diff --git a/gui/preload-chat.js b/gui/preload-chat.js
index 1a8bdbd2..8a498fd2 100644
--- a/gui/preload-chat.js
+++ b/gui/preload-chat.js
@@ -1894,13 +1894,10 @@ async function updateAllChat(clear) {
             }
           }
 
-                          document.getElementById("blurOverlay").style.webkitFilter = "blur(0px)";
-
         }
         )
         .catch(function (err) {
           console.log(err);
-          document.getElementById("blurOverlay").style.webkitFilter = "blur(0px)";
 
         });
     })
diff --git a/gui/src/chat-module.html b/gui/src/chat-module.html
index 8e0ea4f7..e9de393f 100644
--- a/gui/src/chat-module.html
+++ b/gui/src/chat-module.html
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
         data-source="../node_modules/emoji-picker-element-data/en/emojibase/data.json"
       ></emoji-picker>
     </div>
-    <div id="blurOverlay" style="-webkit-filter: blur(0px); filter: blur(10px)">
-
     <div class="container-fluid">
       <div class="row h-100">
         <div class="col-4 p-2">
@@ -710,8 +708,5 @@
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
-
-
-    </div>
   </body>
 </html>