diff --git a/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 0568ba0c3..d68d18b46 100644
--- a/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -378,6 +378,11 @@ void MainWindow::openRecentDatabase(QAction* action)
 void MainWindow::clearLastDatabases()
 {
     config()->set("LastDatabases", QVariant());
+    bool inWelcomeWidget = (m_ui->stackedWidget->currentIndex() == 2);
+
+    if (inWelcomeWidget) {
+        m_ui->welcomeWidget->refreshLastDatabases();
+    }
 }
 
 void MainWindow::openDatabase(const QString& fileName, const QString& pw, const QString& keyFile)
diff --git a/src/gui/WelcomeWidget.cpp b/src/gui/WelcomeWidget.cpp
index 4629ffa28..96bf0a206 100644
--- a/src/gui/WelcomeWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/WelcomeWidget.cpp
@@ -36,13 +36,8 @@ WelcomeWidget::WelcomeWidget(QWidget* parent)
 
     m_ui->iconLabel->setPixmap(filePath()->applicationIcon().pixmap(64));
 
-    m_ui->recentListWidget->clear();
-    const QStringList lastDatabases = config()->get("LastDatabases", QVariant()).toStringList();
-    for (const QString& database : lastDatabases) {
-        QListWidgetItem *itm = new QListWidgetItem;
-        itm->setText(database);
-        m_ui->recentListWidget->addItem(itm);
-    }
+    refreshLastDatabases();
+
     bool recent_visibility = (m_ui->recentListWidget->count() > 0);
     m_ui->startLabel->setVisible(!recent_visibility);
     m_ui->recentListWidget->setVisible(recent_visibility);
@@ -52,7 +47,7 @@ WelcomeWidget::WelcomeWidget(QWidget* parent)
     connect(m_ui->buttonOpenDatabase, SIGNAL(clicked()), SIGNAL(openDatabase()));
     connect(m_ui->buttonImportKeePass1, SIGNAL(clicked()), SIGNAL(importKeePass1Database()));
     connect(m_ui->buttonImportCSV, SIGNAL(clicked()), SIGNAL(importCsv()));
-    connect(m_ui->recentListWidget, SIGNAL(itemDoubleClicked(QListWidgetItem*)), this, 
+    connect(m_ui->recentListWidget, SIGNAL(itemActivated(QListWidgetItem*)), this, 
     	SLOT(openDatabaseFromFile(QListWidgetItem*)));
 }
 
@@ -67,3 +62,14 @@ void WelcomeWidget::openDatabaseFromFile(QListWidgetItem* item)
 	}
 	emit openDatabaseFile(item->text());
 }
+
+void WelcomeWidget::refreshLastDatabases()
+{
+    m_ui->recentListWidget->clear();
+    const QStringList lastDatabases = config()->get("LastDatabases", QVariant()).toStringList();
+    for (const QString& database : lastDatabases) {
+        QListWidgetItem *itm = new QListWidgetItem;
+        itm->setText(database);
+        m_ui->recentListWidget->addItem(itm);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/gui/WelcomeWidget.h b/src/gui/WelcomeWidget.h
index 98d87acaa..9f8d5d70d 100644
--- a/src/gui/WelcomeWidget.h
+++ b/src/gui/WelcomeWidget.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class WelcomeWidget : public QWidget
 public:
     explicit WelcomeWidget(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
     ~WelcomeWidget();
+    void refreshLastDatabases();
 
 signals:
     void newDatabase();