diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
index 02ddba3d42..3c25a0aebb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow):
         self.view.magnification_changed.connect(self.magnification_changed)
         self.show_toc_on_open = False
         self.current_book_has_toc = False
-        self.base_window_title = unicode(self.windowTitle())
         self.iterator          = None
         self.current_page      = None
         self.pending_search    = None
@@ -817,8 +816,7 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow):
             self.action_table_of_contents.setDisabled(not self.iterator.toc)
             self.current_book_has_toc = bool(self.iterator.toc)
             self.current_title = title
-            self.setWindowTitle(self.base_window_title+' - '+title +
-                    ' [%s]'%self.iterator.book_format)
+            self.setWindowTitle(title + ' [%s]'%self.iterator.book_format + ' - ' + self.base_window_title)
             self.pos.setMaximum(sum(self.iterator.pages))
             self.pos.setSuffix(' / %d'%sum(self.iterator.pages))
             self.vertical_scrollbar.setMinimum(100)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py
index b233a1e04a..576b572171 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ class Main(MainWindow):
 
     def __init__(self, debug_javascript):
         MainWindow.__init__(self, None)
+        self.setWindowTitle(_('E-book viewer'))
+        self.base_window_title = unicode(self.windowTitle())
         self.setObjectName('EbookViewer')
         self.setWindowIcon(QIcon(I('viewer.png')))
         self.setDockOptions(self.AnimatedDocks | self.AllowTabbedDocks)