diff --git a/src/main/views/modalManager.test.js b/src/main/views/modalManager.test.js
index 76a33a9e..ce33263d 100644
--- a/src/main/views/modalManager.test.js
+++ b/src/main/views/modalManager.test.js
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ jest.mock('electron', () => ({
     },
 }));
 
+jest.mock('common/config', () => ({
+    teams: [],
+}));
+
+jest.mock('main/views/webContentEvents', () => ({
+    addWebContentsEventListeners: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
 jest.mock('./modalView', () => ({
     ModalView: jest.fn(),
 }));
diff --git a/src/main/views/modalManager.ts b/src/main/views/modalManager.ts
index 3019fa5d..c36ce31a 100644
--- a/src/main/views/modalManager.ts
+++ b/src/main/views/modalManager.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ import {
     GET_MODAL_UNCLOSEABLE,
     RESIZE_MODAL,
 } from 'common/communication';
+import Config from 'common/config';
 
 import {getAdjustedWindowBoundaries} from 'main/utils';
+import WebContentsEventManager from 'main/views/webContentEvents';
 import WindowManager from 'main/windows/windowManager';
 
 import {ModalView} from './modalView';
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ export class ModalManager {
             if (index === 0) {
                 WindowManager.sendToRenderer(MODAL_OPEN);
                 modal.show(undefined, Boolean(withDevTools));
+                WebContentsEventManager.addWebContentsEventListeners(modal.view.webContents, () => Config.teams.concat());
             } else {
                 WindowManager.sendToRenderer(MODAL_CLOSE);
                 modal.hide();
diff --git a/src/main/views/viewManager.ts b/src/main/views/viewManager.ts
index 83b50c29..da85d9e9 100644
--- a/src/main/views/viewManager.ts
+++ b/src/main/views/viewManager.ts
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export class ViewManager {
             log.error(`Couldn't find a view with the name ${viewName}`);
             return;
         }
-        WebContentsEventManager.addWebContentsEventListeners(view, this.getServers);
+        WebContentsEventManager.addMattermostViewEventListeners(view, this.getServers);
     }
 
     finishLoading = (server: string) => {
diff --git a/src/main/views/webContentEvents.test.js b/src/main/views/webContentEvents.test.js
index a480a2a4..7fc2a385 100644
--- a/src/main/views/webContentEvents.test.js
+++ b/src/main/views/webContentEvents.test.js
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ jest.mock('../windows/windowManager', () => ({
     showMainWindow: jest.fn(),
 }));
 
+jest.mock('common/config', () => ({
+    spellcheck: true,
+}));
+
 jest.mock('common/utils/url', () => ({
     parseURL: (url) => {
         try {
diff --git a/src/main/views/webContentEvents.ts b/src/main/views/webContentEvents.ts
index 675a52bc..22ec4cd5 100644
--- a/src/main/views/webContentEvents.ts
+++ b/src/main/views/webContentEvents.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import log from 'electron-log';
 
 import {TeamWithTabs} from 'types/config';
 
+import Config from 'common/config';
 import urlUtils from 'common/utils/url';
 
 import ContextMenu from 'main/contextMenu';
@@ -221,9 +222,31 @@ export class WebContentsEventManager {
         }
     };
 
-    addWebContentsEventListeners = (mmview: MattermostView, getServersFunction: () => TeamWithTabs[]) => {
-        const contents = mmview.view.webContents;
+    addMattermostViewEventListeners = (mmview: MattermostView, getServersFunction: () => TeamWithTabs[]) => {
+        this.addWebContentsEventListeners(
+            mmview.view.webContents,
+            getServersFunction,
+            (contents: WebContents) => {
+                contents.on('page-title-updated', mmview.handleTitleUpdate);
+                contents.on('page-favicon-updated', mmview.handleFaviconUpdate);
+                contents.on('update-target-url', mmview.handleUpdateTarget);
+                contents.on('did-navigate', mmview.handleDidNavigate);
+            },
+            (contents: WebContents) => {
+                contents.removeListener('page-title-updated', mmview.handleTitleUpdate);
+                contents.removeListener('page-favicon-updated', mmview.handleFaviconUpdate);
+                contents.removeListener('update-target-url', mmview.handleUpdateTarget);
+                contents.removeListener('did-navigate', mmview.handleDidNavigate);
+            },
+        );
+    };
 
+    addWebContentsEventListeners = (
+        contents: WebContents,
+        getServersFunction: () => TeamWithTabs[],
+        addListeners?: (contents: WebContents) => void,
+        removeListeners?: (contents: WebContents) => void,
+    ) => {
         // initialize custom login tracking
         this.customLogins[contents.id] = {
             inProgress: false,
@@ -244,34 +267,28 @@ export class WebContentsEventManager {
         const didStartNavigation = this.generateDidStartNavigation(getServersFunction);
         contents.on('did-start-navigation', didStartNavigation as (e: Event, u: string) => void);
 
-        const spellcheck = mmview.options.webPreferences?.spellcheck;
+        const spellcheck = Config.useSpellChecker;
         const newWindow = this.generateNewWindowListener(getServersFunction, spellcheck);
         contents.setWindowOpenHandler(newWindow);
 
-        contents.on('page-title-updated', mmview.handleTitleUpdate);
-        contents.on('page-favicon-updated', mmview.handleFaviconUpdate);
-        contents.on('update-target-url', mmview.handleUpdateTarget);
-        contents.on('did-navigate', mmview.handleDidNavigate);
+        addListeners?.(contents);
 
-        const removeListeners = () => {
+        const removeWebContentsListeners = () => {
             try {
                 contents.removeListener('will-navigate', willNavigate as (e: Event, u: string) => void);
                 contents.removeListener('did-start-navigation', didStartNavigation as (e: Event, u: string) => void);
-                contents.removeListener('page-title-updated', mmview.handleTitleUpdate);
-                contents.removeListener('page-favicon-updated', mmview.handleFaviconUpdate);
-                contents.removeListener('update-target-url', mmview.handleUpdateTarget);
-                contents.removeListener('did-navigate', mmview.handleDidNavigate);
+                removeListeners?.(contents);
             } catch (e) {
                 log.error(`Error while trying to detach listeners, this might be ok if the process crashed: ${e}`);
             }
         };
 
-        this.listeners[contents.id] = removeListeners;
+        this.listeners[contents.id] = removeWebContentsListeners;
         contents.once('render-process-gone', (event, details) => {
             if (details.reason !== 'clean-exit') {
                 log.error('Renderer process for a webcontent is no longer available:', details.reason);
             }
-            removeListeners();
+            removeWebContentsListeners();
         });
     };
 }