diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp
index fc8b9afc5..53b8be43f 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp
@@ -667,6 +667,8 @@ void BitcoinGUI::message(const QString &title, const QString &message, unsigned
         if (!(buttons = (QMessageBox::StandardButton)(style & CClientUIInterface::BTN_MASK)))
             buttons = QMessageBox::Ok;
 
+        // Ensure we get users attention
+        showNormalIfMinimized();
         QMessageBox mBox((QMessageBox::Icon)nMBoxIcon, strTitle, message, buttons, this);
         int r = mBox.exec();
         if (ret != NULL)
@@ -715,9 +717,8 @@ void BitcoinGUI::askFee(qint64 nFeeRequired, bool *payFee)
     QString strMessage = tr("This transaction is over the size limit. You can still send it for a fee of %1, "
         "which goes to the nodes that process your transaction and helps to support the network. "
         "Do you want to pay the fee?").arg(BitcoinUnits::formatWithUnit(BitcoinUnits::BTC, nFeeRequired));
-    QMessageBox::StandardButton retval = QMessageBox::question(
-          this, tr("Confirm transaction fee"), strMessage,
-          QMessageBox::Yes|QMessageBox::Cancel, QMessageBox::Yes);
+    QMessageBox::StandardButton retval = QMessageBox::question(this, tr("Confirm transaction fee"), strMessage,
+        QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::Cancel, QMessageBox::Yes);
     *payFee = (retval == QMessageBox::Yes);
 }
 
@@ -759,7 +760,7 @@ void BitcoinGUI::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)
             walletFrame->gotoSendCoinsPage();
         else
             message(tr("URI handling"), tr("URI can not be parsed! This can be caused by an invalid Litecoin address or malformed URI parameters."),
-                      CClientUIInterface::ICON_WARNING);
+                CClientUIInterface::ICON_WARNING);
     }
 
     event->acceptProposedAction();