diff --git a/Ladybird/Qt/Application.cpp b/Ladybird/Qt/Application.cpp
index 1be1ff49cbb..69036a91dfb 100644
--- a/Ladybird/Qt/Application.cpp
+++ b/Ladybird/Qt/Application.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ BrowserWindow& Application::new_window(Vector<URL::URL> const& initial_urls, Web
     auto* window = new BrowserWindow(initial_urls, cookie_jar, web_content_options, webdriver_content_ipc_path, allow_popups, parent_tab, move(page_index));
     set_active_window(*window);
     window->show();
+    if (initial_urls.is_empty()) {
+        auto* tab = window->current_tab();
+        if (tab) {
+            tab->set_url_is_hidden(true);
+            tab->focus_location_editor();
+        }
+    }
     window->activateWindow();
     window->raise();
     return *window;
diff --git a/Ladybird/Qt/BrowserWindow.cpp b/Ladybird/Qt/BrowserWindow.cpp
index 5ceddf04a0e..9318da6d4c5 100644
--- a/Ladybird/Qt/BrowserWindow.cpp
+++ b/Ladybird/Qt/BrowserWindow.cpp
@@ -544,11 +544,12 @@ BrowserWindow::BrowserWindow(Vector<URL::URL> const& initial_urls, WebView::Cook
     QObject::connect(quit_action, &QAction::triggered, this, &QMainWindow::close);
 
     QObject::connect(m_new_tab_action, &QAction::triggered, this, [this] {
-        new_tab_from_url(ak_url_from_qstring(Settings::the()->new_tab_page()), Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes);
+        auto& tab = new_tab_from_url(ak_url_from_qstring(Settings::the()->new_tab_page()), Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes);
+        tab.set_url_is_hidden(true);
+        tab.focus_location_editor();
     });
     QObject::connect(m_new_window_action, &QAction::triggered, this, [this] {
-        auto initial_urls = Vector<URL::URL> { ak_url_from_qstring(Settings::the()->new_tab_page()) };
-        (void)static_cast<Ladybird::Application*>(QApplication::instance())->new_window(initial_urls, m_cookie_jar, m_web_content_options, m_webdriver_content_ipc_path, m_allow_popups);
+        (void)static_cast<Ladybird::Application*>(QApplication::instance())->new_window({}, m_cookie_jar, m_web_content_options, m_webdriver_content_ipc_path, m_allow_popups);
     });
     QObject::connect(open_file_action, &QAction::triggered, this, &BrowserWindow::open_file);
     QObject::connect(settings_action, &QAction::triggered, this, [this] {
@@ -616,8 +617,12 @@ BrowserWindow::BrowserWindow(Vector<URL::URL> const& initial_urls, WebView::Cook
     if (parent_tab) {
         new_child_tab(Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes, *parent_tab, AK::move(page_index));
     } else {
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < initial_urls.size(); ++i) {
-            new_tab_from_url(initial_urls[i], (i == 0) ? Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes : Web::HTML::ActivateTab::No);
+        if (initial_urls.is_empty()) {
+            new_tab_from_url(ak_url_from_qstring(Settings::the()->new_tab_page()), Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes);
+        } else {
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < initial_urls.size(); ++i) {
+                new_tab_from_url(initial_urls[i], (i == 0) ? Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes : Web::HTML::ActivateTab::No);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -673,11 +678,9 @@ Tab& BrowserWindow::create_new_tab(Web::HTML::ActivateTab activate_tab, Tab& par
     }
 
     m_tabs_container->addTab(tab, "New Tab");
-    if (activate_tab == Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes) {
+    if (activate_tab == Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes)
         m_tabs_container->setCurrentWidget(tab);
-        if (m_tabs_container->count() != 1)
-            tab->set_url_is_hidden(true);
-    }
+
     initialize_tab(tab);
     return *tab;
 }
@@ -691,11 +694,9 @@ Tab& BrowserWindow::create_new_tab(Web::HTML::ActivateTab activate_tab)
     }
 
     m_tabs_container->addTab(tab, "New Tab");
-    if (activate_tab == Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes) {
+    if (activate_tab == Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes)
         m_tabs_container->setCurrentWidget(tab);
-        if (m_tabs_container->count() != 1)
-            tab->set_url_is_hidden(true);
-    }
+
     initialize_tab(tab);
 
     return *tab;
@@ -770,8 +771,6 @@ void BrowserWindow::initialize_tab(Tab* tab)
     m_tabs_container->setTabIcon(m_tabs_container->indexOf(tab), tab->favicon());
     create_close_button_for_tab(tab);
 
-    tab->focus_location_editor();
-
     tab->set_line_box_borders(m_show_line_box_borders_action->isChecked());
     tab->set_scripting(m_enable_scripting_action->isChecked());
     tab->set_block_popups(m_block_pop_ups_action->isChecked());
diff --git a/Ladybird/Qt/main.cpp b/Ladybird/Qt/main.cpp
index cd22d0ae0bb..325144f1151 100644
--- a/Ladybird/Qt/main.cpp
+++ b/Ladybird/Qt/main.cpp
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ static Vector<URL::URL> sanitize_urls(Vector<ByteString> const& raw_urls)
         if (auto url = WebView::sanitize_url(raw_url); url.has_value())
             sanitized_urls.append(url.release_value());
     }
-
-    if (sanitized_urls.is_empty()) {
-        auto new_tab_page = Ladybird::Settings::the()->new_tab_page();
-        sanitized_urls.append(ak_string_from_qstring(new_tab_page));
-    }
     return sanitized_urls;
 }