diff --git a/src/gui/client/main-window.lisp b/src/gui/client/main-window.lisp
index 0193d30..31fab07 100644
--- a/src/gui/client/main-window.lisp
+++ b/src/gui/client/main-window.lisp
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@
 (defun render-gemtext-string (main-window parsed-lines &key (links-path-prefix ""))
   (ev:with-enqueued-process-and-unblock ()
     (clear-gemtext main-window)
+    (initialize-ir-lines main-window)
     (collect-ir-lines links-path-prefix gui-goodies:*main-frame* parsed-lines)))
 
 (defun iri-ensure-path (iri)