diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/QRScan.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/QRScan.qml
index b0d369deb..b681a92ec 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/QRScan.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/QRScan.qml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import QtQuick 2.12
 import QtQuick.Controls 2.0
 import QtMultimedia 5.6
 
+import org.electrum 1.0
+
 Item {
     id: scanner
 
@@ -71,19 +73,19 @@ Item {
     }
 
     Connections {
-        target: QR
+        target: qr
         function onDataChanged() {
-            console.log(QR.data)
+            console.log(qr.data)
             scanner.active = false
-            scanner.scanData = QR.data
+            scanner.scanData = qr.data
             still.source = scanner.url
 
             var sx = still.width/still.sourceSize.width
             var sy = still.height/still.sourceSize.height
-            r.createObject(scanner, {cx: QR.points[0].x * sx, cy: QR.points[0].y * sy, color: 'yellow'})
-            r.createObject(scanner, {cx: QR.points[1].x * sx, cy: QR.points[1].y * sy, color: 'yellow'})
-            r.createObject(scanner, {cx: QR.points[2].x * sx, cy: QR.points[2].y * sy, color: 'yellow'})
-            r.createObject(scanner, {cx: QR.points[3].x * sx, cy: QR.points[3].y * sy, color: 'yellow'})
+            r.createObject(scanner, {cx: qr.points[0].x * sx, cy: qr.points[0].y * sy, color: 'yellow'})
+            r.createObject(scanner, {cx: qr.points[1].x * sx, cy: qr.points[1].y * sy, color: 'yellow'})
+            r.createObject(scanner, {cx: qr.points[2].x * sx, cy: qr.points[2].y * sy, color: 'yellow'})
+            r.createObject(scanner, {cx: qr.points[3].x * sx, cy: qr.points[3].y * sy, color: 'yellow'})
 
             foundAnimation.start()
         }
@@ -123,12 +125,12 @@ Item {
         repeat: true
         running: scanner.active
         onTriggered: {
-            if (QR.busy)
+            if (qr.busy)
                 return
             vo.grabToImage(function(result) {
                 if (result.image !== undefined) {
                     scanner.url = result.url
-                    QR.scanImage(result.image)
+                    qr.scanImage(result.image)
                 } else {
                     console.log('image grab returned null')
                 }
@@ -136,6 +138,10 @@ Item {
         }
     }
 
+    QRParser {
+        id: qr
+    }
+
     Component.onCompleted: {
         console.log('Scan page initialized')
         QtMultimedia.availableCameras.forEach(function(item) {
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qeapp.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qeapp.py
index 850573523..6645ea7e7 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qeapp.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qeapp.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from .qeconfig import QEConfig
 from .qedaemon import QEDaemon, QEWalletListModel
 from .qenetwork import QENetwork
 from .qewallet import QEWallet
-from .qeqr import QEQR, QEQRImageProvider
+from .qeqr import QEQRParser, QEQRImageProvider
 from .qewalletdb import QEWalletDB
 from .qebitcoin import QEBitcoin
 
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class ElectrumQmlApplication(QGuiApplication):
         qmlRegisterType(QEWallet, 'org.electrum', 1, 0, 'Wallet')
         qmlRegisterType(QEWalletDB, 'org.electrum', 1, 0, 'WalletDB')
         qmlRegisterType(QEBitcoin, 'org.electrum', 1, 0, 'Bitcoin')
+        qmlRegisterType(QEQRParser, 'org.electrum', 1, 0, 'QRParser')
 
         self.engine = QQmlApplicationEngine(parent=self)
         self.engine.addImportPath('./qml')
@@ -50,11 +51,9 @@ class ElectrumQmlApplication(QGuiApplication):
         self._singletons['config'] = QEConfig(config)
         self._singletons['network'] = QENetwork(daemon.network)
         self._singletons['daemon'] = QEDaemon(daemon)
-        self._singletons['qr'] = QEQR()
         self.context.setContextProperty('Config', self._singletons['config'])
         self.context.setContextProperty('Network', self._singletons['network'])
         self.context.setContextProperty('Daemon', self._singletons['daemon'])
-        self.context.setContextProperty('QR', self._singletons['qr'])
         self.context.setContextProperty('FixedFont', self.fixedFont)
 
         qInstallMessageHandler(self.message_handler)
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qeqr.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qeqr.py
index cbc177c33..b32ca1c92 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qeqr.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qeqr.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from electrum.qrreader import get_qr_reader
 from electrum.i18n import _
 
 
-class QEQR(QObject):
+class QEQRParser(QObject):
     def __init__(self, text=None, parent=None):
         super().__init__(parent)
         self._text = text
@@ -131,5 +131,5 @@ class QEQRImageProvider(QQuickImageProvider):
         qr.make(fit=True)
 
         pimg = qr.make_image(fill_color='black', back_color='white') #image_factory=StyledPilImage, module_drawer=CircleModuleDrawer())
-        qimg = ImageQt.ImageQt(pimg)
-        return qimg, qimg.size()
+        self.qimg = ImageQt.ImageQt(pimg)
+        return self.qimg, self.qimg.size()