diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/main.py b/ankiqt/ui/main.py
index 677756dda..86ae083f7 100644
--- a/ankiqt/ui/main.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/main.py
@@ -369,13 +369,12 @@ An error occurred. Please copy the following message into a bug report.\n\n""" +
         for i in range(1, 5):
             l = getattr(self.mainWin, "easeLabel%d" % i)
             if self.config['suppressEstimates']:
-                l.hide()
+                l.setText("")
+            elif i == 1:
+                l.setText(self.withInterfaceFont(_("Soon")))
             else:
-                if i == 1:
-                    l.setText(self.withInterfaceFont(_("Soon")))
-                else:
-                    l.setText(self.withInterfaceFont("<b>" +
-                        self.deck.nextIntervalStr(self.currentCard, i) + "</b>"))
+                l.setText(self.withInterfaceFont("<b>" +
+                    self.deck.nextIntervalStr(self.currentCard, i) + "</b>"))
 
     def withInterfaceFont(self, text):
         family = self.config["interfaceFontFamily"]
diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/utils.py b/ankiqt/ui/utils.py
index e570d664a..7566ce39c 100644
--- a/ankiqt/ui/utils.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/utils.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def mungeQA(deck, txt):
                 prefix = u"file:///"
             else:
                 prefix = u"file://"
-            src = prefix + os.path.join(deck.mediaDir(), match)
+            src = prefix + os.path.join(deck.mediaDir(create=True), match)
         return 'img src="%s"' % src
     txt = re.sub('img src="(.*?)"', quote, txt)
     return txt