diff --git a/src/components/RevealManager.tsx b/src/components/RevealManager.tsx
index 06170f4..983bc90 100644
--- a/src/components/RevealManager.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RevealManager.tsx
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ export const RevealManager: Component = () => {
     if (dom) cleanupInjections(dom);
   });
 
-  // ---- GM hover listeners ----
+  // ---- GM hover listeners (only when connected as GM) ----
   createEffect(() => {
     const dom = contentDom();
     const state = journalStreamState;
-    if (!dom || state.myRole !== "gm") return;
+    if (!dom || state.myRole !== "gm" || !state.connected) return;
 
     const normalized = normalizePath(location.pathname);
     const data = comp.data;
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ export const RevealManager: Component = () => {
         const combinedSlug = colSlug
           ? pageSparkSlugs.find((s) => s.endsWith(`-${colSlug}`))
           : undefined;
-        console.log(data.sparkTables, normalized, pageSparkSlugs, colSlug);
         if (combinedSlug) {
           show({
             rect: sparkTable.getBoundingClientRect(),