diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c4fd0f6e..c22079bb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
   "scripts": {
     "tsc": "git clean -xdf ./lib && npm run lint && tsc",
     "lint": "tslint --project tsconfig.json",
-    "start": "npm run compile-css && cross-env ELECTRON_DEV=true electron .",
+    "start": "npm run compile-css && npm run browserify-preload && cross-env ELECTRON_DEV=true electron .",
     "compile-css": "lessc src/renderer/styles/main.less src/renderer/styles/main.css",
     "prebuild": "npm run rebuild && npm run browserify-preload",
-    "browserify-preload": "browserify -o js/preload/_preloadMain.js -x electron --insert-global-vars=__filename,__dirname js/preload/preloadMain.js  --exclude electron-spellchecker",
+    "browserify-preload": "browserify -o src/renderer/_preload-main.js -x electron --insert-global-vars=__filename,__dirname src/renderer/preload-main.js",
     "rebuild": "electron-rebuild -f",
     "dev": "npm run prebuild && cross-env ELECTRON_DEV=true electron .",
     "test": "npm run lint && npm rebuild --build-from-source && cross-env ELECTRON_QA=true jest --config jest.unit.config.json --runInBand && npm run rebuild",
diff --git a/src/browser/window-handler.ts b/src/browser/window-handler.ts
index ca3275cc..0aa06680 100644
--- a/src/browser/window-handler.ts
+++ b/src/browser/window-handler.ts
@@ -147,8 +147,11 @@ export class WindowHandler {
             }
         });
 
+        // Get url to load from cmd line or from global config file
         const urlFromCmd = getCommandLineArgs(process.argv, '--url=', false);
         this.url = urlFromCmd && urlFromCmd.substr(6) || WindowHandler.getValidUrl(this.globalConfig.url);
+
+        // loads the main window with url from config/cmd line
         this.mainWindow.loadURL(this.url);
         this.mainWindow.webContents.on('did-finish-load', () => {
             // close the loading window when
@@ -159,6 +162,7 @@ export class WindowHandler {
             }
             // early exit if the window has already been destroyed
             if (!this.mainWindow || this.mainWindow.isDestroyed()) return;
+            this.url = this.mainWindow.webContents.getURL();
 
             // Injects custom title bar css into the webContents
             if (this.mainWindow && this.isCustomTitleBarAndWindowOS) {