diff --git a/src/statistics/statisticsmainwindow.cpp b/src/statistics/statisticsmainwindow.cpp
--- a/src/statistics/statisticsmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/statistics/statisticsmainwindow.cpp
@@ -54,12 +54,11 @@
     //m_ui->caption->setText(i18nc("caption for an overview of the confidence levels for a document"
     //                             "Statistics for \"%1\"", m_doc->title()));
     m_statisticsModel = new StatisticsModel(this);
-
     setDocument(doc);
     initActions();
     initPracticeModeSelection();
-    initLanguages();
     initPracticeMode();
+    languagesChanged();
 
     KConfigGroup cfg(KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStringLiteral("parleyrc")), objectName());
     applyMainWindowSettings(cfg);
@@ -87,6 +86,7 @@
 {
     m_doc = doc;
     m_statisticsModel->setDocument(doc);
+    initLanguages();
     m_ui->lessonStatistics->setModel(m_statisticsModel);
     m_ui->lessonStatistics->restoreExpandedStatus();
     m_ui->lessonStatistics->resizeColumnToContents(0);
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@
 
     connect(m_ui->learnedLanguage, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)), SLOT(languagesChanged()));
     connect(m_ui->knownLanguage, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)), SLOT(languagesChanged()));
-
-    languagesChanged();
 }
 
 void StatisticsMainWindow::languagesChanged()