diff --git a/web/src/hooks/use-camera-previews.ts b/web/src/hooks/use-camera-previews.ts
index 921fecd70..63f795d7c 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/use-camera-previews.ts
+++ b/web/src/hooks/use-camera-previews.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function useCameraPreviews(
{ revalidateOnFocus: autoRefresh, revalidateOnReconnect: autoRefresh },
);
- return allPreviews;
+ return fetchPreviews ? allPreviews : [];
}
// we need to add a buffer of 5 seconds to the end preview times