diff --git a/common/entities/DirectoryDTO.ts b/common/entities/DirectoryDTO.ts
index f9ff366a..5404a8c6 100644
--- a/common/entities/DirectoryDTO.ts
+++ b/common/entities/DirectoryDTO.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export interface DirectoryDTO {
   path: string;
   lastModified: number;
   lastScanned: number;
+  scanned: boolean;
   parent: DirectoryDTO;
   directories: Array<DirectoryDTO>;
   photos: Array<PhotoDTO>;
diff --git a/frontend/app/gallery/gallery.component.html b/frontend/app/gallery/gallery.component.html
index 6afe25d6..ed11df25 100644
--- a/frontend/app/gallery/gallery.component.html
+++ b/frontend/app/gallery/gallery.component.html
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@
   <div body class="container"
        style="width: 100%; padding:0"
        *ngIf="(!_galleryService.content.value.directory ||
-        (_galleryService.content.value.directory.photos.length == 0
-        && _galleryService.content.value.directory.directories.length == 0))
+        (!_galleryService.content.value.directory.scanned)
        && !_galleryService.content.value.searchResult">
     <div class="spinner">