diff --git a/applets/kimpanel/backend/ibus/emojier/ui/CategoryPage.qml b/applets/kimpanel/backend/ibus/emojier/ui/CategoryPage.qml
index eb53462d5..5a1a3665a 100644
--- a/applets/kimpanel/backend/ibus/emojier/ui/CategoryPage.qml
+++ b/applets/kimpanel/backend/ibus/emojier/ui/CategoryPage.qml
@@ -1,132 +1,134 @@
 /*
  *  Copyright (C) 2019 Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@kde.org>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  *  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *  the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
  *  accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
  *  by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
  *  defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
  *
  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 import QtQuick 2.11
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.3
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.6 as Kirigami
 import QtQuick.Controls 2.11 as QQC2
 import org.kde.plasma.emoji 1.0
 
 Kirigami.ScrollablePage
 {
     id: view
     property alias model: emojiModel.sourceModel
     property string searchText: ""
     property alias category: filter.category
     property bool showSearch: false
     leftPadding: 0
     rightPadding: 0
 
     Keys.onPressed: {
         if(event.text.length > 0 && !view.showSearch && event.modifiers === Qt.NoModifier) {
             window.startSearch(event.text)
         }
     }
 
     titleDelegate: RowLayout {
         Layout.fillWidth: true
         Layout.preferredWidth: view.width
         Kirigami.Heading {
             text: view.title
             Layout.fillWidth: true
         }
 
         QQC2.TextField {
             id: searchField
             Layout.fillWidth: true
             text: view.searchText
             placeholderText: i18n("Search...")
             visible: view.showSearch
             onTextChanged: {
                 emojiModel.search = text
                 if (emojiView.currentIndex < 0) {
-                    emojiView.currentIndex = 0
+                    Qt.callLater(function() {
+                        emojiView.currentIndex = 0
+                    })
                 }
             }
             onAccepted: {
                 if (emojiView.currentItem)
                     emojiView.currentItem.reportEmoji()
             }
             Component.onCompleted: if (visible) Qt.callLater(forceActiveFocus)
             Keys.onEscapePressed: {
                 selectAll()
             }
         }
     }
 
     GridView {
         id: emojiView
 
         readonly property real desiredSize: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 3
         readonly property real columnsToHave: Math.ceil(width/desiredSize)
 
         cellWidth: width/columnsToHave
         cellHeight: desiredSize
 
         model: CategoryModelFilter {
             id: filter
             sourceModel: SearchModelFilter {
                 id: emojiModel
             }
         }
 
         highlight: Rectangle {
             Kirigami.Theme.inherit: false
             Kirigami.Theme.colorSet: Kirigami.Theme.Selection
             color: Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor
             z: -1
         }
         currentIndex: -1
 
         delegate: MouseArea {
             QQC2.Label {
                 font.pointSize: 25
                 fontSizeMode: model.display.length > 5 ? Text.Fit : Text.FixedSize
                 minimumPointSize: 10
                 text: model.display
                 horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
 
                 anchors.fill: parent
                 anchors.margins: 1
             }
             width: emojiView.cellWidth
             height: emojiView.cellHeight
 
             QQC2.ToolTip.delay: Kirigami.Units.toolTipDelay
             QQC2.ToolTip.text: model.toolTip
             QQC2.ToolTip.visible: mouse.containsMouse
 
             opacity: mouse.containsMouse ? 0.7 : 1
 
             Keys.onReturnPressed: {
                 reportEmoji()
             }
 
             function reportEmoji() {
                 window.report(model.display, model.toolTip)
             }
 
 
             id: mouse
             hoverEnabled: true
             onClicked: reportEmoji()
         }
     }
 }