diff --git a/ui/src/components/executions/ExecutionRoot.vue b/ui/src/components/executions/ExecutionRoot.vue
index 768c50d8b13..adb8b144b55 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/executions/ExecutionRoot.vue
+++ b/ui/src/components/executions/ExecutionRoot.vue
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@
                             if (isEnd) {
                                 this.closeSSE();
                             }
-                            this.throttledExecutionUpdate(executionEvent);
+                            // we are receiving a first "fake" event to force initializing the connection: ignoring it
+                            if (executionEvent.lastEventId !== "start") {
+                                this.throttledExecutionUpdate(executionEvent);
+                            }
                             if (isEnd) {
                                 this.throttledExecutionUpdate.flush();
                             }
diff --git a/ui/src/components/executions/Topology.vue b/ui/src/components/executions/Topology.vue
index abdf4a5e5d7..8cf21eb99b7 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/executions/Topology.vue
+++ b/ui/src/components/executions/Topology.vue
@@ -223,7 +223,10 @@
                             if (isEnd) {
                                 this.closeExecutionSSE();
                             }
-                            this.throttledExecutionUpdate(subflow, executionEvent);
+                            // we are receiving a first "fake" event to force initializing the connection: ignoring it
+                            if (executionEvent.lastEventId !== "start") {
+                                this.throttledExecutionUpdate(subflow, executionEvent);
+                            }
                             if (isEnd) {
                                 this.throttledExecutionUpdate.flush();
                             }
diff --git a/ui/src/components/logs/TaskRunDetails.vue b/ui/src/components/logs/TaskRunDetails.vue
index 1823a9f746c..f5e460c8bda 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/logs/TaskRunDetails.vue
+++ b/ui/src/components/logs/TaskRunDetails.vue
@@ -360,7 +360,10 @@
                             if (isEnd) {
                                 this.closeExecutionSSE();
                             }
-                            this.throttledExecutionUpdate(executionEvent);
+                            // we are receiving a first "fake" event to force initializing the connection: ignoring it
+                            if (executionEvent.lastEventId !== "start") {
+                                this.throttledExecutionUpdate(executionEvent);
+                            }
                             if (isEnd) {
                                 this.throttledExecutionUpdate.flush();
                             }
diff --git a/webserver/src/main/java/io/kestra/webserver/controllers/api/ExecutionController.java b/webserver/src/main/java/io/kestra/webserver/controllers/api/ExecutionController.java
index 31b7944d0a2..536df776155 100644
--- a/webserver/src/main/java/io/kestra/webserver/controllers/api/ExecutionController.java
+++ b/webserver/src/main/java/io/kestra/webserver/controllers/api/ExecutionController.java
@@ -1199,8 +1199,11 @@ public Flux<Event<Execution>> follow(
 
         return Flux
             .<Event<Execution>>create(emitter -> {
+                // send a first "empty" event so the SSE is correctly initialized in the frontend in case there are no logs
+                emitter.next(Event.of(Execution.builder().id(executionId).build()).id("start"));
+
                 // already finished execution
-                Execution execution = null;
+                Execution execution;
                 try {
                     execution = Await.until(
                         () -> executionRepository.findById(tenantService.resolveTenant(), executionId).orElse(null),