diff --git a/qt/aqt/progress.py b/qt/aqt/progress.py
index 261441a51..93fa712d7 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/progress.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/progress.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class ProgressManager:
         maybeShow: bool = True,
         max: int | None = None,
     ) -> None:
-        # print self._min, self._counter, self._max, label, time.monotonic() - self._lastTime
+        # print("update", label, self._levels, self._min, self._counter, self._max, label, time.monotonic() - self._shown)
         if not self.mw.inMainThread():
             print("progress.update() called on wrong thread")
             return
diff --git a/qt/aqt/sync.py b/qt/aqt/sync.py
index 36e1d5a19..861c632f5 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/sync.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/sync.py
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ def full_sync(
             callback=callback,
             buttons=button_labels,
             default_button=2,
+            parent=mw,
         )
 
 
diff --git a/qt/aqt/utils.py b/qt/aqt/utils.py
index cf5702c28..d89c9fbf6 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/utils.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/utils.py
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ def ask_user_dialog(
         | None
     ) = None,
     default_button: int = 1,
+    parent: QWidget | None = None,
     **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> MessageBox:
     "Shows a question to the user, passes the index of the button clicked to the callback."
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ def ask_user_dialog(
         icon=QMessageBox.Icon.Question,
         buttons=buttons,
         default_button=default_button,
+        parent=parent,
         **kwargs,
     )