diff --git a/src/webview/src/App.vue b/src/webview/src/App.vue
index f1a1d33563e835d2075ea75476c481469d64ccba..b1c3f709fc7b07d8e5e5f1f0fa48884f0abe6d77 100644
--- a/src/webview/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/webview/src/App.vue
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ export default {
         note.markdownRenderedOnServer = true;
       }
     });
+
+    window.vsCodeApi.postMessage({
+      command: 'appReady',
+    });
   },
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/src/webview_controller.js b/src/webview_controller.js
index b10547a0d39047d08402f664a49acf79dcc30091..09fc33c12a6e13b4110f98de80456a9c3cd65b4f 100644
--- a/src/webview_controller.js
+++ b/src/webview_controller.js
@@ -64,10 +64,20 @@ const createPanel = issuable => {
   });
 };
 
-async function handleCreate(panel, issuable) {
-  const discussions = await gitLabService.fetchDiscussions(issuable);
+function sendIssuableAndDiscussions(panel, issuable, discussions, appIsReady) {
+  if (!discussions || !appIsReady) return;
   panel.webview.postMessage({ type: 'issuableFetch', issuable, discussions });
+}
+
+async function handleCreate(panel, issuable) {
+  let discussions = false;
+  let appIsReady = false;
   panel.webview.onDidReceiveMessage(async message => {
+    if (message.command === 'appReady') {
+      appIsReady = true;
+      sendIssuableAndDiscussions(panel, issuable, discussions, appIsReady);
+    }
+
     if (message.command === 'renderMarkdown') {
       let rendered = await gitLabService.renderMarkdown(message.markdown);
       rendered = (rendered || '')
@@ -97,6 +107,9 @@ async function handleCreate(panel, issuable) {
       }
     }
   });
+
+  discussions = await gitLabService.fetchDiscussions(issuable);
+  sendIssuableAndDiscussions(panel, issuable, discussions, appIsReady);
 }
 
 async function create(issuable) {