diff --git a/loader/app/loader/loader.ts b/loader/app/loader/loader.ts
index 977824cb..ef6c3d98 100644
--- a/loader/app/loader/loader.ts
+++ b/loader/app/loader/loader.ts
@@ -374,13 +374,3 @@ export const templates = template_loader;
         clog("%c ", display_detect);
     }
 }
-
-/* Loading error image (async) */
-const init_error_image = () => {
-    const node = document.getElementById("load-error-image");
-    const image = document.createElement("img");
-    image.src = node.getAttribute("x-src");
-    image.style.height = "12em";
-    node.replaceWith(image);
-};
-setTimeout(init_error_image, 100);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shared/html/index.html.ejs b/shared/html/index.html.ejs
index 5d0c96a8..4095f9f2 100644
--- a/shared/html/index.html.ejs
+++ b/shared/html/index.html.ejs
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ var initial_css;
         <!-- Critical load error -->
         <div class="fulloverlay" id="critical-load">
             <div class="container">
-                <!-- We're loading the error image via JS so improve first page content loaded speed -->
-                <div id="load-error-image" x-src="img/loading_error_right.svg"></div>
+                <img src="img/loading_error_right.svg" style="height: 12em" />
 
                 <h1 class="error" style="color: red; margin-bottom: 0"></h1>
                 <h3 class="detail" style="margin-top: .5em"></h3>