diff --git a/src/backends/maxima/maximasession.cpp b/src/backends/maxima/maximasession.cpp
index 7bfbb00a..3cb1928f 100644
--- a/src/backends/maxima/maximasession.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/maxima/maximasession.cpp
@@ -1,343 +1,350 @@
 /*
     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) any later version.
 
     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, write to the Free Software
     Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
     Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
     ---
     Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Alexander Rieder <alexanderrieder@gmail.com>
     Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Alexander Semke (alexander.semke@web.de)
  */
 
 #include "maximasession.h"
 #include "maximaexpression.h"
 #include "maximacompletionobject.h"
 #include "maximasyntaxhelpobject.h"
 #include "maximahighlighter.h"
 #include "maximavariablemodel.h"
 #include "result.h"
 #include "settings.h"
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QProcess>
 #include <QTimer>
 
 #include <KMessageBox>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
 #ifndef Q_OS_WIN
 #include <signal.h>
 #endif
 
 
 //NOTE: the \\s in the expressions is needed, because Maxima seems to sometimes insert newlines/spaces between the letters
 //maybe this is caused by some behaviour if the Prompt is split into multiple "readStdout" calls
 //the Expressions are encapsulated in () to allow capturing for the text
 const QRegExp MaximaSession::MaximaOutputPrompt=QRegExp(QLatin1String("(\\(\\s*%\\s*o\\s*[0-9\\s]*\\))")); //Text, maxima outputs, before any output
 const QRegExp MaximaSession::MaximaInputPrompt = QRegExp(QLatin1String("(\\(\\s*%\\s*i\\s*[0-9\\s]*\\))"));
 
 
 MaximaSession::MaximaSession( Cantor::Backend* backend ) : Session(backend),
     m_process(nullptr),
     m_variableModel(new MaximaVariableModel(this)),
     m_justRestarted(false)
 {
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::login()
 {
     qDebug()<<"login";
 
     if (m_process)
         return; //TODO: why do we call login() again?!?
 
     emit loginStarted();
     QStringList arguments;
     arguments << QLatin1String("--quiet"); //Suppress Maxima start-up message
     const QString initFile = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QLatin1String("cantor/maximabackend/cantor-initmaxima.lisp"));
     arguments << QLatin1String("--init-lisp=") + initFile; //Set the name of the Lisp initialization file
 
     m_process = new QProcess(this);
     m_process->start(MaximaSettings::self()->path().toLocalFile(), arguments);
     m_process->waitForStarted();
-    m_process->waitForReadyRead();
-    qDebug()<<m_process->readAllStandardOutput();
+
+    QString input;
+    // Wait until first maxima prompt
+    while (!input.contains(QLatin1String("</cantor-prompt>")))
+    {
+        m_process->waitForReadyRead();
+        input += QString::fromLatin1(m_process->readAllStandardOutput());
+        qDebug() << input;
+    }
 
     connect(m_process, SIGNAL(finished(int,QProcess::ExitStatus)), this, SLOT(restartMaxima()));
     connect(m_process, SIGNAL(readyReadStandardOutput()), this, SLOT(readStdOut()));
     connect(m_process, SIGNAL(readyReadStandardError()), this, SLOT(readStdErr()));
     connect(m_process, SIGNAL(error(QProcess::ProcessError)), this, SLOT(reportProcessError(QProcess::ProcessError)));
 
     if(!MaximaSettings::self()->autorunScripts().isEmpty()){
         QString autorunScripts = MaximaSettings::self()->autorunScripts().join(QLatin1String(";"));
         autorunScripts.append(QLatin1String(";kill(labels)")); // Reset labels after running autorun scripts
         evaluateExpression(autorunScripts, MaximaExpression::DeleteOnFinish, true);
     }
 
     changeStatus(Session::Done);
     emit loginDone();
     qDebug()<<"login done";
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::logout()
 {
     qDebug()<<"logout";
 
     if(!m_process)
         return;
 
     disconnect(m_process, nullptr, this, nullptr);
 
