diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index a74b56c49..4fbbfd365 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -319,12 +319,7 @@ function handleCommonWindowEvents(window) {
     }
 
     if (window.webContents) {
-      window.webContents.send('callbacks:call:setPassiveZoomFactor', [
-        zoomFactor,
-      ]);
-      if (settingsWindow && settingsWindow.webContents) {
-        settingsWindow.webContents.send('render');
-      }
+      window.webContents.send('callbacks:call:persistZoomFactor', [zoomFactor]);
     }
 
     lastZoomFactor = zoomFactor;
diff --git a/ts/shims/dispatchItemsMiddleware.ts b/ts/shims/dispatchItemsMiddleware.ts
index 4f921ee3a..e65b99f51 100644
--- a/ts/shims/dispatchItemsMiddleware.ts
+++ b/ts/shims/dispatchItemsMiddleware.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { COLORS_CHANGED, COLOR_SELECTED } from '../state/ducks/conversations';
 export const dispatchItemsMiddleware: Middleware = ({
   getState,
 }) => next => action => {
+  const result = next(action);
   if (
     action.type === 'items/PUT' ||
     action.type === 'items/PUT_EXTERNAL' ||
@@ -20,6 +21,5 @@ export const dispatchItemsMiddleware: Middleware = ({
   ) {
     ipcRenderer.send('preferences-changed', getState().items);
   }
-
-  return next(action);
+  return result;
 };
diff --git a/ts/util/createIPCEvents.ts b/ts/util/createIPCEvents.ts
index 93fa134fa..833b9bee7 100644
--- a/ts/util/createIPCEvents.ts
+++ b/ts/util/createIPCEvents.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export type IPCEventsCallbacksType = {
     customColor?: { id: string; value: CustomColorType }
   ) => void;
   getDefaultConversationColor: () => DefaultConversationColorType;
-  setPassiveZoomFactor: (factor: number) => Promise<void>;
+  persistZoomFactor: (factor: number) => Promise<void>;
 };
 
 type ValuesWithGetters = Omit<
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ export function createIPCEvents(
     getMediaPermissions: window.getMediaPermissions,
     getMediaCameraPermissions: window.getMediaCameraPermissions,
 
-    setPassiveZoomFactor: zoomFactor =>
+    persistZoomFactor: zoomFactor =>
       window.storage.put('zoomFactor', zoomFactor),
 
     ...overrideEvents,
diff --git a/ts/util/preload.ts b/ts/util/preload.ts
index 85b28a308..d1fe16f16 100644
--- a/ts/util/preload.ts
+++ b/ts/util/preload.ts
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export function installCallback<Name extends keyof IPCEventsCallbacksType>(
       );
     } catch (error) {
       ipcRenderer.send(
-        `callbacks:call-success;${name}`,
+        `callbacks:call-success:${name}`,
         error && error.stack ? error.stack : error
       );
     }
diff --git a/ts/windows/preload.ts b/ts/windows/preload.ts
index 5f4189049..5b1547ead 100644
--- a/ts/windows/preload.ts
+++ b/ts/windows/preload.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ installCallback('resetAllChatColors');
 installCallback('resetDefaultChatColor');
 installCallback('setGlobalDefaultConversationColor');
 installCallback('getDefaultConversationColor');
-installCallback('setPassiveZoomFactor');
+installCallback('persistZoomFactor');
 
 // Getters only. These are set by the primary device
 installSetting('blockedCount', {
diff --git a/ts/windows/settings/preload.ts b/ts/windows/settings/preload.ts
index 2dbd329c7..315dea910 100644
--- a/ts/windows/settings/preload.ts
+++ b/ts/windows/settings/preload.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ function getSystemTraySettingValues(
   };
 }
 
-window.renderPreferences = async () => {
+const renderPreferences = async () => {
   if (!renderComponent) {
     setTimeout(window.renderPreferences, 100);
     return;
@@ -373,7 +373,13 @@ window.renderPreferences = async () => {
     onUniversalExpireTimerChange: reRender(
       settingUniversalExpireTimer.setValue
     ),
-    onZoomFactorChange: reRender(settingZoomFactor.setValue),
+
+    // Zoom factor change doesn't require immediate rerender since it will:
+    // 1. Update the zoom factor in the main window
+    // 2. Trigger `preferred-size-changed` in the main process
+    // 3. Finally result in `window.storage` update which will cause the
+    //    rerender.
+    onZoomFactorChange: settingZoomFactor.setValue,
 
     i18n: window.i18n,
   };
@@ -381,11 +387,14 @@ window.renderPreferences = async () => {
   function reRender<Value>(f: (value: Value) => Promise<Value>) {
     return async (value: Value) => {
       await f(value);
-      window.renderPreferences();
+      renderPreferences();
     };
   }
 
   renderComponent(Preferences, props);
 };
+window.renderPreferences = renderPreferences;
 
 initializeLogging();
+
+ipcRenderer.on('render', () => renderPreferences());