diff --git a/src/js/controllers/tab-scan.js b/src/js/controllers/tab-scan.js
index c29be53ad..83d6f733e 100644
--- a/src/js/controllers/tab-scan.js
+++ b/src/js/controllers/tab-scan.js
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ angular.module('copayApp.controllers').controller('tabScanController', function(
 
   $scope.$on("$ionicView.afterEnter", function() {
     // try initializing and refreshing status any time the view is entered
-    scannerService.gentleInitialize();
+    if(!scannerService.isInitialized()) {
+      scannerService.gentleInitialize();
+    }
+    activate();
   });
 
   function activate(){
@@ -102,6 +105,9 @@ angular.module('copayApp.controllers').controller('tabScanController', function(
   function handleSuccessfulScan(contents){
     $log.debug('Scan returned: "' + contents + '"');
     scannerService.pausePreview();
+    // Sometimes (testing in Chrome, when reading QR Code) data is an object
+    // that has a string data.result.
+    contents = contents.result || contents;
     incomingData.redir(contents);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/js/services/incomingData.js b/src/js/services/incomingData.js
index b912c3233..a318e1157 100644
--- a/src/js/services/incomingData.js
+++ b/src/js/services/incomingData.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ angular.module('copayApp.services').factory('incomingData', function($log, $stat
   root.redir = function(data, shapeshiftData) {
     var originalAddress = null;
     var noPrefixInAddress = 0;
-
+    
     if (data.toLowerCase().indexOf('bitcoin') < 0) {
       noPrefixInAddress = 1;
     }