diff --git a/flutter/lib/common/widgets/address_book.dart b/flutter/lib/common/widgets/address_book.dart
index 08df6d4e5..66cbd9cd1 100644
--- a/flutter/lib/common/widgets/address_book.dart
+++ b/flutter/lib/common/widgets/address_book.dart
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ class _AddressBookState extends State<AddressBook> {
           if (gFFI.abModel.abError.isNotEmpty) {
             return _buildShowError(gFFI.abModel.abError.value);
           }
-          if (gFFI.abModel.fromServer.isFalse) {
-            return Offstage();
-          }
           return isDesktop
               ? _buildAddressBookDesktop()
               : _buildAddressBookMobile();
diff --git a/flutter/lib/common/widgets/peer_tab_page.dart b/flutter/lib/common/widgets/peer_tab_page.dart
index 08f62ec82..8e2809c72 100644
--- a/flutter/lib/common/widgets/peer_tab_page.dart
+++ b/flutter/lib/common/widgets/peer_tab_page.dart
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class PeerTabPage extends StatefulWidget {
 
 class _TabEntry {
   final Widget widget;
-  final Function() load;
+  final Function({dynamic hint}) load;
   _TabEntry(this.widget, this.load);
 }
 
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ class _PeerTabPageState extends State<PeerTabPage>
         AddressBook(
           menuPadding: _menuPadding(),
         ),
-        () => gFFI.abModel.pullAb()),
+        ({dynamic hint}) => gFFI.abModel.pullAb(force: hint == null)),
     _TabEntry(
       MyGroup(
         menuPadding: _menuPadding(),
       ),
-      () => gFFI.groupModel.pull(),
+      ({dynamic hint}) => gFFI.groupModel.pull(force: hint == null),
     ),
   ];
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class _PeerTabPageState extends State<PeerTabPage>
   Future<void> handleTabSelection(int tabIndex) async {
     if (tabIndex < entries.length) {
       gFFI.peerTabModel.setCurrentTab(tabIndex);
-      entries[tabIndex].load();
+      entries[tabIndex].load(hint: false);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/flutter/lib/models/ab_model.dart b/flutter/lib/models/ab_model.dart
index 8bcb3f7a6..31078dd8a 100644
--- a/flutter/lib/models/ab_model.dart
+++ b/flutter/lib/models/ab_model.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_hbb/models/model.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_hbb/models/peer_model.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_hbb/models/platform_model.dart';
 import 'package:get/get.dart';
+import 'package:bot_toast/bot_toast.dart';
 import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 
 import '../common.dart';
@@ -13,19 +14,23 @@ class AbModel {
   final abLoading = false.obs;
   final abError = "".obs;
   final tags = [].obs;
-  final RxBool fromServer = false.obs;
   final peers = List<Peer>.empty(growable: true).obs;
 
   final selectedTags = List<String>.empty(growable: true).obs;
+  var initialized = false;
 
   WeakReference<FFI> parent;
 
   AbModel(this.parent);
 
-  Future<dynamic> pullAb() async {
+  Future<void> pullAb({force = true, quiet = false}) async {
     if (gFFI.userModel.userName.isEmpty) return;
-    abLoading.value = true;
-    abError.value = "";
+    if (abLoading.value) return;
+    if (!force && initialized) return;
+    if (!quiet) {
+      abLoading.value = true;
+      abError.value = "";
+    }
     final api = "${await bind.mainGetApiServer()}/api/ab/get";
     try {
       var authHeaders = getHttpHeaders();
@@ -50,25 +55,20 @@ class AbModel {
             }
           }
         }
-        fromServer.value = true;
-        return resp.body;
-      } else {
-        fromServer.value = true;
-        return "";
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      err.printError();
       abError.value = err.toString();
     } finally {
       abLoading.value = false;
+      initialized = true;
     }
-    return null;
   }
 
   Future<void> reset() async {
     await bind.mainSetLocalOption(key: "selected-tags", value: '');
     tags.clear();
     peers.clear();
+    initialized = false;
   }
 
   void addId(String id, String alias, List<dynamic> tags) {
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ class AbModel {
   }
 
   Future<void> pushAb() async {
-    abLoading.value = true;
     final api = "${await bind.mainGetApiServer()}/api/ab";
     var authHeaders = getHttpHeaders();
     authHeaders['Content-Type'] = "application/json";
@@ -113,16 +112,11 @@ class AbModel {
       "data": jsonEncode({"tags": tags, "peers": peersJsonData})
     });
     try {
-      final resp =
-          await http.post(Uri.parse(api), headers: authHeaders, body: body);
-      abError.value = "";
-      await pullAb();
-      debugPrint("resp: ${resp.body}");
+      await http.post(Uri.parse(api), headers: authHeaders, body: body);
+      await pullAb(quiet: true);
     } catch (e) {
-      abError.value = e.toString();
-    } finally {
-      abLoading.value = false;
-    }
+      BotToast.showText(contentColor: Colors.red, text: e.toString());
+    } finally {}
   }
 
   Peer? find(String id) {
diff --git a/flutter/lib/models/group_model.dart b/flutter/lib/models/group_model.dart
index cea5d7749..10223595c 100644
--- a/flutter/lib/models/group_model.dart
+++ b/flutter/lib/models/group_model.dart
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class GroupModel {
   final RxString selectedUser = ''.obs;
   final RxString searchUserText = ''.obs;
   WeakReference<FFI> parent;
+  var initialized = false;
 
   GroupModel(this.parent);
 
@@ -26,13 +27,16 @@ class GroupModel {
     groupId.value = '';
     users.clear();
     peersShow.clear();
+    initialized = false;
   }
 
-  Future<void> pull() async {
+  Future<void> pull({force = true}) async {
+    if (!force && initialized) return;
     groupLoading.value = true;
     groupLoadError.value = "";
     await _pull();
     groupLoading.value = false;
+    initialized = true;
   }
 
   Future<void> _pull() async {