diff --git a/app/lib/features/small_web/presentation/controllers/small_web_session_controller.dart b/app/lib/features/small_web/presentation/controllers/small_web_session_controller.dart
index 5f4d3d1a..2e7cb25d 100644
--- a/app/lib/features/small_web/presentation/controllers/small_web_session_controller.dart
+++ b/app/lib/features/small_web/presentation/controllers/small_web_session_controller.dart
@@ -165,6 +165,17 @@ class SmallWebSessionController extends _$SmallWebSessionController {
     });
 
     if (persistFuture.future != null) {
+      unawaited(
+        persistFuture.future!.whenComplete(() {
+          //When nothing got decoded dont stay stale
+          if (stateOrNull == null || state.isLoading) {
+            state = AsyncData(
+              SmallWebSessionState.initial(SmallWebSourceKind.kagi),
+            );
+          }
+        }),
+      );
+
       return const AsyncLoading();
     }