diff --git a/UI/obs-frontend-api/obs-frontend-api.h b/UI/obs-frontend-api/obs-frontend-api.h
index 0a2a80e4b..ae674943a 100644
--- a/UI/obs-frontend-api/obs-frontend-api.h
+++ b/UI/obs-frontend-api/obs-frontend-api.h
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ enum obs_frontend_event {
 	OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_STUDIO_MODE_DISABLED,
 	OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_PREVIEW_SCENE_CHANGED,
 
-	OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_SCENE_COLLECTION_CLEANUP
+	OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_SCENE_COLLECTION_CLEANUP,
+	OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_FINISHED_LOADING
 };
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
index 6392fb4de..c60371832 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -1611,9 +1611,17 @@ void OBSBasic::OBSInit()
 			Qt::QueuedConnection,
 			Q_ARG(QString, QT_UTF8(savePath)),
 			Q_ARG(int, 10));
+#else
+	OnFirstLoad();
 #endif
 }
 
+void OBSBasic::OnFirstLoad()
+{
+	if (api)
+		api->on_event(OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_FINISHED_LOADING);
+}
+
 void OBSBasic::DeferredLoad(const QString &file, int requeueCount)
 {
 	if (--requeueCount > 0) {
@@ -1626,6 +1634,7 @@ void OBSBasic::DeferredLoad(const QString &file, int requeueCount)
 
 	Load(QT_TO_UTF8(file));
 	RefreshSceneCollections();
+	OnFirstLoad();
 }
 
 void OBSBasic::UpdateMultiviewProjectorMenu()
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.hpp b/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
index 3a6919783..89342f54e 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ private:
 
 	void          InitPrimitives();
 
+	void 	      OnFirstLoad();
+
 	OBSSceneItem  GetSceneItem(QListWidgetItem *item);
 	OBSSceneItem  GetCurrentSceneItem();