diff --git a/src/lib/tools/pagethumbnailer.cpp b/src/lib/tools/pagethumbnailer.cpp
index a00ba7a22..a8cd95e07 100644
--- a/src/lib/tools/pagethumbnailer.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/tools/pagethumbnailer.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 * ============================================================ */
 #include "pagethumbnailer.h"
 
-#include <QPainter>
+#include <QTimer>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QWebEngineView>
 
@@ -91,9 +91,10 @@ void PageThumbnailer::createThumbnail(bool status)
         return;
     }
 
-    m_title = m_view->title().trimmed();
-
-    emit thumbnailCreated(m_view->grab().scaled(m_size, Qt::IgnoreAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation));
+    QTimer::singleShot(1000, this, [this]() {
+        m_title = m_view->title().trimmed();
+        emit thumbnailCreated(m_view->grab().scaled(m_size, Qt::IgnoreAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation));
+    });
 }
 
 PageThumbnailer::~PageThumbnailer()
diff --git a/src/lib/tools/scripts.cpp b/src/lib/tools/scripts.cpp
index 160432114..29b3fa9ab 100644
--- a/src/lib/tools/scripts.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/tools/scripts.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ QString Scripts::setupWebChannel()
 {
     QString source =  QL1S("(function() {"
                            "%1"
-                           "var channel = new QWebChannel(qt.webChannelTransport, function(channel) {"
+                           "new QWebChannel(qt.webChannelTransport, function(channel) {"
                            "    window.external = channel.objects.qz_object;"
                            "    if (window.external) {"
                            "        var event = new Event('qz_external_created');"