diff --git a/web/ui/react-app/src/components/withStartingIndicator.test.tsx b/web/ui/react-app/src/components/withStartingIndicator.test.tsx
index 575115ba6..49416563e 100644
--- a/web/ui/react-app/src/components/withStartingIndicator.test.tsx
+++ b/web/ui/react-app/src/components/withStartingIndicator.test.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
 import { WALReplayData } from '../types/types';
 import { StartingContent } from './withStartingIndicator';
-import { Progress } from 'reactstrap';
+import { Alert, Progress } from 'reactstrap';
 
 describe('Starting', () => {
   describe('progress bar', () => {
@@ -52,5 +52,17 @@ describe('Starting', () => {
       expect(progress.prop('value')).toBe(21);
       expect(progress.prop('color')).toBe('success');
     });
+
+    it('shows unexpected error', () => {
+      const status: WALReplayData = {
+        min: 0,
+        max: 20,
+        current: 0,
+      };
+
+      const starting = shallow(<StartingContent status={status} isUnexpected={true} />);
+      const alert = starting.find(Alert);
+      expect(alert.prop('color')).toBe('danger');
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/web/ui/react-app/src/components/withStartingIndicator.tsx b/web/ui/react-app/src/components/withStartingIndicator.tsx
index eb2724ed1..505deab40 100644
--- a/web/ui/react-app/src/components/withStartingIndicator.tsx
+++ b/web/ui/react-app/src/components/withStartingIndicator.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export const withStartingIndicator =
     const { ready, walReplayStatus, isUnexpected } = useFetchReadyInterval(pathPrefix);
     const staticReady = useReady();
 
-    if (staticReady || ready || isUnexpected) {
+    if (staticReady || ready) {
       return <Page {...(rest as T)} />;
     }