diff --git a/ui/js/main.js b/ui/js/main.js
index a67a021e9..d02a965fa 100644
--- a/ui/js/main.js
+++ b/ui/js/main.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import SplashScreen from 'component/splash.js';
 import SnackBar from 'component/snack-bar.js';
 import {AuthOverlay} from 'component/auth.js';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+import batchActions from 'util/batchActions'
 import store from 'store.js';
 import {
   doChangePath,
@@ -76,12 +77,16 @@ const initialState = app.store.getState();
 var init = function() {
 
   function onDaemonReady() {
-    app.store.dispatch(doDaemonReady())
     window.sessionStorage.setItem('loaded', 'y'); //once we've made it here once per session, we don't need to show splash again
-    app.store.dispatch(doHistoryPush({}, "" +
-      "Discover", "/discover"))
-    app.store.dispatch(doFetchDaemonSettings())
-    app.store.dispatch(doFileList())
+    const actions = []
+
+    actions.push(doDaemonReady())
+    actions.push(doChangePath('/discover'))
+    actions.push(doFetchDaemonSettings())
+    actions.push(doFileList())
+
+    app.store.dispatch(batchActions(actions))
+
     ReactDOM.render(<Provider store={store}><div>{ lbryio.enabled ? <AuthOverlay/> : '' }<App /><SnackBar /></div></Provider>, canvas)
   }