diff --git a/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+Resize.swift b/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+Resize.swift
index 75263ac9..01d68f61 100644
--- a/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+Resize.swift
+++ b/NvimView/NvimView/NvimView+Resize.swift
@@ -62,12 +62,14 @@ extension NvimView {
     if noErrorDuringInitialization == false {
       self.logger.fault("There was an error launching neovim.")
 
-      let alert = NSAlert()
-      alert.alertStyle = .warning
-      alert.messageText = "Error during initialization"
-      alert.informativeText = "There was an error during the initialization of NeoVim. " +
-                              "Use :messages to view the error messages."
-      alert.runModal()
+      DispatchQueue.main.async {
+        let alert = NSAlert()
+        alert.alertStyle = .warning
+        alert.messageText = "Error during initialization"
+        alert.informativeText = "There was an error during the initialization of NeoVim. " +
+                                "Use :messages to view the error messages."
+        alert.runModal()
+      }
     }
   }