diff --git a/frontend/user/ApplicationListModel.js b/frontend/user/ApplicationListModel.js
index 3f2f86c1b..beac52be9 100644
--- a/frontend/user/ApplicationListModel.js
+++ b/frontend/user/ApplicationListModel.js
@@ -139,15 +139,14 @@ class ApplicationListModel {
     }
   }
 
-  startApplication() {
-    let selectedIndex = this.selectedIndex;
-    let currentApp = this.appList[selectedIndex];
+  startApplication(index) {
+    let appStarting = this.appList[index];
 
-    currentApp.status = Status.STARTING;
-    currentApp.delayed = true;
+    appStarting.status = Status.STARTING;
+    appStarting.delayed = true;
 
     let configurablesData = {};
-    currentApp.configurables.forEach(function(configurable) {
+    appStarting.configurables.forEach(function(configurable) {
       let tag = configurable.tag;
       configurablesData[tag] = configurable.asConfigDict();
     });
@@ -155,19 +154,19 @@ class ApplicationListModel {
     let startPromise = $.Deferred();
 
     resources.Container.create({
-      mapping_id: currentApp.appData.mapping_id,
+      mapping_id: appStarting.appData.mapping_id,
       configurables: configurablesData
     })
     .done(() => {
-      this.updateIdx(selectedIndex)
+      this.updateIdx(index)
       .done(startPromise.resolve)
       .fail((error) => {
-        currentApp.status = Status.STOPPED;
+        appStarting.status = Status.STOPPED;
         startPromise.reject(error);
       });
     })
     .fail((error) => {
-      currentApp.status = Status.STOPPED;
+      appStarting.status = Status.STOPPED;
       startPromise.reject(error);
     });
 
diff --git a/frontend/user/vue-components/ApplicationView.vue b/frontend/user/vue-components/ApplicationView.vue
index c8923e92c..529b70f58 100644
--- a/frontend/user/vue-components/ApplicationView.vue
+++ b/frontend/user/vue-components/ApplicationView.vue
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@
       startApplication: function() {
         let startingApp = this.currentApp;
         let startingAppName = this.$options.filters.appName(startingApp.appData.image);
-        this.model.startApplication()
+        this.model.startApplication(this.model.selectedIndex)
         .done(() => {
           this.$emit('startApplication', startingApp);
         })
         .fail((error) => {
           this.$emit('error', {
-            title: "Error when starting " + startingAppName,
+            title: 'Error when starting ' + startingAppName,
             code: error.code,
             message: error.message
           });