diff --git a/profile-widget/qmlprofile.cpp b/profile-widget/qmlprofile.cpp
index a0f68f0db..35ab82ba1 100644
--- a/profile-widget/qmlprofile.cpp
+++ b/profile-widget/qmlprofile.cpp
@@ -15,20 +15,25 @@ QMLProfile::QMLProfile(QQuickItem *parent) :
 	m_devicePixelRatio(1.0),
 	m_margin(0),
 	m_xOffset(0.0),
-	m_yOffset(0.0),
-	m_profileWidget(new ProfileWidget2(nullptr, nullptr))
+	m_yOffset(0.0)
 {
+	createProfileView();
 	setAntialiasing(true);
 	setFlags(QQuickItem::ItemClipsChildrenToShape | QQuickItem::ItemHasContents );
-	m_profileWidget->setProfileState(nullptr, 0);
-	m_profileWidget->setPrintMode(true);
-	m_profileWidget->setFontPrintScale(fontScale);
 	connect(QMLManager::instance(), &QMLManager::sendScreenChanged, this, &QMLProfile::screenChanged);
 	connect(this, &QMLProfile::scaleChanged, this, &QMLProfile::triggerUpdate);
 	connect(&diveListNotifier, &DiveListNotifier::divesChanged, this, &QMLProfile::divesChanged);
 	setDevicePixelRatio(QMLManager::instance()->lastDevicePixelRatio());
 }
 
+void QMLProfile::createProfileView()
+{
+	m_profileWidget.reset(new ProfileWidget2(nullptr, nullptr));
+	m_profileWidget->setProfileState(nullptr, 0);
+	m_profileWidget->setPrintMode(true);
+	m_profileWidget->setFontPrintScale(fontScale * m_devicePixelRatio);
+}
+
 // we need this so we can connect update() to the scaleChanged() signal - which the connect above cannot do
 // directly as it chokes on the default parameter for update().
 // If the scale changes we may need to change our offsets to ensure that we still only show a subset of
diff --git a/profile-widget/qmlprofile.h b/profile-widget/qmlprofile.h
index a67bc8c2f..4762c6d9c 100644
--- a/profile-widget/qmlprofile.h
+++ b/profile-widget/qmlprofile.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ private:
 	qreal m_xOffset, m_yOffset;
 	QScopedPointer<ProfileWidget2> m_profileWidget;
 	void updateProfile();
+	void createProfileView();
 
 private slots:
 	void divesChanged(const QVector<dive *> &dives, DiveField);