diff --git a/Wabbajack/View Models/Installers/InstallerVM.cs b/Wabbajack/View Models/Installers/InstallerVM.cs
index 6108ecc5..94db86eb 100644
--- a/Wabbajack/View Models/Installers/InstallerVM.cs	
+++ b/Wabbajack/View Models/Installers/InstallerVM.cs	
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ namespace Wabbajack
             // Define commands
             ShowReportCommand = ReactiveCommand.Create(ShowReport);
             OpenReadmeCommand = ReactiveCommand.Create(
-                execute: OpenReadmeWindow,
+                execute: () => this.ModList?.OpenReadmeWindow(),
                 canExecute: this.WhenAny(x => x.ModList)
                     .Select(modList => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(modList?.Readme))
                     .ObserveOnGuiThread());
@@ -316,6 +316,14 @@ namespace Wabbajack
                     {
                         await this.Installer.Install();
                         Completed = ErrorResponse.Success;
+                        try
+                        {
+                            this.ModList?.OpenReadmeWindow();
+                        }
+                        catch (Exception ex)
+                        {
+                            Utils.Error(ex);
+                        }
                     }
                     catch (Exception ex)
                     {
@@ -377,31 +385,5 @@ namespace Wabbajack
             File.WriteAllText(file, HTMLReport);
             Process.Start(file);
         }
-
-        private void OpenReadmeWindow()
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ModList.Readme)) return;
-            using (var fs = new FileStream(ModListLocation.TargetPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
-            using (var ar = new ZipArchive(fs, ZipArchiveMode.Read))
-            using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
-            {
-                var entry = ar.GetEntry(ModList.Readme);
-                if (entry == null)
-                {
-                    Utils.Log($"Tried to open a non-existant readme: {ModList.Readme}");
-                    return;
-                }
-                using (var e = entry.Open())
-                {
-                    e.CopyTo(ms);
-                }
-                ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
-                using (var reader = new StreamReader(ms))
-                {
-                    var viewer = new TextViewer(reader.ReadToEnd(), ModList.Name);
-                    viewer.Show();
-                }
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Wabbajack/View Models/ModListMetadataVM.cs b/Wabbajack/View Models/ModListMetadataVM.cs
index d4ea773e..90424b99 100644
--- a/Wabbajack/View Models/ModListMetadataVM.cs	
+++ b/Wabbajack/View Models/ModListMetadataVM.cs	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace Wabbajack
             Metadata = metadata;
             IsBroken = metadata.ValidationSummary.HasFailures;
             OpenWebsiteCommand = ReactiveCommand.Create(() => Process.Start($"https://www.wabbajack.org/modlist/{Metadata.Links.MachineURL}"));
-            ExecuteCommand = ReactiveCommand.CreateFromObservable<Unit, bool>(
+            ExecuteCommand = ReactiveCommand.CreateFromObservable<Unit, Unit>(
                 canExecute: this.WhenAny(x => x.IsBroken).Select(x => !x),
                 execute: (unit) => 
                 Observable.Return(unit)
@@ -63,15 +63,31 @@ namespace Wabbajack
                     }
                     return exists;
                 })
+                .Where(exists => exists)
                 // Do any install page swap over on GUI thread
                 .ObserveOnGuiThread()
-                .Do(exists =>
+                .Select(_ =>
                 {
-                    if (exists)
-                    {
-                        _parent.MWVM.OpenInstaller(Path.GetFullPath(Location));
-                    }
-                }));
+                    _parent.MWVM.OpenInstaller(Path.GetFullPath(Location));
+
+                    // Wait for modlist member to be filled, then open its readme
+                    return _parent.MWVM.Installer.Value.WhenAny(x => x.ModList)
+                        .NotNull()
+                        .Take(1)
+                        .Do(modList =>
+                        {
+                            try
+                            {
+                                modList.OpenReadmeWindow();
+                            }
+                            catch (Exception ex)
+                            {
+                                Utils.Error(ex);
+                            }
+                        });
+                })
+                .Switch()
+                .Unit());
 
             _Exists = Observable.Interval(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.5))
                 .Unit()
diff --git a/Wabbajack/View Models/ModListVM.cs b/Wabbajack/View Models/ModListVM.cs
index 5c3d2a02..603041c2 100644
--- a/Wabbajack/View Models/ModListVM.cs	
+++ b/Wabbajack/View Models/ModListVM.cs	
@@ -82,5 +82,31 @@ namespace Wabbajack
                 .Replay(1)
                 .RefCount();
         }
+
+        public void OpenReadmeWindow()
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Readme)) return;
+            using (var fs = new FileStream(ModListPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
+            using (var ar = new ZipArchive(fs, ZipArchiveMode.Read))
+            using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                var entry = ar.GetEntry(Readme);
+                if (entry == null)
+                {
+                    Utils.Log($"Tried to open a non-existant readme: {Readme}");
+                    return;
+                }
+                using (var e = entry.Open())
+                {
+                    e.CopyTo(ms);
+                }
+                ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+                using (var reader = new StreamReader(ms))
+                {
+                    var viewer = new TextViewer(reader.ReadToEnd(), Name);
+                    viewer.Show();
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }