diff --git a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/FontEditor.cpp b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/FontEditor.cpp
index 7a6babc59c..393cb01965 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/FontEditor.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/FontEditor.cpp
@@ -253,15 +253,14 @@ void FontEditorWidget::initialize(const String& path, RefPtr<Gfx::BitmapFont>&&
     m_path = path;
     m_edited_font = edited_font;
 
+    m_glyph_map_widget->initialize(*m_edited_font);
     m_glyph_editor_widget->initialize(*m_edited_font);
+
     m_glyph_editor_container->set_fixed_size(m_glyph_editor_widget->preferred_width(), m_glyph_editor_widget->preferred_height());
     m_left_column_container->set_fixed_width(m_glyph_editor_widget->preferred_width());
     m_glyph_editor_width_spinbox->set_enabled(!m_edited_font->is_fixed_width());
     m_glyph_editor_width_spinbox->set_max(m_edited_font->max_glyph_width());
 
-    m_glyph_map_widget->initialize(*m_edited_font);
-    m_glyph_map_widget->set_selected_glyph('A');
-
     m_name_textbox->set_text(m_edited_font->name());
     m_family_textbox->set_text(m_edited_font->family());
 
@@ -273,6 +272,8 @@ void FontEditorWidget::initialize(const String& path, RefPtr<Gfx::BitmapFont>&&
 
     m_fixed_width_checkbox->set_checked(m_edited_font->is_fixed_width());
 
+    m_glyph_map_widget->set_selected_glyph('A');
+
     if (on_initialize)
         on_initialize();
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/GlyphMapWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/GlyphMapWidget.cpp
index 28b9119934..b115472718 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/GlyphMapWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/FontEditor/GlyphMapWidget.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ void GlyphMapWidget::initialize(Gfx::BitmapFont& mutable_font)
         return;
     m_font = mutable_font;
     m_glyph_count = mutable_font.glyph_count();
+    m_selected_glyph = 0;
     vertical_scrollbar().set_step(font().glyph_height() + m_vertical_spacing);
 }