From 723c9e89b01147041676c8ac22ec499c1882df10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Blank <alexblank@fastmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 15:26:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] interface now laod faster

---
 src/app/page.tsx | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/app/page.tsx b/src/app/page.tsx
index 8b3c2fc..6df6911 100644
--- a/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ const Page = () => {
 
     // periodically check if the websocket connection is still alive
     useEffect(() => {
-        const interval = setInterval(() => {
+
+        function connectionChecker() {
             // wait for appConfig to be fetched
             if (!appConfig) {
                 console.log("AppConfig not fetched yet");
@@ -75,7 +76,19 @@ const Page = () => {
                     });
 
             }
+        }
+
+        // run once on startup
+        setTimeout(() => {
+            connectionChecker();
+        }, 10);
+
+        // run every 2 seconds
+        const interval = setInterval(() => {
+            connectionChecker();
         }, 2000);
+
+
         return () => clearInterval(interval);
     }, [appConfig]);