diff --git a/src/tools/balooctl/main.cpp b/src/tools/balooctl/main.cpp
--- a/src/tools/balooctl/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/balooctl/main.cpp
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
+    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
+
     KAboutData aboutData(QStringLiteral("baloo"), i18n("balooctl"), PROJECT_VERSION);
     aboutData.addAuthor(i18n("Vishesh Handa"), i18n("Maintainer"), QStringLiteral("vhanda@kde.org"));
 
-    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
     KAboutData::setApplicationData(aboutData);
 
     QCommandLineParser parser;
diff --git a/src/tools/baloosearch/main.cpp b/src/tools/baloosearch/main.cpp
--- a/src/tools/baloosearch/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/baloosearch/main.cpp
@@ -35,14 +35,15 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
+    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
+
     KAboutData aboutData(QStringLiteral("Baloo"),
                          i18n("Baloo Search"),
                          PROJECT_VERSION,
                          i18n("A tool to search through the files indexed by Baloo"),
                          KAboutLicense::GPL);
     aboutData.addAuthor(i18n("Vishesh Handa"), i18n("Maintainer"), QStringLiteral("vhanda@kde.org"));
 
-    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
     KAboutData::setApplicationData(aboutData);
 
     QCommandLineParser parser;
diff --git a/src/tools/balooshow/main.cpp b/src/tools/balooshow/main.cpp
--- a/src/tools/balooshow/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/balooshow/main.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
+    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
+
     KAboutData aboutData(QStringLiteral("balooshow"),
                          i18n("Baloo Show"),
                          PROJECT_VERSION,
@@ -61,7 +63,6 @@
     aboutData.addAuthor(i18n("Vishesh Handa"), i18n("Maintainer"), QStringLiteral("me@vhanda.in"));
 
     KAboutData::setApplicationData(aboutData);
-    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
 
     QCommandLineParser parser;
     parser.addPositionalArgument(QStringLiteral("files"), QStringLiteral("The file urls"));