 //     if(status()==Cantor::Session::Running)
         //TODO: terminate the running expressions first
 
     write(QLatin1String("quit();\n"));
     qDebug()<<"waiting for maxima to finish";
     m_process->waitForFinished();
     qDebug()<<"maxima exit finished";
 
     if(m_process->state() != QProcess::NotRunning)
     {
         m_process->kill();
         qDebug()<<"maxima still running, process kill enforced";
     }
 
     expressionQueue().clear();
     delete m_process;
     m_process = nullptr;
     m_variableModel->clear();
 
     changeStatus(Status::Disable);
 
     qDebug()<<"logout done";
 }
 
 Cantor::Expression* MaximaSession::evaluateExpression(const QString& cmd, Cantor::Expression::FinishingBehavior behave, bool internal)
 {
     qDebug() << "evaluating: " << cmd;
     MaximaExpression* expr = new MaximaExpression(this, internal);
     expr->setFinishingBehavior(behave);
     expr->setCommand(cmd);
     expr->evaluate();
 
     return expr;
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::readStdErr()
 {
    qDebug()<<"reading stdErr";
    if (!m_process)
        return;
    QString out=QLatin1String(m_process->readAllStandardError());
 
    if(expressionQueue().size()>0)
    {
        MaximaExpression* expr = static_cast<MaximaExpression*>(expressionQueue().first());
        expr->parseError(out);
    }
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::readStdOut()
 {
     QString out = QLatin1String(m_process->readAllStandardOutput());
     m_cache += out;
 
     //collect the multi-line output until Maxima has finished the calculation and returns a new promt
     if ( !out.contains(QLatin1String("</cantor-prompt>")) )
         return;
 
     if(expressionQueue().isEmpty())
     {
         //queue is empty, interrupt was called, nothing to do here
         qDebug()<<m_cache;
         m_cache.clear();
         return;
     }
 
     MaximaExpression* expr = static_cast<MaximaExpression*>(expressionQueue().first());
     if (!expr)
         return; //should never happen
 
     qDebug()<<"output: " << m_cache;
     expr->parseOutput(m_cache);
     m_cache.clear();
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::reportProcessError(QProcess::ProcessError e)
 {
     qDebug()<<"process error"<<e;
     if(e==QProcess::FailedToStart)
     {
         changeStatus(Cantor::Session::Done);
         emit error(i18n("Failed to start Maxima"));
     }
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::currentExpressionChangedStatus(Cantor::Expression::Status status)
 {
     Cantor::Expression* expression = expressionQueue().first();
     qDebug() << "expression status changed: command = " << expression->command() << ", status = " << status;
 
     if(status!=Cantor::Expression::Computing) //The session is ready for the next command
     {
         qDebug()<<"################################## EXPRESSION END ###############################################";
         disconnect(expression, SIGNAL(statusChanged(Cantor::Expression::Status)),
                    this, SLOT(currentExpressionChangedStatus(Cantor::Expression::Status)));
 
         expressionQueue().removeFirst();
         if(expressionQueue().isEmpty())
         {
             //if we are done with all the commands in the queue,
             //use the opportunity to update the variablemodel (if the last command wasn't already an update, as infinite loops aren't fun)
             QRegExp exp=QRegExp(QRegExp::escape(MaximaVariableModel::inspectCommand).arg(QLatin1String("(values|functions)")));
             QRegExp exp2=QRegExp(QRegExp::escape(MaximaVariableModel::variableInspectCommand).arg(QLatin1String("(values|functions)")));
 
             if(MaximaSettings::variableManagement()&&!exp.exactMatch(expression->command())&&!exp2.exactMatch(expression->command()))
             {
                 m_variableModel->checkForNewFunctions();
                 m_variableModel->checkForNewVariables();
             }else
             {
                 changeStatus(Cantor::Session::Done);
             }
 
