From c867bcaf992994b491e7240c48d800f5fe6cdaa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 13:41:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 src/calibre/scraper/qt.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/scraper/qt.py b/src/calibre/scraper/qt.py
index 462aecaf76..93f318b237 100644
--- a/src/calibre/scraper/qt.py
+++ b/src/calibre/scraper/qt.py
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class Browser:
 
     def _send_command(self, cmd):
         with self.lock:
+            self._ensure_state()
             self.worker.stdin.write(json.dumps(cmd).encode())
             self.worker.stdin.write(b'\n')
             self.worker.stdin.flush()