diff --git a/aqt/webview.py b/aqt/webview.py
index 97168130d..8a8b110ea 100644
--- a/aqt/webview.py
+++ b/aqt/webview.py
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ class AnkiWebView(QWebEngineView):
     def setHtml(self, html):
         app = QApplication.instance()
         oldFocus = app.focusWidget()
+
+        # hack around buggy qt 5.7.0
+        print("fixme: qt 5.7.0 webview hack")
+        self._page = AnkiWebPage(self._onBridgeCmd)
+        self.setPage(self._page)
+
         self._page.setHtml(html)
         # work around webengine stealing focus on setHtml()
         if oldFocus: