diff --git a/src/file/extractor/main.cpp b/src/file/extractor/main.cpp
--- a/src/file/extractor/main.cpp
+++ b/src/file/extractor/main.cpp
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
     setIdleSchedulingPriority();
     lowerPriority();
 
+    QApplication::setDesktopSettingsAware(false);
+    QApplication app(argc, argv);
+
     KAboutData aboutData(QStringLiteral("baloo"), i18n("Baloo File Extractor"), QLatin1String(PROJECT_VERSION));
     aboutData.addAuthor(i18n("Vishesh Handa"), i18n("Maintainer"), QStringLiteral("vhanda@kde.org"), QStringLiteral("http://vhanda.in"));
 
     KCrash::initialize();
 
-    QApplication::setDesktopSettingsAware(false);
-    QApplication app(argc, argv);
-
     KAboutData::setApplicationData(aboutData);
 
     app.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(false);