diff --git a/src/main/appState.ts b/src/main/appState.ts
index 778ef922..3996a7b8 100644
--- a/src/main/appState.ts
+++ b/src/main/appState.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const anyExpired = () => {
 };
 
 // add any other event emitter methods if needed
-export const on = status.emitter.on;
+export const on = status.emitter.on.bind(status.emitter);
 
 const setSessionExpired = (serverName: string, expired: boolean) => {
     const isExpired = Boolean(expired);
diff --git a/src/main/views/MattermostView.ts b/src/main/views/MattermostView.ts
index 9e10b721..6feb84cc 100644
--- a/src/main/views/MattermostView.ts
+++ b/src/main/views/MattermostView.ts
@@ -101,13 +101,17 @@ export class MattermostView extends EventEmitter {
         }
 
         this.view.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
-            if (!this.view.webContents.isLoading()) {
-                try {
-                    this.view.webContents.send(SET_VIEW_OPTIONS, this.tab.name, this.tab.shouldNotify);
-                } catch (e) {
-                    log.error('failed to send view options to view', this.tab.name);
+            // wait for screen to truly finish loading before sending the message down
+            const timeout = setInterval(() => {
+                if (!this.view.webContents.isLoading()) {
+                    try {
+                        this.view.webContents.send(SET_VIEW_OPTIONS, this.tab.name, this.tab.shouldNotify);
+                        clearTimeout(timeout);
+                    } catch (e) {
+                        log.error('failed to send view options to view', this.tab.name);
+                    }
                 }
-            }
+            }, 100);
         });
 
         this.contextMenu = new ContextMenu({}, this.view);