diff --git a/app/helpers/time_helper.rb b/app/helpers/time_helper.rb
index 50295789b..99ece604c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/time_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/time_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module TimeHelper
   def local_datetime_tag(datetime, style: :time, **attributes)
-    tag.time **attributes, datetime: datetime.iso8601, data: { local_time_target: style, action: "turbo:morph-element->local-time#refreshTarget" }
+    # Render empty space to ensure it takes height until the local time is loaded via JS
+    tag.time " ".html_safe, **attributes, datetime: datetime.iso8601, data: { local_time_target: style, action: "turbo:morph-element->local-time#refreshTarget" }
   end
 end