diff --git a/libdiscover/backends/SnapBackend/SnapBackend.cpp b/libdiscover/backends/SnapBackend/SnapBackend.cpp
index 5dbc08b3..f84ed066 100644
--- a/libdiscover/backends/SnapBackend/SnapBackend.cpp
+++ b/libdiscover/backends/SnapBackend/SnapBackend.cpp
@@ -1,173 +1,176 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright © 2013 Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@blue-systems.com>       *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
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  *   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/>. *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "SnapBackend.h"
 #include "SnapTransaction.h"
 #include "SnapResource.h"
 #include "SnapReviewsBackend.h"
 #include <resources/StandardBackendUpdater.h>
 #include <resources/SourcesModel.h>
 #include <Category/Category.h>
 #include <Transaction/Transaction.h>
 
 #include <KAboutData>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KPluginFactory>
 #include <KConfigGroup>
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QThread>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QAction>
 
 #include "utils.h"
 
 MUON_BACKEND_PLUGIN(SnapBackend)
 
 SnapBackend::SnapBackend(QObject* parent)
     : AbstractResourcesBackend(parent)
     , m_updater(new StandardBackendUpdater(this))
     , m_reviews(new SnapReviewsBackend(this))
 {
     {
         auto request = m_client.connect();
         request->runSync();
         m_valid = request->error() == QSnapdRequest::NoError;
         if (!m_valid) {
             qWarning() << "snap problem at initialize:" << request->errorString();
         }
     }
     connect(m_reviews, &SnapReviewsBackend::ratingsReady, this, &AbstractResourcesBackend::emitRatingsReady);
+
+    //make sure we populate the installed resources first
+    populate(m_client.list(), AbstractResource::Installed);
 }
 
 int SnapBackend::updatesCount() const
 {
     return m_updater->updatesCount();
 }
 
 static ResultsStream* voidStream() { return new ResultsStream(QStringLiteral("Snap-void"), {}); }
 
 ResultsStream * SnapBackend::search(const AbstractResourcesBackend::Filters& filters)
 {
     if (!filters.resourceUrl.isEmpty()) {
         return findResourceByPackageName(filters.resourceUrl);
     } else if (filters.category && filters.category->isAddons()) {
         return voidStream();
     } else if (filters.state >= AbstractResource::Installed) {
         return populate(m_client.list(), AbstractResource::Installed);
     } else {
         return populate(m_client.find(QSnapdClient::FindFlag::None, filters.search), AbstractResource::None);
     }
     return voidStream();
 }
 
 ResultsStream * SnapBackend::findResourceByPackageName(const QUrl& search)
 {
     return search.scheme() == QLatin1String("snap") ? populate(m_client.find(QSnapdClient::MatchName, search.host()), AbstractResource::Installed) : voidStream();
 }
 
 template <class T>
 ResultsStream* SnapBackend::populate(T* job, AbstractResource::State state)
 {
     auto stream = new ResultsStream(QStringLiteral("Snap-populate"));
 
     connect(job, &QSnapdFindRequest::complete, stream, [stream, this, state, job]() {
         QSet<SnapResource*> higher = kFilter<QSet<SnapResource*>>(m_resources, [state](AbstractResource* res){ return res->state()>=state; });
 
         QVector<AbstractResource*> ret;
         QSet<SnapResource*> resources;
         for (int i=0, c=job->snapCount(); i<c; ++i) {
             QSharedPointer<QSnapdSnap> snap(job->snap(i));
             const auto snapname = snap->name();
             SnapResource* res = m_resources.value(snapname);
             if (!res) {
                 res = new SnapResource(snap, state, this);
                 Q_ASSERT(res->packageName() == snapname);
                 resources += res;
             } else {
                 res->setState(state);
                 higher.remove(res);
             }
             ret += res;
         }
 
         foreach(SnapResource* res, resources)
             m_resources[res->packageName()] = res;
         for(auto res: higher) {
             res->setState(AbstractResource::None);
         }
 
         if (!ret.isEmpty())
             stream->resourcesFound(ret);
         stream->finish();
     });
     job->runAsync();
     return stream;
 }
 
 void SnapBackend::setFetching(bool fetching)
 {
     if (m_fetching != fetching) {
         m_fetching = fetching;
         Q_EMIT fetchingChanged();
     } else {
         qWarning() << "fetching already on state" << fetching;
     }
 }
 
 AbstractBackendUpdater* SnapBackend::backendUpdater() const
 {
     return m_updater;
 }
 
 AbstractReviewsBackend* SnapBackend::reviewsBackend() const
 {
     return m_reviews;
 }
 
 Transaction* SnapBackend::installApplication(AbstractResource* app, const AddonList& addons)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(addons.isEmpty());
     return installApplication(app);
 }
 
 Transaction* SnapBackend::installApplication(AbstractResource* _app)
 {
     auto app = qobject_cast<SnapResource*>(_app);
 	return new SnapTransaction(app, m_client.install(app->packageName()), Transaction::InstallRole);
 }
 
 Transaction* SnapBackend::removeApplication(AbstractResource* _app)
 {
     auto app = qobject_cast<SnapResource*>(_app);
 	return new SnapTransaction(app, m_client.remove(app->packageName()), Transaction::RemoveRole);
 }
 
 QString SnapBackend::displayName() const
 {
     return QStringLiteral("Snap");
 }
 
 void SnapBackend::refreshStates()
 {
     populate(m_client.list(), AbstractResource::Installed);
 }
 
 #include "SnapBackend.moc"