diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/lib/volume/VolumesList.spec.ts b/packages/renderer/src/lib/volume/VolumesList.spec.ts
index 9ad739db33cd2..57b5d5458f771 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/lib/volume/VolumesList.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/lib/volume/VolumesList.spec.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import VolumesList from './VolumesList.svelte';
 import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 import { providerInfos } from '/@/stores/providers';
-import { fetchVolumes, resetInitializationVolumes, volumeListInfos } from '/@/stores/volumes';
+import { volumeListInfos, volumesEventStore } from '/@/stores/volumes';
 
 const listVolumesMock = vi.fn();
 const getProviderInfosMock = vi.fn();
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ beforeAll(() => {
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   vi.resetAllMocks();
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
   onDidUpdateProviderStatusMock.mockImplementation(() => Promise.resolve());
   getProviderInfosMock.mockResolvedValue([]);
 });
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ async function waitRender(customProperties: object): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
-test('Expect fetching in progress being displayed', async () => {
+test('Expect No Container Engine being displayed', async () => {
   listVolumesMock.mockResolvedValue([]);
   getProviderInfosMock.mockResolvedValue([
     {
@@ -83,9 +84,7 @@ test('Expect fetching in progress being displayed', async () => {
   expect(noEngine).toBeInTheDocument();
 });
 
-test('Expect no container engines being displayed', async () => {
-  resetInitializationVolumes();
-  listVolumesMock.mockResolvedValue([]);
+test('Expect volumes being displayed once extensions are started (without size data)', async () => {
   getProviderInfosMock.mockResolvedValue([
     {
       name: 'podman',
@@ -99,21 +98,57 @@ test('Expect no container engines being displayed', async () => {
       ],
     },
   ]);
+
+  listVolumesMock.mockResolvedValue([
+    {
+      Volumes: [
+        {
+          Driver: 'local',
+          Labels: {},
+          Mountpoint: '/var/lib/containers/storage/volumes/fedora/_data',
+          Name: '0052074a2ade930338c00aea982a90e4243e6cf58ba920eb411c388630b8c967',
+          Options: {},
+          Scope: 'local',
+          engineName: 'Podman',
+          engineId: 'podman.Podman Machine',
+          UsageData: { RefCount: 1, Size: -1 },
+          containersUsage: [],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ]);
+
   window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('extensions-already-started'));
   window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('provider-lifecycle-change'));
 
+  // ask to fetch the volumes
+  const volumesEventStoreInfo = volumesEventStore.setup();
+
+  await volumesEventStoreInfo.fetch();
+
+  // first call is with listing without details
+  expect(listVolumesMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, false);
+
   // wait store are populated
+  while (get(volumeListInfos).length === 0) {
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
+  }
   while (get(providerInfos).length === 0) {
     await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
   }
 
   await waitRender({});
 
-  const noEngine = screen.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Fetching volumes...' });
-  expect(noEngine).toBeInTheDocument();
+  const volumeName = screen.getByRole('cell', { name: '0052074a2ade' });
+  // expect size to be N/A
+  const volumeSize = screen.getByRole('cell', { name: 'N/A' });
+  expect(volumeName).toBeInTheDocument();
+  expect(volumeSize).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+  expect(volumeName.compareDocumentPosition(volumeSize)).toBe(4);
 });
 
-test('Expect volumes being displayed once extensions are started', async () => {
+test('Expect volumes being displayed once extensions are started (with size data)', async () => {
   getProviderInfosMock.mockResolvedValue([
     {
       name: 'podman',
@@ -151,7 +186,12 @@ test('Expect volumes being displayed once extensions are started', async () => {
   window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('provider-lifecycle-change'));
 
   // ask to fetch the volumes
-  await fetchVolumes();
+  const volumesEventStoreInfo = volumesEventStore.setup();
+
+  await volumesEventStoreInfo.fetch('fetchUsage');
+
+  // first call is with listing with details
+  expect(listVolumesMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, true);
 
   // wait store are populated
   while (get(volumeListInfos).length === 0) {
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/lib/volume/VolumesList.svelte b/packages/renderer/src/lib/volume/VolumesList.svelte
index 76852f27dc59e..f60e9ee6d2a7f 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/lib/volume/VolumesList.svelte
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/lib/volume/VolumesList.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { onDestroy, onMount } from 'svelte';
 import { router } from 'tinro';
 import type { Unsubscriber } from 'svelte/store';
 import type { VolumeInfoUI } from './VolumeInfoUI';
-import { fetchVolumes, filtered, searchPattern, volumeListInfos, volumesInitialized } from '../../stores/volumes';
+import { fetchVolumesWithData, filtered, searchPattern, volumeListInfos } from '../../stores/volumes';
 import { providerInfos } from '../../stores/providers';
 import NavPage from '../ui/NavPage.svelte';
 import { VolumeUtils } from './volume-utils';
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ import StatusIcon from '../images/StatusIcon.svelte';
 import Prune from '../engine/Prune.svelte';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import type { EngineInfoUI } from '../engine/EngineInfoUI';
-import EmptyScreen from '../ui/EmptyScreen.svelte';
 import Checkbox from '../ui/Checkbox.svelte';
 import Button from '../ui/Button.svelte';
-import { faTrash } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
+import { faPieChart, faTrash } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 
 let searchTerm = '';
 $: searchPattern.set(searchTerm);
@@ -41,24 +40,8 @@ $: selectedAllCheckboxes = volumes.filter(volume => !volume.inUse).every(volume
 
 const volumeUtils = new VolumeUtils();
 
-let fetchingInProgress = false;
-
 let volumesUnsubscribe: Unsubscriber;
 onMount(async () => {
-  if (!volumesInitialized) {
-    fetchingInProgress = true;
-    try {
-      await fetchVolumes();
-    } finally {
-      fetchingInProgress = false;
-    }
-  } else {
-    // fetch in background
-    fetchVolumes().catch((error: unknown) => {
-      console.error('unable to fetch the volumes', error);
-    });
-  }
-
   volumesUnsubscribe = filtered.subscribe(value => {
     const computedVolumes = value
       .map(volumeListInfo => volumeListInfo.Volumes)
@@ -187,12 +170,28 @@ function computeInterval(): number {
   // every day
   return 60 * 60 * 24 * SECOND;
 }
+
+let fetchDataInProgress = false;
+async function fetchUsageData() {
+  fetchDataInProgress = true;
+  try {
+    await fetchVolumesWithData();
+  } finally {
+    fetchDataInProgress = false;
+  }
+}
 </script>
 
 <NavPage bind:searchTerm="{searchTerm}" title="volumes">
   <div slot="additional-actions" class="space-x-2 flex flex-nowrap">
     {#if $volumeListInfos.map(volumeInfo => volumeInfo.Volumes).flat().length > 0}
       <Prune type="volumes" engines="{enginesList}" />
+
+      <Button
+        inProgress="{fetchDataInProgress}"
+        on:click="{() => fetchUsageData()}"
+        title="Collect usage data for volumes. It can take a while..."
+        icon="{faPieChart}">Collect usage data</Button>
     {/if}
   </div>
 
@@ -281,11 +280,6 @@ function computeInterval(): number {
 
     {#if providerConnections.length === 0}
       <NoContainerEngineEmptyScreen />
-    {:else if fetchingInProgress}
-      <EmptyScreen
-        icon="{VolumeIcon}"
-        title="Fetching volumes..."
-        message="Grabbing volumes from your container engine(s)." />
     {:else if $filtered.map(volumeInfo => volumeInfo.Volumes).flat().length === 0}
       <VolumeEmptyScreen />
     {/if}
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/lib/volume/volume-utils.ts b/packages/renderer/src/lib/volume/volume-utils.ts
index e1872113b01cb..8804b25264655 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/lib/volume/volume-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/lib/volume/volume-utils.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ export class VolumeUtils {
   }
 
   getSize(volumeInfo: VolumeInfo): string {
+    // handle missing case
+    if (volumeInfo.UsageData?.Size === -1) {
+      return 'N/A';
+    }
     if (volumeInfo.UsageData?.Size) {
       return `${filesize(volumeInfo.UsageData?.Size, { roundingMethod: 'round' })}`;
     }
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/stores/volumes.spec.ts b/packages/renderer/src/stores/volumes.spec.ts
index ba940929e7f12..2cc038b9d5ca9 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/stores/volumes.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/stores/volumes.spec.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 import type { Mock } from 'vitest';
 import { expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import type { VolumeInspectInfo } from '../../../main/src/plugin/api/volume-info';
-import { fetchVolumes, volumeListInfos, volumesEventStore } from './volumes';
+import { fetchVolumesWithData, volumeListInfos, volumesEventStore } from './volumes';
 
 // first, path window object
 const callbacks = new Map<string, any>();
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ test('volumes should be updated in case of a container is removed', async () =>
   await callback();
 
   // now ready to fetch volumes
-  await fetchVolumes();
+  await fetchVolumesWithData();
 
   // now get list
   const volumes = get(volumeListInfos);
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/stores/volumes.ts b/packages/renderer/src/stores/volumes.ts
index 6f63120efbfc4..2065b0cdee46c 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/stores/volumes.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/stores/volumes.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ export async function checkForUpdate(eventName: string): Promise<boolean> {
 export const volumeListInfos: Writable<VolumeListInfo[]> = writable([]);
 
 // use helper here as window methods are initialized after the store in tests
-const listVolumes = (): Promise<VolumeListInfo[]> => {
-  return window.listVolumes();
+const listVolumes = (...args: unknown[]): Promise<VolumeListInfo[]> => {
+  const fetchUsage = args?.length > 0 && args[0] === 'fetchUsage';
+
+  return window.listVolumes(fetchUsage);
 };
 
 export const volumesEventStore = new EventStore<VolumeListInfo[]>(
@@ -84,13 +86,6 @@ export const filtered = derived([searchPattern, volumeListInfos], ([$searchPatte
   });
 });
 
-export let volumesInitialized = false;
-
-export const fetchVolumes = async () => {
-  await volumesEventStoreInfo.fetch();
-  volumesInitialized = true;
-};
-
-export const resetInitializationVolumes = () => {
-  volumesInitialized = false;
+export const fetchVolumesWithData = async () => {
+  await volumesEventStoreInfo.fetch('fetchUsage');
 };