diff --git a/src/file/main.cpp b/src/file/main.cpp
--- a/src/file/main.cpp
+++ b/src/file/main.cpp
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
     lowerSchedulingPriority();
     lowerPriority();
 
+    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
+
     KAboutData aboutData(QStringLiteral("baloo"), i18n("Baloo File Indexing Daemon"), PROJECT_VERSION);
     aboutData.addAuthor(i18n("Vishesh Handa"), i18n("Maintainer"), QStringLiteral("vhanda@kde.org"), QStringLiteral("https://vhanda.in"));
 
-    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
-
     KAboutData::setApplicationData(aboutData);
 
     Baloo::FileIndexerConfig indexerConfig;