diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 73c3597d9a..bd332def37 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.19",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.2",
+    "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.3",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "pako": "^1.0.11",
     "parse5": "^5.1.1",
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/AppTile.js b/src/components/views/elements/AppTile.js
index 3405d4ff16..fda2652d12 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/AppTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/AppTile.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export default class AppTile extends React.Component {
         // The key used for PersistedElement
         this._persistKey = 'widget_' + this.props.app.id;
         this._sgWidget = new StopGapWidget(this.props);
+        this._sgWidget.on("preparing", this._onWidgetPrepared);
         this._sgWidget.on("ready", this._onWidgetReady);
         this.iframe = null; // ref to the iframe (callback style)
 
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ export default class AppTile extends React.Component {
             this._sgWidget.stop();
         }
         this._sgWidget = new StopGapWidget(newProps);
+        this._sgWidget.on("preparing", this._onWidgetPrepared);
         this._sgWidget.on("ready", this._onWidgetReady);
         this._startWidget();
     }
@@ -295,8 +297,11 @@ export default class AppTile extends React.Component {
         this._revokeWidgetPermission();
     }
 
-    _onWidgetReady = () => {
+    _onWidgetPrepared = () => {
         this.setState({loading: false});
+    };
+
+    _onWidgetReady = () => {
         if (WidgetType.JITSI.matches(this.props.app.type)) {
             this._sgWidget.widgetApi.transport.send(ElementWidgetActions.ClientReady, {});
         }
diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
index 9e4d124d5b..dde756cf3b 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidget.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ export class StopGapWidget extends EventEmitter {
         if (this.started) return;
         const driver = new StopGapWidgetDriver( this.appTileProps.whitelistCapabilities || []);
         this.messaging = new ClientWidgetApi(this.mockWidget, iframe, driver);
+        this.messaging.addEventListener("preparing", () => this.emit("preparing"));
         this.messaging.addEventListener("ready", () => this.emit("ready"));
         WidgetMessagingStore.instance.storeMessaging(this.mockWidget, this.messaging);
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 51af4b6f4b..d095f23532 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6527,10 +6527,10 @@ matrix-react-test-utils@^0.2.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-test-utils/-/matrix-react-test-utils-0.2.2.tgz#c87144d3b910c7edc544a6699d13c7c2bf02f853"
   integrity sha512-49+7gfV6smvBIVbeloql+37IeWMTD+fiywalwCqk8Dnz53zAFjKSltB3rmWHso1uecLtQEcPtCijfhzcLXAxTQ==
 
-matrix-widget-api@^0.1.0-beta.2:
-  version "0.1.0-beta.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-0.1.0-beta.2.tgz#367da1ccd26b711f73fc5b6e02edf55ac2ea2692"
-  integrity sha512-q5g5RZN+RRjM4HmcJ+LYoQAYrB1wzyERmoQ+LvKbTV/+9Ov36Kp0QEP8CleSXEd5WLp6bkRlt60axDaY6pWGmg==
+matrix-widget-api@^0.1.0-beta.3:
+  version "0.1.0-beta.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-0.1.0-beta.3.tgz#356965ca357172ee056e3fd86fd96879b059a114"
+  integrity sha512-j7nxdhLQfdU6snsdBA29KQR0DmT8/vl6otOvGqPCV0OCHpq1312cP79Eg4JzJKIFI3A76Qha3nYx6G9/aapwXg==
 
 mdast-util-compact@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.4"