diff --git a/ui/nvui/src/notify.ts b/ui/nvui/src/notify.ts
index 41f1ed4833dc..7ff651d4e964 100644
--- a/ui/nvui/src/notify.ts
+++ b/ui/nvui/src/notify.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@ type Notification = {
 
 export class Notify {
   notification: Notification | undefined;
+  redraw?: () => void;
 
-  constructor(readonly redraw: () => void, readonly timeout: number = 3000) {}
+  constructor(readonly timeout: number = 3000) {}
 
   set = (msg: string) => {
     // make sure it's different from previous, so it gets read again
     if (this.notification && this.notification.text == msg) msg += ' ';
     this.notification = { text: msg, date: new Date() };
-    lichess.requestIdleCallback(this.redraw, 500);
+    lichess.requestIdleCallback(() => this.redraw && this.redraw(), 500);
   };
 
   currentText = () =>
diff --git a/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts b/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts
index 207a2a50ebb8..742e7a993bfe 100644
--- a/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts
+++ b/ui/round/src/ctrl.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ export default class RoundController {
     }, 3000);
 
     this.socket = makeSocket(opts.socketSend, this);
+    this.nvui?.setRedraw(redraw);
 
     if (d.clock)
       this.clock = new ClockController(d, {
diff --git a/ui/round/src/interfaces.ts b/ui/round/src/interfaces.ts
index ba87f2d83c16..0c56ceadd606 100644
--- a/ui/round/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/ui/round/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import RoundController from './ctrl';
 import { ChatCtrl, ChatPlugin } from 'chat';
 import * as cg from 'chessground/types';
 import * as Prefs from 'common/prefs';
+import { Redraw } from 'common/snabbdom';
 
 export interface Untyped {
   [key: string]: any;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export interface NvuiPlugin {
   playPremove: (ctrl: RoundController) => void;
   premoveInput: string;
   render(ctrl: RoundController): VNode;
+  setRedraw(redraw: Redraw): void;
 }
 
 export interface SocketOpts {
diff --git a/ui/round/src/plugins/nvui.ts b/ui/round/src/plugins/nvui.ts
index d9efd8061cc3..ef20442c05e0 100644
--- a/ui/round/src/plugins/nvui.ts
+++ b/ui/round/src/plugins/nvui.ts
@@ -35,15 +35,14 @@ import { renderSetting } from 'nvui/setting';
 import { Notify } from 'nvui/notify';
 import { commands } from 'nvui/command';
 import { throttled } from '../sound';
-import { Redraw } from 'common/snabbdom';
 
 const selectSound = throttled('select');
 const borderSound = throttled('outOfBound');
 const errorSound = throttled('error');
 
 // esbuild
-export function initModule(redraw: Redraw): NvuiPlugin {
-  const notify = new Notify(redraw),
+export function initModule(): NvuiPlugin {
+  const notify = new Notify(),
     moveStyle = styleSetting(),
     prefixStyle = prefixSetting(),
     pieceStyle = pieceSetting(),
@@ -56,6 +55,9 @@ export function initModule(redraw: Redraw): NvuiPlugin {
   lichess.pubsub.on('round.suggestion', notify.set);
 
   return {
+    setRedraw(redraw) {
+      notify.redraw = redraw;
+    },
     premoveInput: '',
     playPremove(ctrl: RoundController) {
       const nvui = ctrl.nvui!;