diff --git a/AppImage/components/system-logs.tsx b/AppImage/components/system-logs.tsx
index ce3f308e..41621522 100644
--- a/AppImage/components/system-logs.tsx
+++ b/AppImage/components/system-logs.tsx
@@ -550,8 +550,33 @@ export function SystemLogs() {
 
   if (loading && logs.length === 0 && events.length === 0) {
     return (
-      <div className="flex items-center justify-center h-64">
-        <RefreshCw className="h-8 w-8 animate-spin text-muted-foreground" />
+      <div className="space-y-6">
+        <div className="grid grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4 gap-4 lg:gap-6">
+          {[...Array(4)].map((_, i) => (
+            <Card key={i} className="bg-card border-border animate-pulse">
+              <CardContent className="p-6">
+                <div className="h-4 bg-muted rounded w-1/2 mb-4"></div>
+                <div className="h-8 bg-muted rounded w-3/4 mb-2"></div>
+                <div className="h-3 bg-muted rounded w-2/3"></div>
+              </CardContent>
+            </Card>
+          ))}
+        </div>
+        <Card className="bg-card border-border animate-pulse">
+          <CardContent className="p-6">
+            <div className="h-6 bg-muted rounded w-1/3 mb-6"></div>
+            <div className="h-10 bg-muted rounded w-full mb-4"></div>
+            <div className="space-y-3">
+              {[...Array(8)].map((_, i) => (
+                <div key={i} className="flex gap-3">
+                  <div className="h-5 bg-muted rounded w-16"></div>
+                  <div className="h-5 bg-muted rounded w-24"></div>
+                  <div className="h-5 bg-muted rounded flex-1"></div>
+                </div>
+              ))}
+            </div>
+          </CardContent>
+        </Card>
       </div>
     )
   }
@@ -559,11 +584,13 @@ export function SystemLogs() {
   return (
     <div className="space-y-6">
       {loading && (logs.length > 0 || events.length > 0) && (
-        <div className="fixed inset-0 bg-background/80 backdrop-blur-sm z-50 flex items-center justify-center">
-          <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4 p-8 rounded-lg bg-card border border-border shadow-lg">
-            <RefreshCw className="h-12 w-12 animate-spin text-primary" />
-            <div className="text-lg font-medium text-foreground">Loading logs selected...</div>
-            <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">Please wait while we fetch the logs</div>
+        <div className="fixed inset-0 bg-background/60 backdrop-blur-sm z-50 flex items-center justify-center">
+          <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-3 p-6 rounded-xl bg-card border border-border shadow-xl">
+            <div className="relative">
+              <div className="h-10 w-10 rounded-full border-2 border-muted"></div>
+              <div className="absolute inset-0 h-10 w-10 rounded-full border-2 border-transparent border-t-primary animate-spin"></div>
+            </div>
+            <div className="text-sm font-medium text-foreground">Loading logs...</div>
           </div>
         </div>
       )}
diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/flask_server.py b/AppImage/scripts/flask_server.py
index abde8d9c..93bf0ece 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/flask_server.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/flask_server.py
@@ -5160,7 +5160,9 @@ def api_logs():
                 days = int(since_days)
                 # Cap at 90 days to prevent excessive queries
                 days = min(days, 90)
-                cmd = ['journalctl', '--since', f'{days} days ago', '-n', '10000', '--output', 'json', '--no-pager']
+                # No -n limit when using --since: the time range already bounds the query.
+                # A hard -n 10000 was masking differences between date ranges on busy servers.
+                cmd = ['journalctl', '--since', f'{days} days ago', '--output', 'json', '--no-pager']
             except ValueError:
                 cmd = ['journalctl', '-n', limit, '--output', 'json', '--no-pager']
         else:
@@ -5174,7 +5176,9 @@ def api_logs():
         # We filter after fetching since journalctl doesn't have a direct SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER flag
         service_filter = service
         
-        result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30)
+        # Longer timeout for date-range queries which may return many entries
+        query_timeout = 60 if since_days else 30
+        result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=query_timeout)
 
         if result.returncode == 0:
             logs = []
@@ -6720,6 +6724,40 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     cli = sys.modules['flask.cli']
     cli.show_server_banner = lambda *x: None
     
+    # ── Ensure journald stores info-level messages ──
+    # Proxmox defaults MaxLevelStore=warning which drops info/notice entries.
+    # This causes System Logs to show almost identical counts across date ranges
+    # (since most log activity is info-level and gets silently discarded).
+    # We create a drop-in to raise the level to info so logs are properly stored.
+    try:
+        journald_conf = "/etc/systemd/journald.conf"
+        dropin_dir = "/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d"
+        dropin_file = f"{dropin_dir}/proxmenux-loglevel.conf"
+        
+        if os.path.isfile(journald_conf) and not os.path.isfile(dropin_file):
+            # Read current MaxLevelStore
+            current_max = ""
+            with open(journald_conf, 'r') as f:
+                for line in f:
+                    line = line.strip()
+                    if line.startswith("MaxLevelStore="):
+                        current_max = line.split("=", 1)[1].strip().lower()
+            
+            restrictive_levels = {"emerg", "alert", "crit", "err", "warning"}
+            if current_max in restrictive_levels:
+                os.makedirs(dropin_dir, exist_ok=True)
+                with open(dropin_file, 'w') as f:
+                    f.write("# ProxMenux: Allow info-level messages for proper log display\n")
+                    f.write("# Proxmox default MaxLevelStore=warning drops most system logs\n")
+                    f.write("[Journal]\n")
+                    f.write("MaxLevelStore=info\n")
+                    f.write("MaxLevelSyslog=info\n")
+                subprocess.run(["systemctl", "restart", "systemd-journald"], 
+                             capture_output=True, timeout=10)
+                print("[ProxMenux] Fixed journald MaxLevelStore (was too restrictive for log display)")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"[ProxMenux] journald check skipped: {e}")
+    
     # Check for SSL configuration
     ssl_ctx = None
     try: