diff --git a/main/ipc.js b/main/ipc.js
index 075c9ed1..bb4ed1b2 100644
--- a/main/ipc.js
+++ b/main/ipc.js
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ var powerSaveBlockID = 0
 
 function init () {
   ipcMain.on('ipcReady', function (e) {
-    console.timeEnd('init')
     app.ipcReady = true
     app.emit('ipcReady')
+    setTimeout(function () {
+      windows.main.show()
+      console.timeEnd('init')
+    }, 50)
   })
 
   ipcMain.on('showOpenTorrentFile', menu.showOpenTorrentFile)
diff --git a/main/windows.js b/main/windows.js
index 216b39e3..7d926c14 100644
--- a/main/windows.js
+++ b/main/windows.js
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ function createMainWindow () {
     menu.onToggleFullScreen()
   })
 
-  win.webContents.on('did-finish-load', function () {
-    win.show()
-  })
-
   win.on('blur', menu.onWindowHide)
   win.on('focus', menu.onWindowShow)
 
diff --git a/renderer/index.js b/renderer/index.js
index 8accb85e..a1e710d5 100644
--- a/renderer/index.js
+++ b/renderer/index.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function init () {
   window.setTimeout(function () {
     lazyLoadClient()
     lazyLoadCast()
-  }, 100)
+  }, 750)
 
   // The UI is built with virtual-dom, a minimalist library extracted from React
   // The concepts--one way data flow, a pure function that renders state to a
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ function init () {
   // Save state on exit
   window.addEventListener('beforeunload', saveState)
 
-  // Listen for messages from the main process
-  setupIpc()
-
   // OS integrations:
   // ...drag and drop a torrent or video file to play or seed
   dragDrop('body', (files) => dispatch('onOpen', files))
@@ -113,8 +110,12 @@ function init () {
     update()
   })
 
+  // Listen for messages from the main process
+  setupIpc()
+
   // Done! Ideally we want to get here <100ms after the user clicks the app
   playInterfaceSound('STARTUP')
+
   console.timeEnd('init')
 }