diff --git a/bin/package.js b/bin/package.js
index 3dede2f1..09a2dcea 100755
--- a/bin/package.js
+++ b/bin/package.js
@@ -327,11 +327,11 @@ function buildDarwin (cb) {
       }
 
       var dmg = appDmg(dmgOpts)
-      dmg.on('error', cb)
+      dmg.once('error', cb)
       dmg.on('progress', function (info) {
         if (info.type === 'step-begin') console.log(info.title + '...')
       })
-      dmg.on('finish', function (info) {
+      dmg.once('finish', function (info) {
         console.log('OS X: Created dmg.')
         cb(null)
       })
diff --git a/main/index.js b/main/index.js
index 2d2c8b93..1d120f86 100644
--- a/main/index.js
+++ b/main/index.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function init () {
 
   ipc.init()
 
-  app.on('will-finish-launching', function () {
+  app.once('will-finish-launching', function () {
     crashReporter.init()
   })
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function init () {
     setTimeout(delayedInit, config.DELAYED_INIT)
   })
 
-  app.on('ipcReady', function () {
+  app.once('ipcReady', function () {
     log('Command line args:', argv)
     processArgv(argv)
     console.timeEnd('init')
@@ -103,13 +103,12 @@ function onOpen (e, torrentId) {
   e.preventDefault()
 
   if (app.ipcReady) {
-    windows.main.dispatch('onOpen', torrentId)
     // Magnet links opened from Chrome won't focus the app without a setTimeout.
     // The confirmation dialog Chrome shows causes Chrome to steal back the focus.
     // Electron issue: https://github.com/atom/electron/issues/4338
-    setTimeout(function () {
-      windows.main.show()
-    }, 100)
+    setTimeout(() => windows.main.show(), 100)
+
+    processArgv([ torrentId ])
   } else {
     argv.push(torrentId)
   }
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@ function onOpen (e, torrentId) {
 
 function onAppOpen (newArgv) {
   newArgv = sliceArgv(newArgv)
-  console.log(newArgv)
 
   if (app.ipcReady) {
     log('Second app instance opened, but was prevented:', newArgv)
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ function sliceArgv (argv) {
 }
 
 function processArgv (argv) {
-  var paths = []
+  var torrentIds = []
   argv.forEach(function (arg) {
     if (arg === '-n') {
       dialog.openSeedDirectory()
@@ -146,10 +144,10 @@ function processArgv (argv) {
       // Ignore OS X launchd "process serial number" argument
       // Issue: https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-desktop/issues/214
     } else {
-      paths.push(arg)
+      torrentIds.push(arg)
     }
   })
-  if (paths.length > 0) {
-    windows.main.dispatch('onOpen', paths)
+  if (torrentIds.length > 0) {
+    windows.main.dispatch('onOpen', torrentIds)
   }
 }
diff --git a/main/ipc.js b/main/ipc.js
index 479e00e4..8a81853f 100644
--- a/main/ipc.js
+++ b/main/ipc.js
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@ var vlcProcess
 function init () {
   var ipc = electron.ipcMain
 
-  ipc.on('ipcReady', function (e) {
-    windows.main.show()
+  ipc.once('ipcReady', function (e) {
     app.ipcReady = true
     app.emit('ipcReady')
   })
 
-  ipc.on('ipcReadyWebTorrent', function (e) {
+  ipc.once('ipcReadyWebTorrent', function (e) {
     app.ipcReadyWebTorrent = true
     log('sending %d queued messages from the main win to the webtorrent window',
       messageQueueMainToWebTorrent.length)
diff --git a/main/log.js b/main/log.js
index e8a05924..1c6eb0c6 100644
--- a/main/log.js
+++ b/main/log.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function log (...args) {
   if (app.ipcReady) {
     windows.main.send('log', ...args)
   } else {
-    app.on('ipcReady', () => windows.main.send('log', ...args))
+    app.once('ipcReady', () => windows.main.send('log', ...args))
   }
 }
 
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ function error (...args) {
   if (app.ipcReady) {
     windows.main.send('error', ...args)
   } else {
-    app.on('ipcReady', () => windows.main.send('error', ...args))
+    app.once('ipcReady', () => windows.main.send('error', ...args))
   }
 }
diff --git a/main/windows/about.js b/main/windows/about.js
index 7fba55d1..0a29d51d 100644
--- a/main/windows/about.js
+++ b/main/windows/about.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ function init () {
   // No menu on the About window
   win.setMenu(null)
 
