diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/main.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/main.qml
index 7957d381b..d39d8b3eb 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/main.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/main.qml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ ApplicationWindow
     property variant activeDialogs: []
 
     property bool _wantClose: false
+    property var _exceptionDialog
 
     header: ToolBar {
         id: toolbar
@@ -364,11 +365,16 @@ ApplicationWindow
         function onUserNotify(wallet_name, message) {
             notificationPopup.show(wallet_name, message)
         }
-        function onShowException() {
-            var dialog = crashDialog.createObject(app, {
-                crashData: AppController.crashData()
+        function onShowException(crash_data) {
+            if (app._exceptionDialog)
+                return
+            app._exceptionDialog = crashDialog.createObject(app, {
+                crashData: crash_data
             })
-            dialog.open()
+            app._exceptionDialog.onClosed.connect(function() {
+                app._exceptionDialog = null
+            })
+            app._exceptionDialog.open()
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qeapp.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qeapp.py
index ae6af94c7..b3fd7636e 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qeapp.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qeapp.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class QEAppController(BaseCrashReporter, QObject):
     _dummy = pyqtSignal()
     userNotify = pyqtSignal(str, str)
     uriReceived = pyqtSignal(str)
-    showException = pyqtSignal()
+    showException = pyqtSignal('QVariantMap')
     sendingBugreport = pyqtSignal()
     sendingBugreportSuccess = pyqtSignal(str)
     sendingBugreportFailure = pyqtSignal(str)
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class QEAppController(BaseCrashReporter, QObject):
     @pyqtSlot(object,object,object,object)
     def crash(self, config, e, text, tb):
         self.exc_args = (e, text, tb) # for BaseCrashReporter
-        self.showException.emit()
+        self.showException.emit(self.crashData())
 
     @pyqtSlot()
     def sendReport(self):