diff --git a/lib/contextmanager.cpp b/lib/contextmanager.cpp
--- a/lib/contextmanager.cpp
+++ b/lib/contextmanager.cpp
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@
     connect(d->mSelectionModel, &QItemSelectionModel::currentChanged, this, &ContextManager::slotCurrentChanged);
 
     d->mSelectedFileItemListNeedsUpdate = false;
+
+    connect(DocumentFactory::instance(), &DocumentFactory::readyForDirListerStart, [this](const QUrl &urlReady) {
+        setCurrentDirUrl(urlReady.adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename));
+    });
 }
 
 ContextManager::~ContextManager()
@@ -300,7 +304,7 @@
 {
     GV_RETURN_IF_FAIL(url.isValid());
     d->mUrlToSelect = url;
-    setCurrentDirUrl(url.adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename));
+
     setCurrentUrl(url);
     selectUrlToSelect();
 }
diff --git a/lib/document/document.cpp b/lib/document/document.cpp
--- a/lib/document/document.cpp
+++ b/lib/document/document.cpp
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@
     d->mImpl = nullptr;
     d->mUrl = url;
     d->mKeepRawData = false;
-
-    reload();
 }
 
 Document::~Document()
diff --git a/lib/document/documentfactory.h b/lib/document/documentfactory.h
--- a/lib/document/documentfactory.h
+++ b/lib/document/documentfactory.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     void modifiedDocumentListChanged();
     void documentChanged(const QUrl&);
     void documentBusyStateChanged(const QUrl&, bool);
+    void readyForDirListerStart(const QUrl &url);
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void slotLoaded(const QUrl&);
diff --git a/lib/document/documentfactory.cpp b/lib/document/documentfactory.cpp
--- a/lib/document/documentfactory.cpp
+++ b/lib/document/documentfactory.cpp
@@ -184,6 +184,22 @@
     connect(doc, &Document::modified, this, &DocumentFactory::slotModified);
     connect(doc, &Document::busyChanged, this, &DocumentFactory::slotBusyChanged);
 
+    // Make sure that an url passed as command line argument is loaded
+    // and shown before a possibly long running dirlister on a slow
+    // network device is started. So start the dirlister after url is
+    // loaded or failed to load.
+    connect(doc, &Document::loaded, [this, url]() {
+        emit readyForDirListerStart(url);
+    });
+    connect(doc, &Document::loadingFailed, [this, url]() {
+        emit readyForDirListerStart(url);
+    });
+    connect(doc, &Document::downSampledImageReady, [this, url]() {
+        emit readyForDirListerStart(url);
+    });
+
+    doc->reload();
+
     // Create DocumentInfo instance
     info = new DocumentInfo;
     Document::Ptr docPtr(doc);