diff --git a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
index 930ec810..8a16864b 100644
--- a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
+++ b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ class QuickApp(object):
         self.menus = quick_menus.QuickMenusManager(self)
         ProfileManager.host = self
         self.profiles = ProfilesManager()
+        self._plugs_in_progress = set() # profiles currently being plugged, used to (un)lock contact list updates
         self.ready_profiles = set() # profiles which are connected and ready
         self.signals_cache = {} # used to keep signal received between start of plug_profile and when the profile is actualy ready
         self.contact_lists = quick_contact_list.QuickContactListHandler(self)
@@ -401,6 +402,7 @@ class QuickApp(object):
 
         @param profile(unicode): %(doc_profile)s
         """
+        self._plugs_in_progress.remove(profile)
         self.ready_profiles.add(profile)
 
         # profile is ready, we can call send signals that where is cache
@@ -410,6 +412,8 @@ class QuickApp(object):
             handler(*args, **kwargs)
 
         self.callListeners('profilePlugged', profile=profile)
+        if not self._plugs_in_progress:
+            self.contact_lists.lockUpdate(False)
 
     def asyncConnect(self, profile, callback=None, errback=None):
         if not callback:
@@ -428,6 +432,8 @@ class QuickApp(object):
 
         @param profiles: list of valid profile names
         """
+        self.contact_lists.lockUpdate()
+        self._plugs_in_progress.update(profiles)
         self.plugging_profiles()
         for profile in profiles:
             self.profiles.plug(profile)
diff --git a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_contact_list.py b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_contact_list.py
index f841c5fb..9fd16866 100644
--- a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_contact_list.py
+++ b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_contact_list.py
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ class QuickContactListHandler(object):
         handler = self
         self._clist = {} # key: profile, value: ProfileContactList
         self._widgets = set()
+        self._update_locked = False # se to True to ignore updates
 
     def __getitem__(self, profile):
         """Return ProfileContactList instance for the requested profile"""
@@ -857,9 +858,25 @@ class QuickContactListHandler(object):
         for contact_list in self._clist.itervalues():
             contact_list.select(entity)
 
+    def lockUpdate(self, locked=True, do_update=True):
+        """Forbid contact list updates
+
+        Used mainly while profiles are plugged, as many updates can occurs, causing
+        an impact on performances
+        @param locked(bool): updates are forbidden if True
+        @param do_update(bool): if True, a full update is done after unlocking
+            if set to False, widget state can be inconsistent, be sure to know
+            what youa re doing!
+        """
+        log.debug(u"Contact lists updates are now {}".format(u"LOCKED" if locked else u"UNLOCKED"))
+        self._update_locked = locked
+        if not locked and do_update:
+            self.update()
+
     def update(self, entities=None, type_=None, profile=None):
-        for widget in self._widgets:
-            widget.update(entities, type_, profile)
+        if not self._update_locked:
+            for widget in self._widgets:
+                widget.update(entities, type_, profile)
 
 
 class QuickContactList(QuickWidget):