diff --git a/interface/src/ui/ChatWindow.cpp b/interface/src/ui/ChatWindow.cpp
index 8874f18dba..a04212afe0 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/ChatWindow.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/ChatWindow.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ void ChatWindow::showEvent(QShowEvent* event) {
         ui->messagePlainTextEdit->setFocus();
     }
 
+    Application::processEvents();
+
+    scrollToBottom();
+
 #ifdef HAVE_QXMPP
     const QXmppClient& xmppClient = XmppClient::getInstance().getXMPPClient();
     if (xmppClient.isConnected()) {