diff --git a/tests/test_page_startup.py b/tests/test_page_startup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69bd5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_page_startup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+"""The page calls showPage() while its first script is still running, before names declared
+later (in that script or the second one) exist. Touching one of them there throws, and the
+rest of the page's setup never runs: opening Frame Control at #games did exactly that."""
+import json
+import pathlib
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import unittest
+
+ROOT = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+STUBS = ['$', 'toggleLive', 'scrollToY', 'loadMacView', 'loadPanels', 'loadPanelSwitcher', 'loadTitles']
+
+RUN = r'''
+const vm = require('vm');
+const {code, hashes} = JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync(0, 'utf8'));
+const failures = [];
+for (const hash of hashes) {
+  const context = vm.createContext({
+    location: {hash}, document: {querySelectorAll: () => [], title: ''}, live: false,
+  });
+  try { vm.runInContext(code, context); }
+  catch (e) { failures.push(`${hash}: ${e.message}`); }
+}
+console.log(JSON.stringify(failures));
+'''
+
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(shutil.which('node'), 'Node runs the page code')
+class PageStartup(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_opening_any_page_or_section_at_startup_runs(self):
+        page = (ROOT / 'ui/index.html').read_text(encoding='utf-8')
+        first, second = re.findall(r'<script>(.*?)</script>', page, re.S)[:2]
+        tables = first[first.index('const PAGES ='):first.index('let page =')]
+        start = first.index('function showPage(')
+        show = first[start:first.index('\n}\n', start) + 3]
+        # Everything declared after the startup call is still uninitialised when it runs.
+        call = re.search(r'^showPage\(\);', first, re.M).end()
+        later = re.findall(r'^(?:const|let)\s+(\w+)', first[call:] + second, re.M)
+        later = [n for n in dict.fromkeys(later) if n not in STUBS and n not in ('PAGES', 'SECTION_PAGE', 'page')]
+        self.assertIn('link', later)  # the name that broke #games
+        stubs = ''.join(f'function {n}() {{ return {{ classList: {{ toggle() {{}} }}, scrollIntoView() {{}} }}; }}\n'
+                        for n in STUBS if n != '$')
+        code = ('const $ = id => id === "nowhere" ? null : { classList: { toggle() {} }, scrollIntoView() {} };\n' + stubs + tables + 'let page = "home";\n' + show +
+                'showPage();\n' + ''.join(f'let {n};\n' for n in later))
+        hashes = ['', '#home', '#games', '#android', '#tools', '#settings', '#devices', '#nowhere']
+        hashes += ['#' + k for k in re.findall(r'(\w+): "', tables)]
+        r = subprocess.run(['node', '-e', RUN], input=json.dumps({'code': code, 'hashes': hashes}),
+                           capture_output=True, text=True)
+        self.assertEqual(r.returncode, 0, r.stderr)
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(r.stdout), [])
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/ui/index.html b/ui/index.html
index d924968..707867a 100644
--- a/ui/index.html
+++ b/ui/index.html
@@ -3827,7 +3827,7 @@ const SECTION_PAGE = { view: "home", device: "home", shots: "home", comfort: "ho
                        transfer: "tools", apps: "tools", power: "tools", macview: "tools", media: "tools", panels: "tools",
                        privacy: "settings", artworkSettings: "settings", assistant: "settings" };
 let page = "home";
-function showPage() {
+function showPage(e) {
   const id = location.hash.slice(1);
   const next = PAGES.includes(id) ? id : SECTION_PAGE[id] || "home";
   if (next !== page && page === "home" && live) toggleLive(false);  // don't stream video nobody is watching
@@ -3840,8 +3840,9 @@ function showPage() {
   const section = !PAGES.includes(id) && id && $(id);
   if (section) section.scrollIntoView(); else scrollToY(0);
   if (page === "tools") { loadMacView(); loadPanels(); }
-  // Another computer may have added or removed a title: phones have no Refresh button.
-  if (page === "games" && prev !== "games" && link.s && link.s.phase === "connected") loadTitles();
+  // Another computer may have added or removed a title: phones have no Refresh button. Only
+  // on navigating here (e: the hashchange); at startup the first load is already on its way.
+  if (e && page === "games" && prev !== "games") loadTitles();
 }
 window.addEventListener("hashchange", showPage);
 // While a text field has focus, phones hide the bottom tab bar (see body.typing in the CSS).