diff --git a/assets/controllers/comments_mercure_controller.js b/assets/controllers/comments_mercure_controller.js
index cb03561..18cc276 100644
--- a/assets/controllers/comments_mercure_controller.js
+++ b/assets/controllers/comments_mercure_controller.js
@@ -8,13 +8,9 @@ export default class extends Controller {
   async connect() {
     // this.element IS the Live root now
     this.component = await getComponent(this.element);
-
-    // Optional: hook for spinner polish
-    this.component.on('render:started', () => this._showLoading());
-    this.component.on('render:finished', () => this._hideLoading());
+    console.log("[comments_mercure] connected to Live Component:", this.component);
 
     // Initial render from cache so UI isn’t empty
-    this._showLoading();
     await this.component.render();
 
     // Subscribe to Mercure and re-render on each ping
@@ -26,8 +22,8 @@ export default class extends Controller {
 
     this.es = new EventSource(url.toString());
     this.es.onmessage = async (msg) => {
-      this._showLoading();
       this.component.set('payloadJson', msg.data);
+      this.component.action('loadComments', { arg1: msg.data });
       await this.component.render();
     };
   }
@@ -35,13 +31,4 @@ export default class extends Controller {
   disconnect() {
     try { this.es?.close(); } catch {}
   }
-
-  _showLoading() {
-    if (this.hasLoadingTarget) this.loadingTarget.style.display = '';
-    if (this.hasListTarget)    this.listTarget.style.opacity = '0.6';
-  }
-  _hideLoading() {
-    if (this.hasLoadingTarget) this.loadingTarget.style.display = 'none';
-    if (this.hasListTarget)    this.listTarget.style.opacity = '';
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/Twig/Components/Organisms/Comments.php b/src/Twig/Components/Organisms/Comments.php
index a83eddd..43f2498 100644
--- a/src/Twig/Components/Organisms/Comments.php
+++ b/src/Twig/Components/Organisms/Comments.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use Symfony\Component\Messenger\Exception\ExceptionInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Messenger\MessageBusInterface;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\AsLiveComponent;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\LiveAction;
-use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\LiveArg;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\LiveProp;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\DefaultActionTrait;
 
@@ -57,18 +56,10 @@ final class Comments
         }
     }
 
-    /** Expose a view model to the template; keeps all parsing server-side */
-    public function getPayload(): array
+    #[LiveAction]
+    public function loadComments($payload): array
     {
-        $data = !empty($this->payloadJson)
-            ? (json_decode($this->payloadJson, true) ?: [])
-            : $this->redisCacheService->getCommentsPayload($this->current) ?? [
-                'comments'      => [],
-                'profiles'      => [],
-                'zappers'       => [],
-                'zapAmounts'    => [],
-                'commentLinks'  => [],
-            ];
+        $data = json_decode($payload);
 
         // If your handler doesn’t compute zaps/links yet, reuse your helpers here:
         $this->list            = $data['comments'];