         }else
         {
             runFirstExpression();
         }
     }
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::runFirstExpression()
 {
     qDebug()<<"running next expression";
     if (!m_process)
         return;
 
     if(!expressionQueue().isEmpty())
     {
         MaximaExpression* expr = static_cast<MaximaExpression*>(expressionQueue().first());
         QString command=expr->internalCommand();
         connect(expr, SIGNAL(statusChanged(Cantor::Expression::Status)), this, SLOT(currentExpressionChangedStatus(Cantor::Expression::Status)));
 
         expr->setStatus(Cantor::Expression::Computing);
         if(command.isEmpty())
         {
             qDebug()<<"empty command";
             expr->forceDone();
         }
         else
         {
             m_cache.clear();
             write(command + QLatin1Char('\n'));
         }
     }
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::interrupt()
 {
     if(!expressionQueue().isEmpty())
     {
         qDebug()<<"interrupting " << expressionQueue().first()->command();
         if(m_process->state() != QProcess::NotRunning)
         {
 #ifndef Q_OS_WIN
             const int pid=m_process->pid();
             kill(pid, SIGINT);
 #else
             ; //TODO: interrupt the process on windows
 #endif
         }
         expressionQueue().first()->interrupt();
         expressionQueue().removeFirst();
         foreach (Cantor::Expression* expression, expressionQueue())
             expression->setStatus(Cantor::Expression::Done);
         expressionQueue().clear();
 
         qDebug()<<"done interrupting";
     }
 
     changeStatus(Cantor::Session::Done);
     m_cache.clear();
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::sendInputToProcess(const QString& input)
 {
     write(input);
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::restartMaxima()
 {
     qDebug()<<"restarting maxima cooldown: "<<m_justRestarted;
 
     if(!m_justRestarted)
     {
         emit error(i18n("Maxima crashed. restarting..."));
         //remove the command that caused maxima to crash (to avoid infinite loops)
         if(!expressionQueue().isEmpty())
             expressionQueue().removeFirst();
 
         m_justRestarted=true;
         QTimer::singleShot(1000, this, SLOT(restartsCooledDown()));
 
         disconnect(m_process, SIGNAL(finished(int,QProcess::ExitStatus)), this, SLOT(restartMaxima()));
         login();
     }else
     {
         if(!expressionQueue().isEmpty())
             expressionQueue().removeFirst();
         KMessageBox::error(nullptr, i18n("Maxima crashed twice within a short time. Stopping to try starting"), i18n("Error - Cantor"));
     }
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::restartsCooledDown()
 {
     qDebug()<<"maxima restart cooldown";
     m_justRestarted=false;
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::setTypesettingEnabled(bool enable)
 {
     //we use the lisp command to set the variable, as those commands
     //don't mess with the labels and history
     const QString& val=QLatin1String((enable==true ? "t":"nil"));
     evaluateExpression(QString::fromLatin1(":lisp(setf $display2d %1)").arg(val), Cantor::Expression::DeleteOnFinish, true);
 
     Cantor::Session::setTypesettingEnabled(enable);
 }
 
 Cantor::CompletionObject* MaximaSession::completionFor(const QString& command, int index)
 {
     return new MaximaCompletionObject(command, index, this);
 }
 
 Cantor::SyntaxHelpObject* MaximaSession::syntaxHelpFor(const QString& command)
 {
     return new MaximaSyntaxHelpObject(command, this);
 }
 
 QSyntaxHighlighter* MaximaSession::syntaxHighlighter(QObject* parent)
 {
     return new MaximaHighlighter(parent, this);
 }
 
 QAbstractItemModel* MaximaSession::variableModel()
 {
     return m_variableModel;
 }
 
 void MaximaSession::write(const QString& exp) {
     qDebug()<<"################################## EXPRESSION START ###############################################";
     qDebug()<<"sending expression to maxima process: " << exp;
     m_process->write(exp.toUtf8());
 }