diff --git a/javascript/ui.js b/javascript/ui.js
index e0f5feebd..16faacebb 100644
--- a/javascript/ui.js
+++ b/javascript/ui.js
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ onOptionsChanged(function() {
 let txt2img_textarea, img2img_textarea = undefined;
 
 function restart_reload() {
+    document.body.style.backgroundColor = "var(--background-fill-primary)";
     document.body.innerHTML = '<h1 style="font-family:monospace;margin-top:20%;color:lightgray;text-align:center;">Reloading...</h1>';
-
     var requestPing = function() {
         requestGet("./internal/ping", {}, function(data) {
             location.reload();