diff --git a/src/main/views/webContentEvents.ts b/src/main/views/webContentEvents.ts
index e7c808a5..61d0473b 100644
--- a/src/main/views/webContentEvents.ts
+++ b/src/main/views/webContentEvents.ts
@@ -199,27 +199,26 @@ export class WebContentsEventManager {
                         }
                     });
                     this.popupWindow.webContents.setWindowOpenHandler(this.denyNewWindow);
-                    this.popupWindow.once('ready-to-show', () => {
-                        this.popupWindow!.show();
-                    });
                     this.popupWindow.once('closed', () => {
                         this.popupWindow = undefined;
                     });
+                    const contextMenu = new ContextMenu({}, this.popupWindow);
+                    contextMenu.reload();
                 }
 
+                const popupWindow = this.popupWindow;
+                popupWindow.once('ready-to-show', () => popupWindow.show());
+
                 if (urlUtils.isManagedResource(serverURL, parsedURL)) {
-                    this.popupWindow.loadURL(details.url);
+                    popupWindow.loadURL(details.url);
                 } else {
                     // currently changing the userAgent for popup windows to allow plugins to go through google's oAuth
                     // should be removed once a proper oAuth2 implementation is setup.
-                    this.popupWindow.loadURL(details.url, {
+                    popupWindow.loadURL(details.url, {
                         userAgent: composeUserAgent(),
                     });
                 }
 
-                const contextMenu = new ContextMenu({}, this.popupWindow);
-                contextMenu.reload();
-
                 return {action: 'deny'};
             }