-  // TODO: can this be removed?
   win.webContents.on('did-finish-load', function () {
     win.show()
   })
diff --git a/main/windows/main.js b/main/windows/main.js
index b0f3d04b..52b5b041 100644
--- a/main/windows/main.js
+++ b/main/windows/main.js
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ function init () {
     icon: getIconPath(), // Window icon (Windows, Linux)
     minWidth: config.WINDOW_MIN_WIDTH,
     minHeight: config.WINDOW_MIN_HEIGHT,
-    show: false, // Hide window until renderer sends 'ipcReady'
     title: config.APP_WINDOW_TITLE,
     titleBarStyle: 'hidden-inset', // Hide title bar (OS X)
     useContentSize: true, // Specify web page size without OS chrome
diff --git a/renderer/main.css b/renderer/main.css
index 0ccc7705..c7dc91dc 100644
--- a/renderer/main.css
+++ b/renderer/main.css
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ table {
   display: flex;
   flex-flow: column;
   background: rgb(40, 40, 40);
-  animation: fadein 1s;
+  animation: fadein 0.5s;
 }
 
 .app:not(.is-focused) {
diff --git a/renderer/main.js b/renderer/main.js
index 1d66f848..f8d2718a 100644
--- a/renderer/main.js
+++ b/renderer/main.js
@@ -3,18 +3,9 @@ console.time('init')
 var crashReporter = require('../crash-reporter')
 crashReporter.init()
 
-var electron = require('electron')
-
-// Electron apps have two processes: a main process (node) runs first and starts
-// a renderer process (essentially a Chrome window). We're in the renderer process,
-// and this IPC channel receives from and sends messages to the main process
-var ipcRenderer = electron.ipcRenderer
-
-// Listen for messages from the main process
-setupIpc()
-
 var appConfig = require('application-config')('WebTorrent')
 var dragDrop = require('drag-drop')
+var electron = require('electron')
 var fs = require('fs-extra')
 var mainLoop = require('main-loop')
 var parallel = require('run-parallel')
@@ -46,6 +37,11 @@ var vdomLoop
 var state = State.getInitialState()
 state.location.go({ url: 'home' }) // Add first page to location history
 
+// Electron apps have two processes: a main process (node) runs first and starts
+// a renderer process (essentially a Chrome window). We're in the renderer process,
+// and this IPC channel receives from and sends messages to the main process
+var ipcRenderer = electron.ipcRenderer
+
 // All state lives in state.js. `state.saved` is read from and written to a file.
 // All other state is ephemeral. First we load state.saved then initialize the app.
 loadState(init)
@@ -90,6 +86,9 @@ function init () {
   })
   document.body.appendChild(vdomLoop.target)
 
+  // Listen for messages from the main process
+  setupIpc()
+
   // Calling update() updates the UI given the current state
   // Do this at least once a second to give every file in every torrentSummary
   // a progress bar and to keep the cursor in sync when playing a video
@@ -106,9 +105,9 @@ function init () {
   window.addEventListener('focus', onFocus)
   window.addEventListener('blur', onBlur)
 
-  // Done! Ideally we want to get here <100ms after the user clicks the app
   sound.play('STARTUP')
 
+  // Done! Ideally we want to get here < 500ms after the user clicks the app
   console.timeEnd('init')
 }
 
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ function render (state) {
 // Calls render() to go from state -> UI, then applies to vdom to the real DOM.
 function update () {
   showOrHidePlayerControls()
-  if (vdomLoop) vdomLoop.update(state)
+  vdomLoop.update(state)
   updateElectron()
 }
 
@@ -458,8 +457,6 @@ function isCasting () {
 }
 
 function setupIpc () {
-  ipcRenderer.send('ipcReady')
-
   ipcRenderer.on('log', (e, ...args) => console.log(...args))
   ipcRenderer.on('error', (e, ...args) => console.error(...args))
 
@@ -486,13 +483,15 @@ function setupIpc () {
   ipcRenderer.on('wt-poster', (e, ...args) => torrentPosterSaved(...args))
   ipcRenderer.on('wt-audio-metadata', (e, ...args) => torrentAudioMetadata(...args))
   ipcRenderer.on('wt-server-running', (e, ...args) => torrentServerRunning(...args))
+
+  ipcRenderer.send('ipcReady')
 }
 
 // Starts all torrents that aren't paused on program startup
 function resumeTorrents () {
   state.saved.torrents
-    .filter((x) => x.status !== 'paused')
-    .forEach((x) => startTorrentingSummary(x))
+    .filter((torrentSummary) => torrentSummary.status !== 'paused')
+    .forEach((torrentSummary) => startTorrentingSummary(torrentSummary))
 }
 
 // Updates a single property in the UNSAVED prefs
diff --git a/renderer/webtorrent.js b/renderer/webtorrent.js
index 642f5fa1..3dd5ec2c 100644
--- a/renderer/webtorrent.js
+++ b/renderer/webtorrent.js
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ function getTorrentProgress () {
 function startServer (infoHash, index) {
   var torrent = client.get(infoHash)
   if (torrent.ready) startServerFromReadyTorrent(torrent, index)
-  else torrent.on('ready', () => startServerFromReadyTorrent(torrent, index))
+  else torrent.once('ready', () => startServerFromReadyTorrent(torrent, index))
 }
 
 function startServerFromReadyTorrent (torrent, index, cb) {