diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/Services/Interfaces/ISyncService.cs b/Oqtane.Client/Services/Interfaces/ISyncService.cs
index 65b5c226..12af4f2e 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Client/Services/Interfaces/ISyncService.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/Services/Interfaces/ISyncService.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ namespace Oqtane.Services
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="lastSyncDate"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        Task<Sync> GetSyncAsync(DateTime lastSyncDate);
+        Task<Sync> GetSyncEventsAsync(DateTime lastSyncDate);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/Services/SyncService.cs b/Oqtane.Client/Services/SyncService.cs
index 6f60d176..3885706c 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Client/Services/SyncService.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/Services/SyncService.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Oqtane.Services
         private string ApiUrl => CreateApiUrl("Sync");
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public async Task<Sync> GetSyncAsync(DateTime lastSyncDate)
+        public async Task<Sync> GetSyncEventsAsync(DateTime lastSyncDate)
         {
             return await GetJsonAsync<Sync>($"{ApiUrl}/{lastSyncDate.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmssfff")}");
         }
diff --git a/Oqtane.Client/UI/SiteRouter.razor b/Oqtane.Client/UI/SiteRouter.razor
index c2a61f64..8e3f4ecc 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Client/UI/SiteRouter.razor
+++ b/Oqtane.Client/UI/SiteRouter.razor
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         User user = null;
         var editmode = false;
         var refresh = false;
-        var lastsyncdate = DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(-1); // events in the past hour
+        var lastsyncdate = DateTime.MinValue;
         var runtime = (Shared.Runtime)Enum.Parse(typeof(Shared.Runtime), Runtime);
         _error = "";
 
@@ -177,27 +177,21 @@
         }
 
         // process any sync events
-        var sync = await SyncService.GetSyncAsync(lastsyncdate);
+        var sync = await SyncService.GetSyncEventsAsync(lastsyncdate);
         lastsyncdate = sync.SyncDate;
         if (sync.SyncEvents.Any())
         {
             // reload client application if server was restarted or site runtime/rendermode was modified
             if (PageState != null && site != null && sync.SyncEvents.Exists(item => item.Action == SyncEventActions.Reload && ((item.EntityName == EntityNames.Host && site.Runtime != "Server") || (item.EntityName == EntityNames.Site && item.EntityId == site.SiteId))))
             {
-                if (!querystring.ContainsKey("reloaded"))
-                {
-                    NavigationManager.NavigateTo(_absoluteUri + (!_absoluteUri.Contains("?") ? "?" : "&") + "reloaded", true);
-                    return;
-                }
+                NavigationManager.NavigateTo(_absoluteUri, true);
+                return;
             }
             // reload client application if current user auth information has changed 
             if (PageState != null && user != null && sync.SyncEvents.Exists(item => item.Action == SyncEventActions.Reload && item.EntityName == EntityNames.User && item.EntityId == user.UserId))
             {
-                if (!querystring.ContainsKey("reloaded"))
-                {
-                    NavigationManager.NavigateTo(_absoluteUri + (!_absoluteUri.Contains("?") ? "?" : "&") + "reloaded", true);
-                    return;
-                }
+                NavigationManager.NavigateTo(_absoluteUri, true);
+                return;
             }
             // when site information has changed the PageState needs to be refreshed
             if (sync.SyncEvents.Exists(item => item.EntityName == EntityNames.Site && item.EntityId == SiteState.Alias.SiteId))
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/SyncController.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/SyncController.cs
index 6c4a136d..2d54d4ff 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/SyncController.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Controllers/SyncController.cs
@@ -23,10 +23,16 @@ namespace Oqtane.Controllers
         [HttpGet("{lastSyncDate}")]
         public Sync Get(string lastSyncDate)
         {
+            DateTime currentdate = DateTime.UtcNow;
+            DateTime lastdate = DateTime.ParseExact(lastSyncDate, "yyyyMMddHHmmssfff", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            if (lastdate == DateTime.MinValue)
+            {
+                lastdate = currentdate;
+            }
             Sync sync = new Sync
             {
-                SyncDate = DateTime.UtcNow,
-                SyncEvents = _syncManager.GetSyncEvents(_alias.TenantId, DateTime.ParseExact(lastSyncDate, "yyyyMMddHHmmssfff", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
+                SyncDate = currentdate,
+                SyncEvents = _syncManager.GetSyncEvents(_alias.TenantId, lastdate)
             };
             return sync;
         }