diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
index b1fdef386..029693651 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@ const Timeline = {
       this.virtualScrollIndex = approxIndex
     },
     scrollLoad() {
+      // TODO simplify this logic
       const bodyBRect = document.body.getBoundingClientRect()
       const height = Math.max(bodyBRect.height, -bodyBRect.y)
       if (
         !this.timeline.fetcher.loadingOlder.value &&
-        this.$el.offsetHeight > 0 &&
         window.innerHeight + window.pageYOffset >= height - 750
       ) {
         this.fetchOlderStatuses()
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
index 69657525c..1435bba48 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <template>
   <!-- there is a brief moment during logout when old timeline gets forcibly deactivated -->
   <div v-if="timeline.fetcher" :class="['Timeline', classes.root]">
-    {{ timelineRef }}
     <div
       v-if="!embedded"
       :class="classes.header"