diff --git a/launchers/qt/src/Launcher.cpp b/launchers/qt/src/Launcher.cpp
index 4c430e41ec..20405d5a39 100644
--- a/launchers/qt/src/Launcher.cpp
+++ b/launchers/qt/src/Launcher.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Launcher::Launcher(int& argc, char**argv) : QGuiApplication(argc, argv) {
     QString resourceBinaryLocation =  QGuiApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/resources.rcc";
     QResource::registerResource(resourceBinaryLocation);
     _launcherState = std::make_shared<LauncherState>();
-    _launcherState->setUIState(LauncherState::LOGIN_SCREEN);
+    _launcherState->setUIState(LauncherState::SPLASH_SCREEN);
     _launcherWindow = std::make_unique<LauncherWindow>();
     _launcherWindow->rootContext()->setContextProperty("LauncherState", _launcherState.get());
     _launcherWindow->setFlags(Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
diff --git a/launchers/qt/src/LauncherState.cpp b/launchers/qt/src/LauncherState.cpp
index 214f587d2c..52e13bc3b7 100644
--- a/launchers/qt/src/LauncherState.cpp
+++ b/launchers/qt/src/LauncherState.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ LauncherState::LauncherState() {
                 }
             }
         }
+        setUIState(LauncherState::LOGIN_SCREEN);
     });
 }
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ void LauncherState::declareQML() {
 
 void LauncherState::setUIState(UIState state) {
     _uiState = state;
+    emit updateSourceUrl(getCurrentUISource());
 }
 
 LauncherState::UIState LauncherState::getUIState() const {