diff --git a/frontend/wave.ts b/frontend/wave.ts
index c296de862..497bbae12 100644
--- a/frontend/wave.ts
+++ b/frontend/wave.ts
@@ -92,9 +92,11 @@ async function reinitWave() {
     // We use this hack to prevent a flicker of the previously-hovered tab when this view was last active. This class is set in setActiveTab in global.ts. See tab.scss for where this class is used.
     // Also overrides the staticTabAtom to the new tab id so that the active tab is set correctly.
     globalStore.set(overrideStaticTabAtom, savedInitOpts.tabId);
-    setTimeout(() => {
-        document.body.classList.remove("nohover");
-    }, 100);
+    requestAnimationFrame(() =>
+        setTimeout(() => {
+            document.body.classList.remove("nohover");
+        }, 100)
+    );
 
     const client = await WOS.reloadWaveObject<Client>(WOS.makeORef("client", savedInitOpts.clientId));
     const waveWindow = await WOS.reloadWaveObject<WaveWindow>(WOS.makeORef("window", savedInitOpts.windowId));