diff --git a/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/components/viewers/ThreeD/DatasetPicker.tsx b/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/components/viewers/ThreeD/DatasetPicker.tsx
index c7c83ac..1a30683 100644
--- a/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/components/viewers/ThreeD/DatasetPicker.tsx
+++ b/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/components/viewers/ThreeD/DatasetPicker.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const DatasetPicker: React.FC<DatasetPickerProps> = ({ datasets, selectedDataset
       onChange={(newValue) => onDatasetChange(newValue)}
       getOptionLabel={(option: Dataset) => option.name}
       renderOption={(props, option) => (
-        <li {...props}>
+        <li {...props} key={`3Dviewer_dataset_${option.name}`}>
           <CheckIcon />
           <Typography>{option.name}</Typography>
         </li>
diff --git a/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/components/viewers/ThreeD/STLViewer.tsx b/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/components/viewers/ThreeD/STLViewer.tsx
index 982365e..563bcee 100644
--- a/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/components/viewers/ThreeD/STLViewer.tsx
+++ b/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/components/viewers/ThreeD/STLViewer.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { Center } from "@react-three/drei";
-import { useLoader } from "@react-three/fiber";
-import type { FC } from "react";
-import type { BufferGeometry } from "three";
+import { type FC, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { STLLoader } from "three/examples/jsm/loaders/STLLoader";
+import { useGlobalContext } from "../../../contexts/GlobalContext.tsx";
+import { GlobalError } from "../../../models/Error.ts";
 import STLMesh from "./STLMesh.tsx";
 import type { Instance } from "./ThreeDViewer.tsx";
 
@@ -12,12 +12,48 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 const STLViewer: FC<Props> = ({ instances, isWireframe }) => {
-  // TODO: Check if useLoader caches or do we need to do it ourselves
-  // @ts-expect-error Argument type STLLoader is not assignable to parameter type LoaderProto<T>
-  const stlObjects = useLoader<STLLoader, BufferGeometry[]>(
-    STLLoader,
-    instances.map((i) => i.url),
-  );
+  const { handleErrors } = useGlobalContext();
+  const [stlObjects, setSTLObjects] = useState([]);
+
+  useMemo(() => {
+    const loader = new STLLoader();
+
+    const errorFiles = [];
+
+    // Load all STL files in parallel
+    const loadSTLFiles = async () => {
+      const loadPromises = instances.map(
+        (instance) =>
+          new Promise((resolve, _) => {
+            loader.load(
+              instance.url,
+              (geometry) => resolve(geometry.center()),
+              undefined,
+              (error) => {
+                console.error(`Error loading ${instance.url}:`, error);
+                errorFiles.push(instance);
+                resolve(null);
+              },
+            );
+          }),
+      );
+      // Wait for all promises to finish
+      const results = await Promise.allSettled(loadPromises);
+
+      // We filter now all the promises that didn't finish properly
+      // @ts-expect-error
+      const successfulModels = results.filter((result) => result.status === "fulfilled" && result.value).map((result) => result.value);
+
+      setSTLObjects(successfulModels);
+
+      // If there is some error, we display a message to inform the user
+      if (errorFiles.length > 0) {
+        handleErrors(new GlobalError(`Couldn't fetch 3D representation for ${errorFiles.map((e) => e.id)}`));
+      }
+    };
+
+    loadSTLFiles();
+  }, [instances]);
 
   return (
     <Center>
@@ -26,7 +62,6 @@ const STLViewer: FC<Props> = ({ instances, isWireframe }) => {
           <STLMesh
             key={instances[idx].id}
             id={instances[idx].id}
-            // @ts-expect-error Type 'ConditionalType<LoaderReturnType<T, L>, GLTFLike, LoaderReturnType<T, L> & ObjectMap, LoaderReturnType<T, L>>' is not assignable to type 'BufferGeometry<NormalBufferAttributes>'.
             stl={stl}
             opacity={instances[idx].opacity}
             color={instances[idx].color}
diff --git a/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/components/viewers/ThreeD/ThreeDViewer.tsx b/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/components/viewers/ThreeD/ThreeDViewer.tsx
index 7be5dfd..100e6b1 100644
--- a/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/components/viewers/ThreeD/ThreeDViewer.tsx
+++ b/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/components/viewers/ThreeD/ThreeDViewer.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Suspense, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import type * as THREE from "three";
 import { useSelectedWorkspace } from "../../../hooks/useSelectedWorkspace.ts";
 import { ViewerType, getNeuronUrlForDataset } from "../../../models/models.ts";
-import { type Dataset, OpenAPI } from "../../../rest";
+import type { Dataset } from "../../../rest";
 import {
   CAMERA_FAR,
   CAMERA_FOV,
@@ -61,12 +61,15 @@ function ThreeDViewer() {
       const viewerData = workspace.visibilities[neuronId]?.[ViewerType.ThreeD];
       const urls = getNeuronUrlForDataset(neuron, selectedDataset.id);
 
-      return urls.map((url, index) => ({
-        id: `${neuronId}-${index}`,
-        url: `${OpenAPI.BASE}/${url}`,
-        color: viewerData?.color || "#FFFFFF",
-        opacity: 1,
-      }));
+      return urls.map((url) => {
+        const neuronName = url.match(/([^/]+)(\.[^/]*)?$/)?.[1].replace(/(\.[^/]*)?$/, "");
+        return {
+          id: `${neuronName}`,
+          url,
+          color: viewerData?.color || "#FFFFFF",
+          opacity: 1,
+        };
+      });
     });
 
     setInstances(newInstances);
diff --git a/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/contexts/GlobalContext.tsx b/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/contexts/GlobalContext.tsx
index 524838b..7fc9417 100644
--- a/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/contexts/GlobalContext.tsx
+++ b/applications/visualizer/frontend/src/contexts/GlobalContext.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import ErrorAlert from "../components/ErrorAlert.tsx";
 import ErrorBoundary from "../components/ErrorBoundary.tsx";
 import { ViewMode } from "../models";
 import { Workspace } from "../models";
-import { GlobalError } from "../models/Error.ts";
 import { type Dataset, DatasetsService } from "../rest";
 import type { SerializedGlobalContext } from "./SerializedContext.tsx";
 
@@ -103,10 +102,10 @@ export const GlobalContextProvider: React.FC<GlobalContextProviderProps> = ({ ch
   };
 
   const handleErrors = (error: Error) => {
-    if (error instanceof GlobalError) {
-      setErrorMessage(error.message);
-      setOpenErrorAlert(true);
-    }
+    // if (error instanceof GlobalError) {
+    setErrorMessage(error.message);
+    setOpenErrorAlert(true);
+    // }
   };
 
   const serializeGlobalContext = () => {