diff --git a/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogActivity.java b/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogActivity.java
index 1bd9d938d4da7c907bce35375fafd95e388bd3d2..7c3309010e1c85ccfabdcedab718e80637d61816 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogActivity.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogActivity.java
@@ -79,13 +79,14 @@ public class BlogActivity extends BriarActivity implements BlogPostListener,
 
 		pager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
 		progressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar);
-		hideLoadingScreen();
 
 		blogPagerAdapter = new BlogPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());
 		postPagerAdapter = new BlogPostPagerAdapter(
 				getSupportFragmentManager());
 
 		if (state == null || state.getByteArray(POST_ID) == null) {
+			// The blog fragment has its own progress bar
+			hideLoadingScreen();
 			pager.setAdapter(blogPagerAdapter);
 			savedPostId = null;
 		} else {
@@ -133,10 +134,6 @@ public class BlogActivity extends BriarActivity implements BlogPostListener,
 		progressBar.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
 	}
 
-	private void showLoadingScreen() {
-		showLoadingScreen(false, 0);
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void hideLoadingScreen() {
 		progressBar.setVisibility(GONE);
@@ -153,7 +150,6 @@ public class BlogActivity extends BriarActivity implements BlogPostListener,
 	}
 
 	private void loadBlogPosts(final MessageId select) {
-		showLoadingScreen();
 		blogController.loadBlogPosts(
 				new UiResultExceptionHandler<Collection<BlogPostItem>, DbException>(
 						this) {
diff --git a/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogFragment.java b/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogFragment.java
index 92236d4b4cfd72fbf33c6a910f1f9af406705513..143fc1b10d0a3dca946783c4a0ccb7c6ed204c79 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogFragment.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/org/briarproject/android/blogs/BlogFragment.java
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ public class BlogFragment extends BaseFragment implements BlogPostListener {
 		list = (BriarRecyclerView) v.findViewById(R.id.postList);
 		list.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(getActivity()));
 		list.setAdapter(adapter);
+		list.showProgressBar();
 		if (myBlog) {
 			list.setEmptyText(
 					getString(R.string.blogs_my_blogs_blog_empty_state));
@@ -139,8 +140,6 @@ public class BlogFragment extends BaseFragment implements BlogPostListener {
 	@Override
 	public void onPause() {
 		super.onPause();
-		adapter.clear();
-		list.showProgressBar();
 		list.stopPeriodicUpdate();
 	}