diff --git a/comictaggerlib/issueselectionwindow.py b/comictaggerlib/issueselectionwindow.py
index 6e89078..c84a01b 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/issueselectionwindow.py
+++ b/comictaggerlib/issueselectionwindow.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from comicapi.genericmetadata import GenericMetadata
 from comicapi.issuestring import IssueString
 from comictaggerlib.coverimagewidget import CoverImageWidget
 from comictaggerlib.ctsettings import ct_ns
-from comictaggerlib.ui import ui_path
+from comictaggerlib.ui import qtutils, ui_path
 from comictaggerlib.ui.qtutils import new_web_view, reduce_widget_font_size
 from comictalker.comictalker import ComicTalker, TalkerError
 
@@ -66,12 +66,7 @@ class IssueSelectionWindow(QtWidgets.QDialog):
         self.teDescription: QtWidgets.QWidget
         webengine = new_web_view(self)
         if webengine:
-            self.teDescription.hide()
-            self.teDescription.deleteLater()
-            # I don't know how to replace teDescription, this is the result of teDescription.height() once rendered
-            webengine.resize(webengine.width(), 141)
-            self.splitter.addWidget(webengine)
-            self.teDescription = webengine
+            self.teDescription = qtutils.replaceWidget(self.splitter, self.teDescription, webengine)
             logger.info("successfully loaded QWebEngineView")
         else:
             logger.info("failed to open QWebEngineView")
diff --git a/comictaggerlib/seriesselectionwindow.py b/comictaggerlib/seriesselectionwindow.py
index 6bc69b0..bf22407 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/seriesselectionwindow.py
+++ b/comictaggerlib/seriesselectionwindow.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from comictaggerlib.issueidentifier import IssueIdentifier
 from comictaggerlib.issueselectionwindow import IssueSelectionWindow
 from comictaggerlib.matchselectionwindow import MatchSelectionWindow
 from comictaggerlib.progresswindow import IDProgressWindow
-from comictaggerlib.ui import ui_path
+from comictaggerlib.ui import qtutils, ui_path
 from comictaggerlib.ui.qtutils import new_web_view, reduce_widget_font_size
 from comictalker.comictalker import ComicTalker, TalkerError
 
@@ -127,12 +127,7 @@ class SeriesSelectionWindow(QtWidgets.QDialog):
         self.teDetails: QtWidgets.QWidget
         webengine = new_web_view(self)
         if webengine:
-            self.teDetails.hide()
-            self.teDetails.deleteLater()
-            # I don't know how to replace teDetails, this is the result of teDetails.height() once rendered
-            webengine.resize(webengine.width(), 141)
-            self.splitter.addWidget(webengine)
-            self.teDetails = webengine
+            self.teDetails = qtutils.replaceWidget(self.splitter, self.teDetails, webengine)
 
         reduce_widget_font_size(self.teDetails, 1)
         reduce_widget_font_size(self.twList)
diff --git a/comictaggerlib/ui/qtutils.py b/comictaggerlib/ui/qtutils.py
index 01921c0..7104b9b 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/ui/qtutils.py
+++ b/comictaggerlib/ui/qtutils.py
@@ -215,3 +215,26 @@ if qt_available:
                 widget.setPalette(inactive_palette[0])
             elif isinstance(widget, QtWidgets.QListWidget):
                 widget.setMovement(QtWidgets.QListWidget.Static)
+
+    def replaceWidget(
+        layout: QtWidgets.QLayout | QtWidgets.QSplitter, old_widget: QtWidgets.QWidget, new_widget: QtWidgets.QWidget
+    ) -> QtWidgets.QWidget:
+
+        if isinstance(layout, QtWidgets.QLayout):
+            layout.replaceWidget(old_widget, new_widget)
+        elif isinstance(layout, QtWidgets.QSplitter):
+            layout.refresh()
+            layout.replaceWidget(layout.indexOf(old_widget), new_widget)
+
+        new_widget.setBaseSize(old_widget.baseSize())
+        new_widget.setSizeIncrement(old_widget.sizeIncrement())
+        new_widget.setMinimumSize(old_widget.minimumSize())
+        new_widget.setMaximumSize(old_widget.maximumSize())
+        new_widget.setGeometry(old_widget.geometry())
+        new_widget.setSizePolicy(old_widget.sizePolicy())
+
+        old_widget.hide()
+        old_widget.deleteLater()
+        # QSplitter has issues with replacing a widget before it's been first shown. Assume it should be visible
+        new_widget.show()
+        return new_widget