diff --git a/members/member.pl b/members/member.pl
index 1f5bd5693a..400bdf6822 100755
--- a/members/member.pl
+++ b/members/member.pl
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ $template->param(
     searchfieldstype    => $searchfieldstype,
     PatronsPerPage      => C4::Context->preference("PatronsPerPage") || 20,
     circsearch          => $circsearch,
+    defer_loading       => 0,
 );
 
 output_html_with_http_headers $input, $cookie, $template->output;
diff --git a/members/members-home.pl b/members/members-home.pl
index ae0a7b1d57..7989620f33 100755
--- a/members/members-home.pl
+++ b/members/members-home.pl
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ $template->param(
     PatronAutoComplete => C4::Context->preference('PatronAutoComplete'),
     patron_lists => [ GetPatronLists() ],
     PatronsPerPage => C4::Context->preference("PatronsPerPage") || 20,
+    defer_loading => 1,
 );
 
 output_html_with_http_headers $query, $cookie, $template->output;