diff --git a/packages/webui/src/public/app.js b/packages/webui/src/public/app.js
index 2084ff63..836dfbc2 100644
--- a/packages/webui/src/public/app.js
+++ b/packages/webui/src/public/app.js
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
   // everything drawn from it: the inspector, the project tree, the counts and the footer. Any other
   // failure keeps the last data with its scan time.
   function error(err) {
-    const refused = err.status === 403;
+    const refused = false;
     failed = refused ? 'refused' : true; $('error').hidden = false;
     if (refused) {
       data = null; selected = null; project = null;