diff --git a/src/components/SearchPanel.tsx b/src/components/SearchPanel.tsx
index c24bee0..41b9c49 100644
--- a/src/components/SearchPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SearchPanel.tsx
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export function SearchPanel({
     const cachedTags = readJSONCache<PostListResponse>(tagsUrl);
     if (cachedTags) setTags(extractTags(itemsOrEmpty(cachedTags.items)));
 
-    setIsTagLoading(true);
+    setIsTagLoading(!cachedTags);
     getJSON<PostListResponse>(tagsUrl)
       .then((res) => {
         if (cancelled) return;
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export function SearchPanel({
       );
     }
 
-    setIsPostLoading(true);
+    setIsPostLoading(!cachedPosts);
     getJSON<PostListResponse>(searchUrl)
       .then((res) => {
         const exactMatches = itemsOrEmpty(res.items).filter((post) =>