diff --git a/packages/core/src/controllers/ModalController.ts b/packages/core/src/controllers/ModalController.ts
index c89fb00dec..6cb02f7c77 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/controllers/ModalController.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/controllers/ModalController.ts
@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@ export const ModalController = {
 
   setLoading(loading: ModalControllerState['loading']) {
     state.loading = loading
+    PublicStateController.set({ loading })
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/controllers/PublicStateController.ts b/packages/core/src/controllers/PublicStateController.ts
index f4b91511a2..03f83ed2da 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/controllers/PublicStateController.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/controllers/PublicStateController.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ import type { CaipNetworkId } from '../utils/TypeUtil.js'
 
 // -- Types --------------------------------------------- //
 export interface PublicStateControllerState {
+  loading: boolean
   open: boolean
   selectedNetworkId?: CaipNetworkId
 }
 
 // -- State --------------------------------------------- //
 const state = proxy<PublicStateControllerState>({
+  loading: false,
   open: false,
   selectedNetworkId: undefined
 })
diff --git a/packages/scaffold/src/client.ts b/packages/scaffold/src/client.ts
index 0ad3824941..1139c9f59a 100644
--- a/packages/scaffold/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/scaffold/src/client.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export class Web3ModalScaffold {
   }
 
   public getState() {
-    return { ...PublicStateController.state }
+    return PublicStateController.state
   }
 
   public subscribeState(callback: (newState: PublicStateControllerState) => void) {