diff --git a/src/dict/loaddictionaries.cc b/src/dict/loaddictionaries.cc
index 9234f20d..fc4bb737 100644
--- a/src/dict/loaddictionaries.cc
+++ b/src/dict/loaddictionaries.cc
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ void LoadDictionaries::loadingDictionary( string const & dictionaryName ) noexce
 
 
 void loadDictionaries( QWidget * parent,
-                       bool showInitially,
                        Config::Class const & cfg,
                        std::vector< sptr< Dictionary::Class > > & dictionaries,
                        QNetworkAccessManager & dictNetMgr,
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ void loadDictionaries( QWidget * parent,
 {
   dictionaries.clear();
 
-  ::Initializing init( parent, showInitially );
+  ::Initializing init( parent );
 
   // Start a thread to load all the dictionaries
 
diff --git a/src/dict/loaddictionaries.hh b/src/dict/loaddictionaries.hh
index bae93521..ca060bb1 100644
--- a/src/dict/loaddictionaries.hh
+++ b/src/dict/loaddictionaries.hh
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ signals:
 /// If doDeferredInit is true (default), doDeferredInit() is done on all
 /// dictionaries at the end.
 void loadDictionaries( QWidget * parent,
-                       bool showInitially,
                        Config::Class const & cfg,
                        std::vector< sptr< Dictionary::Class > > &,
                        QNetworkAccessManager & dictNetMgr,
diff --git a/src/initializing.cc b/src/initializing.cc
index 0acf099d..62fc88e7 100644
--- a/src/initializing.cc
+++ b/src/initializing.cc
@@ -5,19 +5,17 @@
 #include "initializing.hh"
 #include <QCloseEvent>
 
-Initializing::Initializing( QWidget * parent, bool showOnStartup ):
+Initializing::Initializing( QWidget * parent ):
   QDialog( parent )
 {
   ui.setupUi( this );
 
   setWindowFlags( Qt::Dialog | Qt::FramelessWindowHint );
-
   setWindowIcon( QIcon( ":/icons/programicon.png" ) );
 
-  if ( showOnStartup ) {
+  if ( parent->isVisible() ) {
     ui.operation->setText( tr( "Please wait..." ) );
-    ui.dictionary->hide();
-    ui.progressBar->hide();
+    ui.dictionary->setText( "" );
     show();
   }
 }
@@ -26,9 +24,6 @@ void Initializing::indexing( QString const & dictionaryName )
 {
   ui.operation->setText( tr( "Indexing..." ) );
   ui.dictionary->setText( dictionaryName );
-  ui.dictionary->show();
-  ui.progressBar->show();
-  adjustSize();
   show();
 }
 
@@ -36,9 +31,6 @@ void Initializing::loading( QString const & dictionaryName )
 {
   ui.operation->setText( tr( "Loading..." ) );
   ui.dictionary->setText( dictionaryName );
-  ui.dictionary->show();
-  ui.progressBar->show();
-  adjustSize();
   show();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/initializing.hh b/src/initializing.hh
index c32cefaf..7f4104c4 100644
--- a/src/initializing.hh
+++ b/src/initializing.hh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Initializing: public QDialog
 
 public:
 
-  Initializing( QWidget * parent, bool showOnStartup );
+  Initializing( QWidget * parent );
 
 public slots:
 
diff --git a/src/ui/editdictionaries.cc b/src/ui/editdictionaries.cc
index 56045ea0..0730d61e 100644
--- a/src/ui/editdictionaries.cc
+++ b/src/ui/editdictionaries.cc
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ void EditDictionaries::acceptChangedSources( bool rebuildGroups )
   groups.clear();
   orderAndProps.clear();
 
-  loadDictionaries( this, true, cfg, dictionaries, dictNetMgr );
+  loadDictionaries( this, cfg, dictionaries, dictNetMgr );
 
   // If no changes to groups were made, update the original data
   const bool noGroupEdits = ( origCfg.groups == savedGroups );
diff --git a/src/ui/mainwindow.cc b/src/ui/mainwindow.cc
index 23483792..78689ba7 100644
--- a/src/ui/mainwindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/mainwindow.cc
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ void MainWindow::makeDictionaries()
   ftsIndexing.stopIndexing();
   ftsIndexing.clearDictionaries();
 
-  loadDictionaries( this, isVisible(), cfg, dictionaries, dictNetMgr, false );
+  loadDictionaries( this, cfg, dictionaries, dictNetMgr, false );
 
   //create map
   dictMap = Dictionary::dictToMap( dictionaries );
@@ -3478,7 +3478,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_rescanFiles_triggered()
   dictionariesUnmuted.clear();
   dictionaryBar.setDictionaries( dictionaries );
 
-  loadDictionaries( this, true, cfg, dictionaries, dictNetMgr );
+  loadDictionaries( this, cfg, dictionaries, dictNetMgr );
   dictMap = Dictionary::dictToMap( dictionaries );
 
   for ( const auto & dictionarie : dictionaries ) {