diff --git a/src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp b/src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp
index 5f78a4e05..5aa7c8179 100644
--- a/src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/deskflow-core/deskflow-core.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ void showHelp(const CoreArgParser &parser)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+#if SYSAPI_WIN32
+  // HACK to make sure settings gets the correct qApp path
+  QCoreApplication m(argc, argv);
+  m.deleteLater();
+
+  ArchMiscWindows::setInstanceWin32(GetModuleHandle(nullptr));
+#endif
+
   Arch arch;
   arch.init();
 
@@ -76,14 +84,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
   parser.parse();
 
-#if SYSAPI_WIN32
-  // HACK to make sure settings gets the correct qApp path
-  QCoreApplication m(argc, argv);
-  m.deleteLater();
-
-  ArchMiscWindows::setInstanceWin32(GetModuleHandle(nullptr));
-#endif
-
   EventQueue events;
   const auto processName = QFileInfo(argv[0]).fileName();