diff --git a/doc/changelog.asciidoc b/doc/changelog.asciidoc
index 6eb427a94..d28dcb3d7 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/changelog.asciidoc
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Fixed
 - Greasemonkey scripts which start with an UTF-8 BOM are now handled correctly.
 - When no documentation has been generated, the plaintext documentation now can
   be shown for more files such as `qute://help/userscripts.html`.
+- Crash when doing initial run on Wayland without XWayland
 
 Removed
 ~~~~~~~
diff --git a/qutebrowser/misc/backendproblem.py b/qutebrowser/misc/backendproblem.py
index 3bd52eb44..d5f7c9680 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/misc/backendproblem.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/misc/backendproblem.py
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ def _handle_wayland():
                  "(if you have a <i>config.py</i> file, you'll need to set "
                  "this manually).</p>")
     else:
-        text.append("<p><b>Set up XWayland</b></p>"
-                    "<p>This allows you to use the newer QtWebEngine backend "
-                    "(based on Chromium). ")
+        text += ("<p><b>Set up XWayland</b></p>"
+                 "<p>This allows you to use the newer QtWebEngine backend "
+                 "(based on Chromium). ")
 
     if has_qt511:
         buttons.append(_Button("Force software rendering",