diff --git a/app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb b/app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb
index 123a269b..f4d08ac6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ class ConferencesController < ApplicationController
     end
     if splashpage.include_happening_now
       @event_list = get_happening_now_events_schedules(@conference)
-      @pagy, @events_schedules = pagy_array(@event_list, items: 3)
+      @event_limit = 3
+      @pagy, @events_schedules = pagy_array(@event_list, items: @event_limit)
       @happening_now_url = happening_now_conference_schedule_path(conference_id: @conference.short_title, format: :json)
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/helpers/conference_helper.rb b/app/helpers/conference_helper.rb
index ad9971a3..255cf2fa 100644
--- a/app/helpers/conference_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/conference_helper.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ module ConferenceHelper
   def get_happening_now_events_schedules(conference)
     events_schedules = conference.program.selected_event_schedules(
       includes: [:room, { event: %i[track event_type speakers submitter] }]
-    ).select(&:happening_now?)
+    )#.select(&:happening_now?)
     events_schedules ||= []
     events_schedules
   end
diff --git a/app/views/conferences/show.html.haml b/app/views/conferences/show.html.haml
index 7c6dbab3..cf4ae80d 100644
--- a/app/views/conferences/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/conferences/show.html.haml
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@
                   %h2.text-center{:style => "margin-bottom:30px"} Happening Now 
                 - for event_schedule in @events_schedules
                   = render 'schedules/event', conference: @conference, event_schedule: event_schedule, event: event_schedule.event
-                - if @events_schedules.length > 3
-                  .container{:style => "margin:auto; width:50%"}
-                    != pagy_nav(@pagy) 
+                .container{:style => "margin:auto; width:50%"}
+                  != pagy_nav(@pagy) 
               - else
                 .row
                   %h3.text-center There are no events happening now.