diff --git a/src/logic/Application.swift b/src/logic/Application.swift
index ad043c78..2a135162 100644
--- a/src/logic/Application.swift
+++ b/src/logic/Application.swift
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Application: NSObject {
         let windows = axWindows.map { Window($0, self) }
         Windows.list.insertAndScaleRecycledPool(windows, at: 0)
         windows.forEach { _ in Windows.moveFocusedWindowIndexAfterWindowCreatedInBackground() }
-        (App.shared as! App).refreshOpenUi()
+        (App.shared as! App).refreshOpenUi(windows)
     }
 
     private func observeEvents() {
@@ -104,15 +104,13 @@ private func eventApplicationActivated(_ app: App, _ element: AXUIElement) {
           let appFocusedWindow = element.focusedWindow(),
           let existingIndex = Windows.list.firstIndexThatMatches(appFocusedWindow) else { return }
     Windows.list.insert(Windows.list.remove(at: existingIndex), at: 0)
-    app.refreshOpenUi()
+    app.refreshOpenUi([Windows.list[0]])
 }
 
 private func eventApplicationHiddenOrShown(_ app: App, _ element: AXUIElement, _ type: String) {
-    for window in Windows.list {
-        guard window.application.axUiElement! == element else { continue }
-        window.isHidden = type == kAXApplicationHiddenNotification
-    }
-    app.refreshOpenUi()
+    let windows = Windows.list.filter { $0.application.axUiElement! == element }
+    windows.forEach { $0.isHidden = type == kAXApplicationHiddenNotification }
+    app.refreshOpenUi(windows)
 }
 
 private func eventWindowCreated(_ app: App, _ element: AXUIElement, _ application: Application) {
@@ -122,12 +120,12 @@ private func eventWindowCreated(_ app: App, _ element: AXUIElement, _ applicatio
     let window = Window(element, application)
     Windows.list.insertAndScaleRecycledPool([window], at: 0)
     Windows.moveFocusedWindowIndexAfterWindowCreatedInBackground()
-    app.refreshOpenUi()
+    app.refreshOpenUi([window])
 }
 
 private func eventFocusedWindowChanged(_ app: App, _ element: AXUIElement) {
     guard !app.appIsBeingUsed,
           let existingIndex = Windows.list.firstIndexThatMatches(element) else { return }
     Windows.list.insert(Windows.list.remove(at: existingIndex), at: 0)
-    app.refreshOpenUi()
+    app.refreshOpenUi([Windows.list[0]])
 }
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diff --git a/src/logic/Window.swift b/src/logic/Window.swift
index 97380062..8d5598f1 100644
--- a/src/logic/Window.swift
+++ b/src/logic/Window.swift
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ private func eventWindowMiniaturizedOrDeminiaturized(_ app: App, _ element: AXUI
     guard let index = Windows.list.firstIndexThatMatches(element) else { return }
     let window = Windows.list[index]
     window.isMinimized = type == kAXWindowMiniaturizedNotification
-    app.refreshOpenUi()
+    app.refreshOpenUi([window])
 }
 
 private func eventWindowTitleChanged(_ app: App, _ element: AXUIElement) {
@@ -148,10 +148,11 @@ private func eventWindowTitleChanged(_ app: App, _ element: AXUIElement) {
     guard let newTitle = window.axUiElement.title(),
           newTitle != window.title else { return }
     window.title = newTitle
-    app.refreshOpenUi()
+    app.refreshOpenUi([window])
 }
 
 private func eventWindowResized(_ app: App, _ element: AXUIElement) {
     guard let index = Windows.list.firstIndexThatMatches(element) else { return }
-    app.refreshOpenUi()
+    let window = Windows.list[index]
+    app.refreshOpenUi([window])
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/App.swift b/src/ui/App.swift
index 87d59cc7..49bec5c1 100644
--- a/src/ui/App.swift
+++ b/src/ui/App.swift
@@ -110,15 +110,17 @@ class App: NSApplication, NSApplicationDelegate {
     }
 
     func reopenUi() {
-        // TODO: retest this
         thumbnailsPanel!.orderOut(nil)
         Windows.refreshAllThumbnails()
         refreshOpenUi()
         thumbnailsPanel!.show()
     }
 
-    func refreshOpenUi() {
+    func refreshOpenUi(_ windowsToRefresh: [Window]? = nil) {
         guard appIsBeingUsed else { return }
+        if let windowsToRefresh = windowsToRefresh {
+            windowsToRefresh.map { $0.refreshThumbnail() }
+        }
         let currentScreen = Screen.preferred() // fix screen between steps since it could change (e.g. mouse moved to another screen)
         guard uiWorkShouldBeDone else { return }
         thumbnailsPanel!.thumbnailsView.updateItems(currentScreen)