diff --git a/hammond-gtk/src/app.rs b/hammond-gtk/src/app.rs
index 80e1ae9..3c51f1b 100644
--- a/hammond-gtk/src/app.rs
+++ b/hammond-gtk/src/app.rs
@@ -156,14 +156,8 @@ impl App {
         let sender = self.sender.clone();
         if self.settings.get_boolean("refresh-on-startup") {
             info!("Refresh on startup.");
-            // The ui loads async, after initialization
-            // so we need to delay this a bit so it won't block
-            // requests that will come from loading the gui on startup.
-            gtk::timeout_add(1500, move || {
-                let s: Option<Vec<_>> = None;
-                utils::refresh(s, sender.clone());
-                glib::Continue(false)
-            });
+            let s: Option<Vec<_>> = None;
+            utils::refresh(s, sender.clone());
         }
     }