diff --git a/web/containers/ServerLogs/index.tsx b/web/containers/ServerLogs/index.tsx
index c97643769..a980fefff 100644
--- a/web/containers/ServerLogs/index.tsx
+++ b/web/containers/ServerLogs/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 
 import React from 'react'
 
@@ -23,15 +23,34 @@ const ServerLogs = (props: ServerLogsProps) => {
 
   const clipboard = useClipboard({ timeout: 1000 })
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    getLogs('server').then((log) => {
-      if (typeof log?.split === 'function') {
-        setLogs(log.split(/\r?\n|\r|\n/g))
-      }
-    })
-
+  const updateLogs = useCallback(
+    () =>
+      getLogs('server').then((log) => {
+        if (typeof log?.split === 'function') {
+          setLogs(log.split(/\r?\n|\r|\n/g))
+        }
+      }),
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [logs, serverEnabled])
+    []
+  )
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (serverEnabled) {
+      updateLogs()
+    }
+  }, [serverEnabled, updateLogs])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    updateLogs()
+
+    // Log polling interval
+    const intervalId = setInterval(() => {
+      updateLogs()
+    }, window.core?.api?.pollingInterval ?? 1000)
+
+    // clean up interval
+    return () => clearInterval(intervalId)
+  }, [updateLogs])
 
   return (
     <>
diff --git a/web/hooks/useCreateNewThread.ts b/web/hooks/useCreateNewThread.ts
index 6f64c4070..14f76306f 100644
--- a/web/hooks/useCreateNewThread.ts
+++ b/web/hooks/useCreateNewThread.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import useSetActiveThread from './useSetActiveThread'
 
 import { extensionManager } from '@/extension'
 
-import { getCurrentChatMessagesAtom } from '@/helpers/atoms/ChatMessage.atom'
 import {
   threadsAtom,
   threadStatesAtom,
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ export const useCreateNewThread = () => {
   const setFileUpload = useSetAtom(fileUploadAtom)
   const setSelectedModel = useSetAtom(selectedModelAtom)
   const setThreadModelParams = useSetAtom(setThreadModelParamsAtom)
-  const messages = useAtomValue(getCurrentChatMessagesAtom)
   const { experimentalFeature } = useContext(FeatureToggleContext)
 
   const { recommendedModel, downloadedModels } = useRecommendedModel()
@@ -71,9 +69,9 @@ export const useCreateNewThread = () => {
     const defaultModel = model ?? recommendedModel ?? downloadedModels[0]
 
     // check last thread message, if there empty last message use can not create thread
-    const lastMessage = threads[threads.length - 1]?.metadata?.lastMessage
+    const lastMessage = threads[0]?.metadata?.lastMessage
 
-    if (!lastMessage && threads.length && !messages.length) {
+    if (!lastMessage && threads.length) {
       return null
     }
 
diff --git a/web/hooks/useLogs.tsx b/web/hooks/useLogs.tsx
index 7c504428f..fc591405f 100644
--- a/web/hooks/useLogs.tsx
+++ b/web/hooks/useLogs.tsx
@@ -7,12 +7,9 @@ import {
 
 export const useLogs = () => {
   const getLogs = async (file: string) => {
-    if (!(await fs.existsSync(await joinPath(['file://logs', `${file}.log`]))))
-      return {}
-    const logs = await fs.readFileSync(
-      await joinPath(['file://logs', `${file}.log`]),
-      'utf-8'
-    )
+    const path = await joinPath(['file://logs', `${file}.log`])
+    if (!(await fs.existsSync(path))) return {}
+    const logs = await fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf-8')
 
     return logs
   }
diff --git a/web/services/restService.ts b/web/services/restService.ts
index 5841d8894..7a8cb6351 100644
--- a/web/services/restService.ts
+++ b/web/services/restService.ts
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ export const restAPI = {
   openExternalUrl,
   // Jan Server URL
   baseApiUrl: API_BASE_URL,
+  pollingInterval: 5000,
 }