diff --git a/packages/web/components/templates/library/LibraryContainer.tsx b/packages/web/components/templates/library/LibraryContainer.tsx
index 5b5733dcd..58b20ab57 100644
--- a/packages/web/components/templates/library/LibraryContainer.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/components/templates/library/LibraryContainer.tsx
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ export function LibraryContainer(props: LibraryContainerProps): JSX.Element {
   const {
     data: itemsPages,
     isLoading,
+    isFetchingNextPage,
     isFetching,
     fetchNextPage,
     hasNextPage,
@@ -677,6 +678,13 @@ export function LibraryContainer(props: LibraryContainerProps): JSX.Element {
     }
   })
 
+  console.log(
+    'isFetching && !isLoading, isFetchingNextPage',
+    isFetching,
+    isLoading,
+    isFetchingNextPage
+  )
+
   const setIsChecked = useCallback(
     (itemId: string, set: boolean) => {
       if (set && checkedItems.indexOf(itemId) === -1) {
@@ -824,7 +832,7 @@ export function LibraryContainer(props: LibraryContainerProps): JSX.Element {
       loadMore={fetchNextPage}
       hasMore={hasNextPage ?? false}
       hasData={!!itemsPages}
-      isValidating={isLoading}
+      isValidating={isLoading || isFetchingNextPage}
       fetchItemsError={!!fetchItemsError}
       labelsTarget={labelsTarget}
       setLabelsTarget={setLabelsTarget}
diff --git a/packages/web/lib/networking/library_items/useLibraryItems.tsx b/packages/web/lib/networking/library_items/useLibraryItems.tsx
index f1a408f19..096c30040 100644
--- a/packages/web/lib/networking/library_items/useLibraryItems.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/lib/networking/library_items/useLibraryItems.tsx
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export function useGetLibraryItems(
     // If no folder is specified cache this as `home`
     queryKey: ['libraryItems', section, fullQuery],
     queryFn: async ({ queryKey, pageParam }) => {
-      console.log('querying: ', pageParam, fullQuery, queryKey)
+      console.log('queryKey, pageParam', queryKey, pageParam)
       const response = (await gqlFetcher(gqlSearchQuery(includeCount), {
         after: pageParam,
         first: limit,
@@ -234,20 +234,19 @@ export function useGetLibraryItems(
       return response.search
     },
     enabled,
-    maxPages: 5,
     initialPageParam: '0',
     getNextPageParam: (lastPage: LibraryItems, pages) => {
-      console.log('getting next page: ', pages)
+      console.log('getting next page: ', lastPage?.pageInfo?.endCursor, pages)
       return lastPage.pageInfo.hasNextPage
         ? lastPage?.pageInfo?.endCursor
         : undefined
     },
-    getPreviousPageParam: (firstPage, pages) => {
-      console.log('firstPage.pageInfo', firstPage?.pageInfo?.startCursor)
-      return firstPage.pageInfo.hasPreviousPage
-        ? firstPage?.pageInfo?.startCursor
-        : undefined
-    },
+    // getPreviousPageParam: (firstPage, pages) => {
+    //   console.log('firstPage.pageInfo', firstPage?.pageInfo?.startCursor)
+    //   return firstPage.pageInfo.hasPreviousPage
+    //     ? firstPage?.pageInfo?.startCursor
+    //     : undefined
+    // },
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/web/pages/_app.tsx b/packages/web/pages/_app.tsx
index 234192d3b..2a0b38aa9 100644
--- a/packages/web/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import React from 'react'
 const queryClient = new QueryClient({
   defaultOptions: {
     queries: {
-      gcTime: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 48, // 48 hours
+      gcTime: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 4, // 4hrs
     },
   },
 })