diff --git a/php/public/automatic_reload.js b/php/public/automatic_reload.js
index 2fef31a6..7b14a3c4 100644
--- a/php/public/automatic_reload.js
+++ b/php/public/automatic_reload.js
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-if (document.hasFocus()) {
-    // hide reload button if the site reloads automatically
-    let list = document.getElementsByClassName("reload button");
-    for (let i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
-        // list[i] is a node with the desired class name
-        list[i].style.display = 'none';
-    }
+document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {
+    if (document.hasFocus()) {
+        // hide reload button if the site reloads automatically
+        let list = document.getElementsByClassName("reload button");
+        for (let i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+            // list[i] is a node with the desired class name
+            list[i].style.display = 'none';
+        }
 
-    // set timeout for reload
-    setTimeout(function(){
-    window.location.reload(1);
-    }, 5000);
-} else {
-    window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function() {
-        document.getElementById('overlay').classList.add('loading')
-    });
-}
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+        // set timeout for reload
+        setTimeout(function(){
+        window.location.reload(1);
+        }, 5000);
+    } else {
+        window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function() {
+            document.getElementById('overlay').classList.add('loading')
+        });
+    }
+});