diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/plugin/smartlaunchers/smartlauncherbackend.cpp b/applets/taskmanager/plugin/smartlaunchers/smartlauncherbackend.cpp
--- a/applets/taskmanager/plugin/smartlaunchers/smartlauncherbackend.cpp
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/plugin/smartlaunchers/smartlauncherbackend.cpp
@@ -51,19 +51,19 @@
 {
     auto sessionBus = QDBusConnection::sessionBus();
 
-    if (!sessionBus.registerService(QStringLiteral("com.canonical.Unity"))) {
-        qWarning() << "Failed to register unity service";
+    if (!sessionBus.connect({}, {}, QStringLiteral("com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry"),
+                            QStringLiteral("Update"), this, SLOT(update(QString,QMap<QString,QVariant>)))) {
+        qWarning() << "failed to register Update signal";
         return false;
     }
 
     if (!sessionBus.registerObject(QStringLiteral("/Unity"), this)) {
         qWarning() << "Failed to register unity object";
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (!sessionBus.connect({}, {}, QStringLiteral("com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry"),
-                            QStringLiteral("Update"), this, SLOT(update(QString,QMap<QString,QVariant>)))) {
-        qWarning() << "failed to register Update signal";
+    if (!sessionBus.registerService(QStringLiteral("com.canonical.Unity"))) {
+        qWarning() << "Failed to register unity service";
         return false;
     }