diff --git a/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx b/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx
index 0a877a148..5299b52fb 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Explore.tsx
@@ -225,10 +225,11 @@ export default function Explore() {
   };
 
   if (
-    !textModelState ||
-    !textTokenizerState ||
-    !visionModelState ||
-    !visionFeatureExtractorState
+    config?.semantic_search.enabled &&
+    (!textModelState ||
+      !textTokenizerState ||
+      !visionModelState ||
+      !visionFeatureExtractorState)
   ) {
     return (
       <ActivityIndicator className="absolute left-1/2 top-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2" />