diff --git a/plugins/builtin/source/content/providers/disk_provider.cpp b/plugins/builtin/source/content/providers/disk_provider.cpp
index d7996635b..6002d5469 100644
--- a/plugins/builtin/source/content/providers/disk_provider.cpp
+++ b/plugins/builtin/source/content/providers/disk_provider.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 namespace hex::plugin::builtin::prv {
 
     DiskProvider::DiskProvider() : Provider() {
-        this->reloadDrives();
+
     }
 
     bool DiskProvider::isAvailable() const {
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ namespace hex::plugin::builtin::prv {
     void DiskProvider::drawLoadInterface() {
         #if defined(OS_WINDOWS)
 
+            if (this->m_availableDrives.empty())
+                this->reloadDrives();
+
             if (ImGui::BeginListBox("hex.builtin.provider.disk.selected_disk"_lang)) {
 
                 for (const auto &drive : this->m_availableDrives) {