diff --git a/src/ScalarAuthClient.js b/src/ScalarAuthClient.js
index c9d056f88e..f50128c454 100644
--- a/src/ScalarAuthClient.js
+++ b/src/ScalarAuthClient.js
@@ -76,6 +76,36 @@ class ScalarAuthClient {
         return defer.promise;
     }
 
+    getScalarPageTitle(url) {
+        const defer = Promise.defer();
+
+        let scalarPageLookupUrl = SdkConfig.get().integrations_rest_url + '/api/widgets/title_lookup';
+        scalarPageLookupUrl = this.getStarterLink(scalarPageLookupUrl);
+        scalarPageLookupUrl += '&curl=' + encodeURIComponent(url);
+        request({
+            method: 'GET',
+            uri: scalarPageLookupUrl,
+            json: true,
+        }, (err, response, body) => {
+            if (err) {
+                defer.reject(err);
+            } else if (response.statusCode / 100 !== 2) {
+                defer.reject({statusCode: response.statusCode});
+            } else if (!body) {
+                defer.reject(new Error("Missing scalar_token in response"));
+            } else {
+                console.warn("page title body", body);
+                let title = "";
+                if (body.page_title_cache_item && body.page_title_cache_item.cached_title) {
+                    title = body.page_title_cache_item.cached_title;
+                }
+                defer.resolve(title);
+            }
+        });
+
+        return defer.promise;
+    }
+
     getScalarInterfaceUrlForRoom(roomId, screen, id) {
         let url = SdkConfig.get().integrations_ui_url;
         url += "?scalar_token=" + encodeURIComponent(this.scalarToken);
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/AppTile.js b/src/components/views/elements/AppTile.js
index 1dbb7af586..ba0691a1de 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/AppTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/AppTile.js
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ export default React.createClass({
                 widgetUrl: u.format(),
                 initialising: false,
             });
+
+            this._updateWidgetTitle(params.url);
         }, (err) => {
             console.error("Failed to get scalar_token", err);
             this.setState({
@@ -299,12 +301,19 @@ export default React.createClass({
 
     /**
      * Set remote content title on AppTile
-     * @param {string} title Title string to set on the AppTile
+     * @param {string} url Url to check for title
      */
-    _updateWidgetTitle(title) {
-        if (title) {
-            this.setState({widgetPageTitle: null});
-        }
+    _updateWidgetTitle(url) {
+        this._scalarClient.getScalarPageTitle(url).then((widgetPageTitle) => {
+            if (widgetPageTitle) {
+                console.log("Got page title", widgetPageTitle);
+                this.setState({widgetPageTitle: widgetPageTitle});
+            } else {
+                console.error("No page title");
+            }
+        }, (err) =>{
+            console.error("Failed to get page title", err);
+        });
     },
 
     // Widget labels to render, depending upon user permissions