diff --git a/src/qtgui/recoll-win.pro b/src/qtgui/recoll-win.pro
index 8ff08cd1..d30d5764 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/recoll-win.pro
+++ b/src/qtgui/recoll-win.pro
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ TARGET          = recoll
 QT += webkit
 
 DEFINES += BUILDING_RECOLL
+DEFINES += USING_WEBKIT
 DEFINES -= UNICODE
 DEFINES -= _UNICODE
 DEFINES += _MBCS
diff --git a/src/qtgui/snippets_w.cpp b/src/qtgui/snippets_w.cpp
index 2813441d..d1f66117 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/snippets_w.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/snippets_w.cpp
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ void SnippetsW::onSetDoc(Rcl::Doc doc, std::shared_ptr<DocSequence> source)
 #if defined(USING_WEBKIT) || defined(USING_WEBENGINE)
     browser->setHtml(QString::fromUtf8(oss.str().c_str()));
 #else
+    browser->clear();
+    browser->append(".");
+    browser->clear();
     browser->insertHtml(QString::fromUtf8(oss.str().c_str()));
     browser->moveCursor (QTextCursor::Start);
     browser->ensureCursorVisible();