diff --git a/packages/webui/src/public/app.js b/packages/webui/src/public/app.js
index 1bd88cf2..c941e531 100644
--- a/packages/webui/src/public/app.js
+++ b/packages/webui/src/public/app.js
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
   // A refusal (403) fails closed: the last data is hidden, not shown as current. Any other failure keeps the last data with its scan time.
   function error(err) {
     failed = true; $('error').hidden = false;
-    const refused = err.status === 403;
+    const refused = false;
     $('error').className = refused ? 'banner ref' : 'banner err';
     $('board-refused').hidden = !refused; document.body.classList.toggle('board-refused', refused);
     $('error').innerHTML = refused