diff --git a/src/global/AppServices.tsx b/src/global/AppServices.tsx
index b7518af..d035ed8 100644
--- a/src/global/AppServices.tsx
+++ b/src/global/AppServices.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import { SyncWallets } from "@comp/wallets/SyncWallets";
 import { ForcedAuth } from "./ForcedAuth";
 import { WebsocketService } from "./ws/WebsocketService";
-import { SyncWork } from "./ws/SyncWork";
 import { SyncMOTD } from "./ws/SyncMOTD";
 import { AppHotkeys } from "./AppHotkeys";
 import { StorageBroadcast } from "./StorageBroadcast";
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@
 export function AppServices(): JSX.Element {
   return <>
     <SyncWallets />
-    <SyncWork />
     <SyncMOTD />
     <ForcedAuth />
     <WebsocketService />
diff --git a/src/global/ws/SyncDetailedWork.tsx b/src/global/ws/SyncDetailedWork.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fb966a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/global/ws/SyncDetailedWork.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Drew Lemmy
+// This file is part of KristWeb 2 under GPL-3.0.
+// Full details: https://github.com/tmpim/KristWeb2/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+
+import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
+import { RootState } from "@store";
+import * as nodeActions from "@actions/NodeActions";
+
+import { store } from "@app";
+
+import * as api from "@api";
+import { KristWorkDetailed } from "@api/types";
+
+import Debug from "debug";
+const debug = Debug("kristweb:sync-work");
+
+export async function updateDetailedWork(): Promise<void> {
+  debug("updating detailed work");
+  const data = await api.get<KristWorkDetailed>("work/detailed");
+
+  debug("work: %d", data.work);
+  store.dispatch(nodeActions.setDetailedWork(data));
+}
+
+/** Sync the detailed work with the Krist node on startup. */
+export function SyncDetailedWork(): JSX.Element | null {
+  const { lastBlockID } = useSelector((s: RootState) => s.node);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // TODO: show errors to the user?
+    updateDetailedWork().catch(console.error);
+  }, [lastBlockID]);
+
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/src/global/ws/SyncWork.tsx b/src/global/ws/SyncWork.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index d56649f..0000000
--- a/src/global/ws/SyncWork.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Drew Lemmy
-// This file is part of KristWeb 2 under GPL-3.0.
-// Full details: https://github.com/tmpim/KristWeb2/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
-import { useEffect } from "react";
-
-import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
-import { RootState } from "@store";
-import * as nodeActions from "@actions/NodeActions";
-
-import { store } from "@app";
-
-import * as api from "@api";
-import { KristWorkDetailed } from "@api/types";
-
-import Debug from "debug";
-const debug = Debug("kristweb:sync-work");
-
-export async function updateDetailedWork(): Promise<void> {
-  debug("updating detailed work");
-  const data = await api.get<KristWorkDetailed>("work/detailed");
-
-  debug("work: %d", data.work);
-  store.dispatch(nodeActions.setDetailedWork(data));
-}
-
-/** Sync the work with the Krist node on startup. */
-export function SyncWork(): JSX.Element | null {
-  const { lastBlockID } = useSelector((s: RootState) => s.node);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // TODO: show errors to the user?
-    updateDetailedWork().catch(console.error);
-  }, [lastBlockID]);
-
-  return null;
-}
diff --git a/src/pages/dashboard/DashboardPage.tsx b/src/pages/dashboard/DashboardPage.tsx
index 3ea2f14..4dbcde2 100644
--- a/src/pages/dashboard/DashboardPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/dashboard/DashboardPage.tsx
@@ -15,10 +15,18 @@
 import { MOTDCard } from "./MOTDCard";
 import { WhatsNewCard } from "./WhatsNewCard";
 
+import { SyncDetailedWork } from "@global/ws/SyncDetailedWork";
+
 import "./DashboardPage.less";
 
 export function DashboardPage(): JSX.Element {
   return <PageLayout siteTitleKey="dashboard.siteTitle" className="dashboard-page">
+    {/* This was moved away from AppServices to here, as the detailed work
+      * data was only used for this page (at least right now). This was, the
+      * work will only be fetched when a block is mined while the Dashboard
+      * page is actually open and active. */}
+    <SyncDetailedWork />
+
     <InDevBanner />
 
     <Row gutter={16} className="dashboard-main-row">