diff --git a/src/widgets/welcomewidget.cpp b/src/widgets/welcomewidget.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/welcomewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/welcomewidget.cpp
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@
             }
         });
     }
-    // Since the calls above are async, I need to wait a little time
-    // to have the responses processed before building the widget feed
-    QTimer::singleShot(500, this, &WelcomeWidget::setupRssFeed);
 }
 
 void WelcomeWidget::parseRss(const QDomDocument &document)
@@ -162,6 +159,7 @@
             }
         }
     }
+    setupRssFeed();
 }
 
 void WelcomeWidget::setupRssFeed()