diff --git a/src/modules/reader/screens/Reader.tsx b/src/modules/reader/screens/Reader.tsx
index dc09bd26..7fdb5608 100644
--- a/src/modules/reader/screens/Reader.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/reader/screens/Reader.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export const Reader = () => {
         setTotalPages,
         setCurrentPageIndex,
         setPageToScrollToIndex,
+        pages,
         setPages,
         setPageUrls,
         setPageLoadStates,
@@ -334,6 +335,11 @@ export const Reader = () => {
         return null;
     }
 
+    const isPlaceholderPageState = pages.length === 1 && pages[0].primary.url === requestManager.getBaseUrl();
+    if (isPlaceholderPageState) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     return (
         <>
             <ReaderHotkeys scrollElementRef={scrollElementRef} />