>(parent)
         {
             // void
+            CViewBaseNonTemplate::m_enabledLoadIndicator = true; // indicator for DB views
         }
 
         template <class T>