diff --git a/src/ui/window.vala b/src/ui/window.vala
index 3fe17d1..6ba084d 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.vala
+++ b/src/ui/window.vala
@@ -57,6 +57,29 @@ class Ui.Window : Adw.ApplicationWindow {
             this.playbin.now_playing.connect (() => {
                 api.scrobble.begin (playbin.song.id);
                 this.play_queue.selection.playbin_select (playbin.play_queue_position);
+
+                if (this.cancel_loading_art != null) {
+                    this.cancel_loading_art.cancel ();
+                }
+                this.cancel_loading_art = new GLib.Cancellable ();
+
+                this.playing_cover_art = Gdk.Paintable.empty (1, 1);
+                if (playbin.song != null) {
+                    this.cover_art_loading = true;
+
+                    string song_id = playbin.song.id;
+                    this.api.cover_art.begin (song_id, this.cancel_loading_art, (obj, res) => {
+                        try {
+                            this.playing_cover_art = Gdk.Texture.for_pixbuf (this.api.cover_art.end (res));
+                            this.cover_art_loading = false;
+                        } catch (Error e) {
+                            if (!(e is IOError.CANCELLED)) {
+                                warning ("could not load cover for %s: %s", song_id, e.message);
+                                this.cover_art_loading = false;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
             });
 
             this.play_queue.selection.user_selected.connect ((position) => {
@@ -84,31 +107,6 @@ class Ui.Window : Adw.ApplicationWindow {
         this.setup.load ();
 
         this.sidebar.select_row (this.sidebar.get_row_at_index (0));
-
-        this.playbin.notify["current-song"].connect (() => {
-            if (this.cancel_loading_art != null) {
-                this.cancel_loading_art.cancel ();
-            }
-            this.cancel_loading_art = new GLib.Cancellable ();
-
-            this.playing_cover_art = Gdk.Paintable.empty (1, 1);
-            if (playbin.song != null) {
-                this.cover_art_loading = true;
-
-                string song_id = playbin.song.id;
-                this.api.cover_art.begin (song_id, this.cancel_loading_art, (obj, res) => {
-                    try {
-                        this.playing_cover_art = Gdk.Texture.for_pixbuf (this.api.cover_art.end (res));
-                        this.cover_art_loading = false;
-                    } catch (Error e) {
-                        if (!(e is IOError.CANCELLED)) {
-                            warning ("could not load cover for %s: %s", song_id, e.message);
-                            this.cover_art_loading = false;
-                        }
-                    }
-                });
-            }
-        });
     }
 
     [GtkCallback] private void on_sidebar_row_activated (Gtk.ListBoxRow row) {