diff --git a/src/Perspex.Base/Threading/Dispatcher.cs b/src/Perspex.Base/Threading/Dispatcher.cs
index af6f1d58af..31191d587c 100644
--- a/src/Perspex.Base/Threading/Dispatcher.cs
+++ b/src/Perspex.Base/Threading/Dispatcher.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ namespace Perspex.Threading
             this.mainLoop.Run(cancellationToken);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Runs continuations pushed on the loop.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void RunJobs()
+        {
+            this.mainLoop.RunJobs();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Invokes a method on the dispatcher thread.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Perspex.Base/Threading/MainLoop.cs b/src/Perspex.Base/Threading/MainLoop.cs
index e7efefacc1..009d331b28 100644
--- a/src/Perspex.Base/Threading/MainLoop.cs
+++ b/src/Perspex.Base/Threading/MainLoop.cs
@@ -42,37 +42,45 @@ namespace Perspex.Win32.Threading
         {
             while (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
-                Job job = null;
+                RunJobs();
 
-                while (job != null || this.queue.Count > 0)
-                {
-                    if (job == null)
-                    {
-                        lock (this.queue)
-                        {
-                            job = this.queue.Dequeue();
-                        }
-                    }
+                platform.ProcessMessage();
+            }
+        }
 
-                    if (job.Priority < DispatcherPriority.Input && platform.HasMessages())
-                    {
-                        break;
-                    }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Runs continuations pushed on the loop.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void RunJobs()
+        {
+            Job job = null;
 
-                    try
-                    {
-                        job.Action();
-                        job.TaskCompletionSource.SetResult(null);
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception e)
+            while (job != null || this.queue.Count > 0)
+            {
+                if (job == null)
+                {
+                    lock (this.queue)
                     {
-                        job.TaskCompletionSource.SetException(e);
+                        job = this.queue.Dequeue();
                     }
+                }
 
-                    job = null;
+                if (job.Priority < DispatcherPriority.Input && platform.HasMessages())
+                {
+                    break;
                 }
 
-                platform.ProcessMessage();
+                try
+                {
+                    job.Action();
+                    job.TaskCompletionSource.SetResult(null);
+                }
+                catch (Exception e)
+                {
+                    job.TaskCompletionSource.SetException(e);
+                }
+
+                job = null;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Windows/Perspex.Designer/AppHost/PerspexAppHost.cs b/src/Windows/Perspex.Designer/AppHost/PerspexAppHost.cs
index 5e099e6eb0..5d31605d43 100644
--- a/src/Windows/Perspex.Designer/AppHost/PerspexAppHost.cs
+++ b/src/Windows/Perspex.Designer/AppHost/PerspexAppHost.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Data;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
 using Perspex.Designer.Comm;
 
 namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
@@ -130,7 +131,13 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
             LookupStaticMethod("Perspex.Direct2D1.Direct2D1Platform", "Initialize").Invoke(null, null);
             LookupStaticMethod("Perspex.Win32.Win32Platform", "InitializeEmbedded").Invoke(null, null);
 
+            dynamic dispatcher =
+                LookupType("Perspex.Threading.Dispatcher")
+                    .GetProperty("UIThread", BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public)
+                    .GetValue(null);
             
+
+
             var xamlFactory = Activator.CreateInstance(LookupType("Perspex.Markup.Xaml.Context.PerspexParserFactory"));
             
             dynamic xamlLoader =
@@ -138,6 +145,10 @@ namespace Perspex.Designer.AppHost
 
             _xamlReader = (stream, root) => xamlLoader.Load(stream, root);
             _host = new WindowHost();
+            new Timer() {Interval = 10, Enabled = true}.Tick += delegate
+            {
+                dispatcher.RunJobs();
+            };
             _comm.SendMessage(new WindowCreatedMessage(_host.Handle));
             _initSuccess = true;
         }