diff --git a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
index 92412e7f..ef804ca7 100644
--- a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
+++ b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
@@ -149,8 +149,11 @@ class QuickApp(object):
     def plug_profile_4(self, watched, autoconnect, profile):
         if autoconnect and not self.bridge.isConnected(profile):
             #Does the user want autoconnection ?
-            self.bridge.connect(profile)
-
+            self.bridge.asyncConnect(profile, callback=lambda: self.plug_profile_5(watched, autoconnect, profile), errback=lambda ignore: error(_('Error during autoconnection')))
+        else:
+            self.plug_profile_5(watched, autoconnect, profile)
+    
+    def plug_profile_5(self, watched, autoconnect, profile):
         self.profiles[profile]['watched'] = watched.split() #TODO: put this in a plugin
 
         ## misc ##