diff --git a/src/node/main.c b/src/node/main.c
index 0c66865..2676978 100644
--- a/src/node/main.c
+++ b/src/node/main.c
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ struct Display_Slot {
 
 	/* No-signal animation */
 	int              no_signal_fps;   /* 0 → default 15 */
+	double           last_frame_t;    /* wall time of last successfully displayed frame */
 	double           last_no_signal_t;
 
 	/* Viewer — created and used only on the main thread                   */
@@ -521,21 +522,25 @@ static void display_loop_tick(struct Node *node)
 		}
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&d->mutex);
 
+		struct timespec _ts;
+		clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &_ts);
+		double now = (double)_ts.tv_sec + (double)_ts.tv_nsec * 1e-9;
+
 		if (fdata) {
 			struct Proto_Video_Frame vf;
 			if (APP_IS_OK(proto_read_video_frame(fdata, flen, &vf))) {
 				xorg_viewer_push_mjpeg(d->viewer, vf.data, vf.data_len);
+				d->last_frame_t = now;
 			}
 			free(fdata);
-		} else {
-			/* No live frame — render no-signal animation at configured fps */
-			struct timespec ts;
-			clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
-			double now      = (double)ts.tv_sec + (double)ts.tv_nsec * 1e-9;
+		}
+
+		/* Render no-signal only when stream has been silent for ≥1 s */
+		if (now - d->last_frame_t >= 1.0) {
 			double interval = 1.0 / (double)(d->no_signal_fps > 0 ? d->no_signal_fps : 15);
 			if (now - d->last_no_signal_t >= interval) {
-				/* Wrap to [0, 1000) to preserve float32 fractional precision in shader */
-			xorg_viewer_render_no_signal(d->viewer, (float)fmod(now, 1000.0), 80.0f);
+				/* Wrap to [0, 1000) to preserve float32 fractional precision */
+				xorg_viewer_render_no_signal(d->viewer, (float)fmod(now, 1000.0), 80.0f);
 				d->last_no_signal_t = now;
 			}
 		}