diff --git a/gui/qt/installwizard.py b/gui/qt/installwizard.py
index a700919b..9f05ab3b 100644
--- a/gui/qt/installwizard.py
+++ b/gui/qt/installwizard.py
@@ -131,22 +131,24 @@ class InstallWizard(WindowModalDialog, WizardBase):
         return self.pw_dialog(msg or MSG_ENTER_PASSWORD, PasswordDialog.PW_NEW)
 
     def choose_server(self, network):
-        # Show network dialog if config does not exist
-        if self.config.get('server') is None:
-            self.network_dialog(network)
+        self.network_dialog(network)
 
-    def show_restore(self, wallet, network, action):
-        def on_finished(b):
-            if action == 'restore':
-                if network:
-                    if wallet.is_found():
-                        msg = _("Recovery successful")
-                    else:
-                        msg = _("No transactions found for this seed")
+    def show_restore(self, wallet, network):
+        if network:
+            def task():
+                wallet.wait_until_synchronized()
+                if wallet.is_found():
+                    msg = _("Recovery successful")
                 else:
-                    msg = _("This wallet was restored offline. It may "
-                            "contain more addresses than displayed.")
-                self.show_message(msg)
+                    msg = _("No transactions found for this seed")
+                self.emit(QtCore.SIGNAL('synchronized'), msg)
+            self.connect(self, QtCore.SIGNAL('synchronized'), self.show_message)
+            t = threading.Thread(target = task)
+            t.start()
+        else:
+            msg = _("This wallet was restored offline. It may "
+                    "contain more addresses than displayed.")
+            self.show_message(msg)
 
     def create_addresses(self, wallet):
         def task():
diff --git a/lib/wizard.py b/lib/wizard.py
index 09cb5a9a..b1c7ef98 100644
--- a/lib/wizard.py
+++ b/lib/wizard.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class WizardBase(PrintError):
         """Choose a server if one is not set in the config anyway."""
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def show_restore(self, wallet, network, action):
+    def show_restore(self, wallet, network):
         """Show restore result"""
         pass
 
@@ -124,17 +124,19 @@ class WizardBase(PrintError):
         filename.  If the file doesn't exist launch the GUI-specific
         install wizard proper.'''
         storage = WalletStorage(filename)
+        need_sync = False
+        is_restore = False
+
         if storage.file_exists:
             wallet = Wallet(storage)
             self.update_wallet_format(wallet)
-            task = None
         else:
             cr, wallet = self.create_or_restore(storage)
             if not wallet:
                 return
-            task = lambda: self.show_restore(wallet, network, cr)
+            need_sync = True
+            is_restore = (cr == 'restore')
 
-        need_sync = False
         while True:
             action = wallet.get_action()
             if not action:
@@ -145,7 +147,9 @@ class WizardBase(PrintError):
             wallet.storage.write()
 
         if network:
-            self.choose_server(network)
+            # Show network dialog if config does not exist
+            if self.config.get('server') is None:
+                self.choose_server(network)
         else:
             self.show_warning(_('You are offline'))
 
@@ -156,8 +160,8 @@ class WizardBase(PrintError):
         if network:
             wallet.start_threads(network)
 
-        if task:
-            task()
+        if is_restore:
+            self.show_restore(wallet, network)
 
         return wallet