diff --git a/iped-app/src/main/java/iped/app/ui/App.java b/iped-app/src/main/java/iped/app/ui/App.java
index 2e93746f9a..16cde7252c 100644
--- a/iped-app/src/main/java/iped/app/ui/App.java
+++ b/iped-app/src/main/java/iped/app/ui/App.java
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ public void changed(CDockableLocationEvent event) {
                             }
                         }
                         if (!validated && event.isShowingChanged()) {
-                            viewerController.updateViewer(viewer, false);
+                            viewerController.updateViewer(viewer, false, true);
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/iped-app/src/main/java/iped/app/ui/ViewerController.java b/iped-app/src/main/java/iped/app/ui/ViewerController.java
index 852eeb77d7..bf53f9049f 100644
--- a/iped-app/src/main/java/iped/app/ui/ViewerController.java
+++ b/iped-app/src/main/java/iped/app/ui/ViewerController.java
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public void loadFile(IStreamSource file, IStreamSource viewFile, String contentT
         }
         for (AbstractViewer viewer : viewers) {
             if (!viewer.equals(requested)) {
-                updateViewer(viewer, true);
+                updateViewer(viewer, true, false);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ public boolean hasHits() {
         return highlightTerms != null && !highlightTerms.isEmpty();
     }
 
-    public void updateViewer(AbstractViewer viewer, boolean clean) {
-        if (viewer.getPanel().isShowing() || (viewer.equals(textViewer) && hasHits())) {
+    public void updateViewer(AbstractViewer viewer, boolean clean, boolean forceLoad) {
+        if (viewer.getPanel().isShowing() || (viewer.equals(textViewer) && hasHits()) || forceLoad) {
             if (isInitialized())
                 loadInViewer(viewer);
             DefaultSingleCDockable dock = dockPerViewer.get(viewer);