diff --git a/app/backend/nvhttp.cpp b/app/backend/nvhttp.cpp
index 8d08e158..bbbe8540 100644
--- a/app/backend/nvhttp.cpp
+++ b/app/backend/nvhttp.cpp
@@ -304,8 +304,7 @@ NvHTTP::getAppList()
                 // We must have a valid app before advancing to the next one
                 if (!apps.isEmpty() && !apps.last().isInitialized()) {
                     qWarning() << "Invalid applist XML";
-                    Q_ASSERT(false);
-                    return QVector<NvApp>();
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Invalid applist XML");
                 }
                 apps.append(NvApp());
             }
diff --git a/app/cli/listapps.cpp b/app/cli/listapps.cpp
index 29f966d3..c2d2bd1f 100644
--- a/app/cli/listapps.cpp
+++ b/app/cli/listapps.cpp
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
 #include "backend/computerseeker.h"
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
-#include <QTimer>
 
 #define COMPUTER_SEEK_TIMEOUT 30000
-#define APP_SEEK_TIMEOUT 10000
 
 namespace CliListApps
 {
@@ -16,9 +14,7 @@ namespace CliListApps
 enum State {
     StateInit,
     StateSeekComputer,
-    StateListApp,
-    StateSeekApp,
-    StateSeekEnded,
+    StateListApps,
     StateFailure,
 };
 
@@ -27,7 +23,6 @@ class Event
 public:
     enum Type {
         ComputerFound,
-        ComputerUpdated,
         ComputerSeekTimedout,
         Executed,
     };
@@ -67,9 +62,6 @@ public:
                            q, &Launcher::onComputerSeekTimeout);
                 m_ComputerSeeker->start(COMPUTER_SEEK_TIMEOUT);
 
-                q->connect(m_ComputerManager, &ComputerManager::computerStateChanged,
-                           q, &Launcher::onComputerUpdated);
-
                 m_BoxArtManager = new BoxArtManager(q);
 
                 if (m_Arguments.isVerbose()) {
@@ -89,12 +81,28 @@ public:
         case Event::ComputerFound:
             if (m_State == StateSeekComputer) {
                 if (event.computer->pairState == NvComputer::PS_PAIRED) {
-                    m_State = StateSeekApp;
+                    m_State = StateListApps;
                     m_Computer = event.computer;
-                    m_TimeoutTimer->start(APP_SEEK_TIMEOUT);
+
                     if (m_Arguments.isVerbose()) {
                         fprintf(stdout, "Loading app list...\n");
                     }
+
+                    // To avoid race conditions where ComputerSeeker stops async polling, but
+                    // ComputerManager is yet to update the app list, we will explicitly fetch the latest app list.
+                    // Otherwise, it becomes complicated as we would have to guess whether ComputerManager
+                    // would emit 1 signal (the list did not change) or 2 signals (indicating that the list has changed)
+                    try {
+                        NvHTTP http{m_Computer};
+
+                        const auto appList = http.getAppList();
+                        m_Arguments.isPrintCSV() ? printAppsCSV(appList) : printApps(appList);
+
+                        QCoreApplication::exit(0);
+                    } catch (std::exception& exception) {
+                        fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", exception.what());
+                        QCoreApplication::exit(1);
+                    }
                 } else {
                     m_State = StateFailure;
                     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", qPrintable(QObject::tr("Computer %1 has not been paired. "
@@ -105,15 +113,6 @@ public:
                 }
             }
             break;
-        // Occurs when a computer is updated
-        case Event::ComputerUpdated:
-            if (m_State == StateSeekApp) {
-                m_State = StateSeekEnded;
-                m_Arguments.isPrintCSV() ? printAppsCSV(m_Computer->appList) : printApps(m_Computer->appList);
-
-                QCoreApplication::exit(0);
-            }
-            break;
         }
     }
 
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ public:
     BoxArtManager *m_BoxArtManager;
     NvComputer *m_Computer;
     State m_State;
-    QTimer *m_TimeoutTimer;
     ListCommandLineParser m_Arguments;
 };
 
@@ -159,11 +157,7 @@ Launcher::Launcher(QString computer, ListCommandLineParser arguments, QObject *p
     Q_D(Launcher);
     d->m_ComputerName = computer;
     d->m_State = StateInit;
-    d->m_TimeoutTimer = new QTimer(this);
-    d->m_TimeoutTimer->setSingleShot(true);
     d->m_Arguments = arguments;
-    connect(d->m_TimeoutTimer, &QTimer::timeout,
-            this, &Launcher::onComputerSeekTimeout);
 }
 
 Launcher::~Launcher()
@@ -199,12 +193,4 @@ void Launcher::onComputerSeekTimeout()
     d->handleEvent(event);
 }
 
-void Launcher::onComputerUpdated(NvComputer *computer)
-{
-    Q_D(Launcher);
-    Event event(Event::ComputerUpdated);
-    event.computer = computer;
-    d->handleEvent(event);
-}
-
 }
diff --git a/app/cli/listapps.h b/app/cli/listapps.h
index a590d531..9b1d735f 100644
--- a/app/cli/listapps.h
+++ b/app/cli/listapps.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ public:
 
 private slots:
     void onComputerFound(NvComputer *computer);
-    void onComputerUpdated(NvComputer *computer);
     void onComputerSeekTimeout();
 
 private: