diff --git a/runtime/BrowserWindow.cpp b/runtime/BrowserWindow.cpp
index 98a1dc59b..12dabd4f1 100644
--- a/runtime/BrowserWindow.cpp
+++ b/runtime/BrowserWindow.cpp
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ BrowserWindow::BrowserWindow(QString url)
 
     setCentralWidget(m_tabWidget);
 
-    connect(m_mainWebView, SIGNAL(loadFinished(bool)), SLOT(finishLoading(bool)));
-
 #ifdef PGADMIN4_USE_WEBENGINE
     // Register the slot when click on the URL link for QWebEnginePage
     connect(m_mainWebView->page(), SIGNAL(createTabWindow(QWebEnginePage * &)),SLOT(createNewTabWindow(QWebEnginePage * &)));
@@ -149,8 +147,6 @@ BrowserWindow::BrowserWindow(QString url)
     m_last_open_folder_path = settings.value("Browser/LastSaveLocation", QDir::homePath()).toString();
 
     // Display the app
-    m_initialLoad = true;
-    m_loadAttempt = 1;
     m_mainWebView->setUrl(m_appServerUrl);
 }
 
@@ -267,43 +263,6 @@ void BrowserWindow::onMacPaste()
   #endif
 #endif
 
-// Process loading finished signals from the web view.
-void BrowserWindow::finishLoading(bool ok)
-{
-    if (m_initialLoad && !ok)
-    {
-        // The load attempt failed. Try again up to 4 times with an
-        // incremental backoff.
-        if (m_loadAttempt < 5)
-        {
-            if (m_loadAttempt > 1)
-            {
-                qDebug() << "Initial connection failed. Retrying in" << m_loadAttempt << "seconds.";
-                m_mainWebView->setHtml(QString(tr("<p>Failed to connect to the pgAdmin application server. Retrying in %1 seconds, ") +
-                                         tr("or click <a href=\"%2\">here</a> to try again now.</p>")).arg(m_loadAttempt).arg(m_appServerUrl));
-            }
-            else
-            {
-               m_mainWebView->setHtml(QString(tr("<p>Connecting to the application server...</p>")));
-            }
-
-            pause(m_loadAttempt);
-            m_mainWebView->setUrl(m_appServerUrl);
-            m_loadAttempt++;
-
-            return;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            qDebug() << "Initial connection failed after multiple attempts. Aborting.";
-            m_mainWebView->setHtml(QString(tr("<p>Failed to connect to the pgAdmin application server. ") +
-                                     tr("Click <a href=\"%1\">here</a> to try again.</p>")).arg(m_appServerUrl));
-        }
-    }
-
-    m_initialLoad = false;
-}
-
 // Check if Tab is already open with given URL name
 int BrowserWindow::findURLTab(const QUrl &name)
 {
diff --git a/runtime/BrowserWindow.h b/runtime/BrowserWindow.h
index f0b0eacd3..25d6beb2b 100644
--- a/runtime/BrowserWindow.h
+++ b/runtime/BrowserWindow.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ protected:
     void closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event);
 
 protected slots:
-    void finishLoading(bool);
     void urlLinkClicked(const QUrl &);
     void closetabs();
     void tabTitleChanged(const QString &);
@@ -110,8 +109,6 @@ private:
     QToolButton       *m_toolBtnBack;
     QToolButton       *m_toolBtnForward;
 
-    bool m_initialLoad;
-    int m_loadAttempt;
     QString m_downloadFilename;
     int m_downloadStarted;
     int m_downloadCancelled;
diff --git a/runtime/pgAdmin4.cpp b/runtime/pgAdmin4.cpp
index b8d5fb230..a16420bc0 100644
--- a/runtime/pgAdmin4.cpp
+++ b/runtime/pgAdmin4.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
 
         if (!server->Init())
         {
+            splash->finish(NULL);
+
             qDebug() << server->getError();
 
             QString error = QString(QWidget::tr("An error occurred initialising the application server:\n\n%1")).arg(server->getError());
@@ -141,11 +143,9 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
     QString appServerUrl = QString("http://localhost:%1/").arg(port);
 
     // Now the server should be up, we'll attempt to connect and get a response.
-    // We'll retry in a loop a few time before aborting if necessary. The browser
-    // will also retry - that shouldn't (in theory) be necessary, but it won't
-    // hurt.
+    // We'll retry in a loop a few time before aborting if necessary.
     int attempt = 0;
-    while (attempt++ < 10)
+    while (attempt++ < 30)
     {
         bool alive = PingServer(QUrl(appServerUrl));
 
@@ -154,8 +154,9 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
             break;
         }
 
-        if (attempt == 10)
+        if (attempt == 30)
         {
+            splash->finish(NULL);
             QString error(QWidget::tr("The application server could not be contacted."));
             QMessageBox::critical(NULL, QString(QWidget::tr("Fatal Error")), error);