diff --git a/gui/preload-chat.js b/gui/preload-chat.js
index 17b389c9..22b45902 100644
--- a/gui/preload-chat.js
+++ b/gui/preload-chat.js
@@ -1876,8 +1876,6 @@ async function updateAllChat(clear) {
         .then(async function (result) {
           // handle result async
           //document.getElementById("blurOverlay").classList.add("bg-primary");
-          document.getElementById("blurOverlay").style.webkitFilter =
-            "blur(10px)";
 
           if (typeof result !== "undefined") {
             for (const item of result.docs) {
@@ -1891,14 +1889,9 @@ async function updateAllChat(clear) {
                 });
             }
           }
-
-          document.getElementById("blurOverlay").style.webkitFilter =
-            "blur(0px)";
         })
         .catch(function (err) {
           console.log(err);
-          document.getElementById("blurOverlay").style.webkitFilter =
-            "blur(0px)";
         });
     })
     .catch(function (err) {
diff --git a/gui/src/chat-module.html b/gui/src/chat-module.html
index b19a897e..d0ab906e 100644
--- a/gui/src/chat-module.html
+++ b/gui/src/chat-module.html
@@ -46,7 +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">
@@ -712,6 +711,5 @@
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
-    </div>
   </body>
 </html>