diff --git a/src/store/index.ts b/src/store/index.ts
index bab5ad0..54d6944 100644
--- a/src/store/index.ts
+++ b/src/store/index.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ export interface Bucket {
 
 interface TaskStore {
     tasks: Task[];
+    isInitializing: boolean;
     pWeight: number;
     uWeight: number;
     matrixScaleDays: number;
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ interface TaskStore {
 // Initial empty state
 export const [store, setStore] = createStore<TaskStore>({
     tasks: [],
+    isInitializing: false,
     pWeight: 1.0,
     uWeight: 1.0,
     matrixScaleDays: 30,
@@ -757,7 +759,8 @@ export const subscribeToRealtime = async () => {
 };
 
 export const initStore = async () => {
-    if (!pb.authStore.isValid) return;
+    if (!pb.authStore.isValid || store.isInitializing) return;
+    setStore("isInitializing", true);
 
     // 0. Synchronous hydration from localStorage for "instant" first paint
     const key = getStorageKey();
@@ -862,7 +865,7 @@ export const initStore = async () => {
             const focusRecords = await pb.collection(TASGRID_COLLECTION).getList(1, 30, {
                 filter: `user = "${currentUserId}" && completed = false && deletedAt = ""`,
                 sort: '-priority,dueDate',
-                requestKey: 'initial_focus'
+                requestKey: null
             });
 
             // Filter out templates client-side to ensure tasks with empty/null tags aren't excluded by DB
@@ -1062,7 +1065,7 @@ export const initStore = async () => {
         try {
             const templates = await pb.collection(TASGRID_COLLECTION).getFullList({
                 filter: `user = "${currentUserId}" && tags ~ "__template__"`,
-                requestKey: 'templates_load'
+                requestKey: null
             });
             const loadedTemplates = templates.map(r => {
                 let meta: any = {};
@@ -1090,6 +1093,8 @@ export const initStore = async () => {
             console.error("Failed to load data:", err);
             toast.error("Failed to sync with server.");
         }
+    } finally {
+        setStore("isInitializing", false);
     }
 };
 
@@ -2143,7 +2148,8 @@ export const loadShareRules = async () => {
     try {
         const currentUserId = pb.authStore.model?.id;
         const records = await pb.collection(SHARE_RULES_COLLECTION).getFullList({
-            filter: `ownerId = "${currentUserId}" || targetUserId = "${currentUserId}"`
+            filter: `ownerId = "${currentUserId}" || targetUserId = "${currentUserId}"`,
+            requestKey: null
         });
 
         const rules: ShareRule[] = records.map(r => ({