diff --git a/mods/silo b/mods/silo
index 972dc07157..d7c6066030 160000
--- a/mods/silo
+++ b/mods/silo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 972dc07157f8de9820ae6ca1348c640088d30c60
+Subproject commit d7c606603013debf83545a7ea3ace262daa5ad1c
diff --git a/src/Mod/Create/InitGui.py b/src/Mod/Create/InitGui.py
index bdf0eed086..7bccb18848 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Create/InitGui.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Create/InitGui.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def _setup_silo_auth_panel():
 
 
 def _setup_silo_activity_panel():
-    """Show a dock widget with recent Silo database activity."""
+    """Show a dock widget with live Silo database activity."""
     try:
         from PySide import QtCore, QtWidgets
 
@@ -121,27 +121,12 @@ def _setup_silo_activity_panel():
 
         widget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
         layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(widget)
+        layout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
 
         activity_list = QtWidgets.QListWidget()
+        activity_list.addItem("(Waiting for connection...)")
         layout.addWidget(activity_list)
 
-        try:
-            import silo_commands
-
-            items = silo_commands._client.list_items()
-            if isinstance(items, list):
-                for item in items[:20]:
-                    pn = item.get("part_number", "")
-                    desc = item.get("description", "")
-                    updated = item.get("updated_at", "")
-                    if updated:
-                        updated = updated[:10]
-                    activity_list.addItem(f"{pn} - {desc} - {updated}")
-            if activity_list.count() == 0:
-                activity_list.addItem("(No items in database)")
-        except Exception:
-            activity_list.addItem("(Unable to connect to Silo database)")
-
         panel.setWidget(widget)
         mw.addDockWidget(QtCore.Qt.RightDockWidgetArea, panel)
     except Exception as e: