diff --git a/interface/src/ui/InteractiveWindow.cpp b/interface/src/ui/InteractiveWindow.cpp
index 8225e5f438..f8961c6de1 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/InteractiveWindow.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/InteractiveWindow.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void QmlWindowProxy::parentNativeWindowToMainWindow() {
 }
 
 void InteractiveWindowProxy::emitScriptEvent(const QVariant& scriptMessage){
-  //  emit scriptEventReceived(scriptMessage);
+    emit scriptEventReceived(scriptMessage);
 }
 
 void InteractiveWindowProxy::emitWebEvent(const QVariant& webMessage) {
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ InteractiveWindow::InteractiveWindow(const QString& sourceUrl, const QVariantMap
         presentationMode = (InteractiveWindowPresentationMode) properties[PRESENTATION_MODE_PROPERTY].toInt();
     }
 
-    _interactiveWindowProxy = std::make_unique<InteractiveWindowProxy>();
-    QObject::connect(_interactiveWindowProxy.get(), &InteractiveWindowProxy::webEventReceived, 
-        this, &InteractiveWindow::emitWebEvent, Qt::QueuedConnection);
-    QObject::connect(this, &InteractiveWindow::scriptEventReceived, 
-        _interactiveWindowProxy.get(), &InteractiveWindowProxy::emitScriptEvent, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+    if (!_interactiveWindowProxy) {
+        _interactiveWindowProxy = new InteractiveWindowProxy();
+        QObject::connect(_interactiveWindowProxy, &InteractiveWindowProxy::webEventReceived, this, &InteractiveWindow::emitWebEvent, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+        QObject::connect(this, &InteractiveWindow::scriptEventReceived, _interactiveWindowProxy, &InteractiveWindowProxy::emitScriptEvent, Qt::QueuedConnection);
+    }
 
     if (properties.contains(DOCKED_PROPERTY) && presentationMode == InteractiveWindowPresentationMode::Native) {
         QVariantMap nativeWindowInfo = properties[DOCKED_PROPERTY].toMap();
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/InteractiveWindow.h b/interface/src/ui/InteractiveWindow.h
index 57025140a2..a1eede8b8a 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/InteractiveWindow.h
+++ b/interface/src/ui/InteractiveWindow.h
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ protected slots:
 private:
     std::shared_ptr<QmlWindowProxy> _qmlWindowProxy;
     std::shared_ptr<DockWidget> _dockWidget { nullptr };
-    std::unique_ptr<InteractiveWindowProxy> _interactiveWindowProxy{ nullptr };
+    InteractiveWindowProxy *_interactiveWindowProxy{ nullptr };
 };
 
 typedef InteractiveWindow* InteractiveWindowPointer;