diff --git a/src/manager_window.vala b/src/manager_window.vala
index e8001c4640d2f93f580260c1e892018b6aad1c85..8d4cf277068a94e60ea4ce4b938f80ef610db21e 100644
--- a/src/manager_window.vala
+++ b/src/manager_window.vala
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ namespace Pamac {
 
 		bool populate_window () {
 			this.get_window ().set_cursor (new Gdk.Cursor.for_display (Gdk.Display.get_default (), Gdk.CursorType.WATCH));
-
+			while (Gtk.events_pending ()) {
+				Gtk.main_iteration ();
+			}
 			right_click_menu = new Gtk.Menu ();
 			deselect_item = new Gtk.MenuItem.with_label (dgettext (null, "Deselect"));
 			deselect_item.activate.connect (on_deselect_item_activate);
diff --git a/src/updater_window.vala b/src/updater_window.vala
index 3177c3cda5fe74cfca7e7fb003b47af1ce335788..e9c68def52029fc71d132527a8b4c031eab5b50c 100644
--- a/src/updater_window.vala
+++ b/src/updater_window.vala
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ namespace Pamac {
 
 		bool populate_window () {
 			this.get_window ().set_cursor (new Gdk.Cursor.for_display (Gdk.Display.get_default (), Gdk.CursorType.WATCH));
-
+			while (Gtk.events_pending ()) {
+				Gtk.main_iteration ();
+			}
 			repos_updates_list = new Gtk.ListStore (7, typeof (bool), typeof (string), typeof (string), typeof (string),typeof (string), typeof (string), typeof (uint64));
 			repos_updates_treeview.set_model (repos_updates_list);
 			aur_updates_list = new Gtk.ListStore (4, typeof (bool), typeof (string), typeof (string), typeof (string));