diff --git a/src/qml/Main.qml b/src/qml/Main.qml
index 4aa70a432..7469f5667 100644
--- a/src/qml/Main.qml
+++ b/src/qml/Main.qml
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
             RoomManager.resolveResource(directChat.id);
         }
         function onNewKeyVerificationSession(session) {
-            applicationWindow().pageStack.pushDialogLayer(Qt.createComponent("org.kde.neochat", "KeyVerificationDialog"), {
+            root.pageStack.pushDialogLayer(Qt.createComponent("org.kde.neochat", "KeyVerificationDialog"), {
                 session: session
             }, {
                 title: i18nc("@title:window", "Session Verification")