diff --git a/frontend/resources/styles/main/partials/dashboard-grid.scss b/frontend/resources/styles/main/partials/dashboard-grid.scss
index 0b3e34417..64341c9bb 100644
--- a/frontend/resources/styles/main/partials/dashboard-grid.scss
+++ b/frontend/resources/styles/main/partials/dashboard-grid.scss
@@ -420,6 +420,14 @@
   background-color: rgba(227, 227, 227, 0.3);
   padding: 13px;
   margin-right: 13px;
+  &.loader {
+    justify-items: center;
+  }
+  .icon {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+  }
   &.libs {
     background-image: url(/images/ph-left.svg), url(/images/ph-right.svg);
     background-position: 15% bottom, 85% top;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/libraries.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/libraries.cljs
index a2590d53e..73f33447e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/libraries.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/libraries.cljs
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@
   (let [files-map       (mf/deref refs/dashboard-shared-files)
         projects        (mf/deref refs/dashboard-projects)
         default-project (->> projects vals (d/seek :is-default))
-        files           (->> (vals files-map)
+        files           (if (nil? files-map)
+                          nil
+                          (->> (vals files-map)
                              (sort-by :modified-at)
-                             (reverse)
-                             (not-empty))
+                             (reverse)))
 
         components-v2   (features/use-feature :components-v2)
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/placeholder.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/placeholder.cljs
index 6ea8f2a09..1f093d7d7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/placeholder.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/dashboard/placeholder.cljs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 (mf/defc loading-placeholder
   []
-  [:div.grid-empty-placeholder
+  [:div.grid-empty-placeholder.loader
    [:div.icon i/loader]
    [:div.text (tr "dashboard.loading-files")]])