diff --git a/source/core.py b/source/core.py
index 5c6f56b8a8f..f8233540ee0 100644
--- a/source/core.py
+++ b/source/core.py
@@ -584,10 +584,16 @@ def run(self):
 		log.debug("initializing updateCheck")
 		updateCheck.initialize()
 	log.info("NVDA initialized")
+
 	# Queue the firing of the postNVDAStartup notification.
 	# This is queued so that it will run from within the core loop,
 	# and initial focus has been reported.
-	queueHandler.queueFunction(queueHandler.eventQueue, postNvdaStartup.notify)
+	def _doPostNvdaStartupAction():
+		log.debug("Notify of postNvdaStartup action")
+		postNvdaStartup.notify()
+
+	queueHandler.queueFunction(queueHandler.eventQueue, _doPostNvdaStartupAction)
+
 
 	log.debug("entering wx application main loop")
 	app.MainLoop()
diff --git a/tests/system/libraries/SystemTestSpy/speechSpyGlobalPlugin.py b/tests/system/libraries/SystemTestSpy/speechSpyGlobalPlugin.py
index 365daee455c..fe5868cd888 100644
--- a/tests/system/libraries/SystemTestSpy/speechSpyGlobalPlugin.py
+++ b/tests/system/libraries/SystemTestSpy/speechSpyGlobalPlugin.py
@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ def wait_for_NVDA_startup_to_complete(self):
 			giveUpAfterSeconds=self._minTimeout(10),
 			errorMessage="Unable to connect to nvdaSpy",
 		)
-		if self._isNvdaStartupComplete:
-			self.reset_all_speech_index()
+		self.reset_all_speech_index()
 
 	def get_last_speech(self) -> str:
 		return self._getSpeechAtIndex(-1)
diff --git a/tests/system/robot/chromeTests.robot b/tests/system/robot/chromeTests.robot
index bcf5b91d000..01c33755681 100644
--- a/tests/system/robot/chromeTests.robot
+++ b/tests/system/robot/chromeTests.robot
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Library	NvdaLib.py
 Library	chromeTests.py
 Library	ScreenCapLibrary
 
-Test Setup	start NVDA	standard-dontShowWelcomeDialog.ini
+Test Setup	default setup
 Test Teardown	default teardown
 
 *** Keywords ***
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ default teardown
 	exit chrome
 	quit NVDA
 
+default setup
+	start NVDA	standard-dontShowWelcomeDialog.ini
+	Sleep	2s
+
 *** Test Cases ***
 
 checkbox labelled by inner element