diff --git a/src/core/main.cpp b/src/core/main.cpp
index 369a580db..cfa7ae5d0 100644
--- a/src/core/main.cpp
+++ b/src/core/main.cpp
@@ -419,26 +419,6 @@ int main( int argc, char * * argv )
 
 	if( render_out.isEmpty() )
 	{
-		// init style and palette
-		LmmsStyle * lmmsstyle = new LmmsStyle();
-		QApplication::setStyle( lmmsstyle );
-
-		LmmsPalette * lmmspal = new LmmsPalette( NULL, lmmsstyle );
-		QPalette lpal = lmmspal->palette();
-
-		QApplication::setPalette( lpal );
-		LmmsStyle::s_palette = &lpal;
-
-
-		// show splash screen
-		QSplashScreen splashScreen( embed::getIconPixmap( "splash" ) );
-		splashScreen.show();
-		splashScreen.showMessage( MainWindow::tr( "Version %1" ).arg( LMMS_VERSION ),
-									Qt::AlignRight | Qt::AlignBottom, Qt::white );
-		qApp->processEvents();
-
-		// init central engine which handles all components of LMMS
-		Engine::init(false);
 		new GuiApplication();
 
 		// re-intialize RNG - shared libraries might have srand() or
@@ -501,7 +481,6 @@ int main( int argc, char * * argv )
 			}
 		}
 
-		splashScreen.finish(gui->mainWindow());
 	}
 	else
 	{
diff --git a/src/gui/GuiApplication.cpp b/src/gui/GuiApplication.cpp
index ef62b2b57..5801e52f6 100644
--- a/src/gui/GuiApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/GuiApplication.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 
 #include "GuiApplication.h"
 
+#include "lmmsversion.h"
+
+#include "LmmsStyle.h"
+#include "LmmsPalette.h"
+
 #include "AutomationEditor.h"
 #include "BBEditor.h"
 #include "ControllerRackView.h"
@@ -34,7 +39,8 @@
 #include "ProjectNotes.h"
 #include "SongEditor.h"
 
-#include "QApplication"
+#include <QApplication>
+#include <QSplashScreen>
 
 GuiApplication* GuiApplication::s_instance = nullptr;
 
@@ -47,6 +53,26 @@ GuiApplication::GuiApplication()
 {
 	s_instance = this;
 
+	// Init style and palette
+	LmmsStyle* lmmsstyle = new LmmsStyle();
+	QApplication::setStyle(lmmsstyle);
+
+	LmmsPalette* lmmspal = new LmmsPalette(nullptr, lmmsstyle);
+	QPalette* lpal = new QPalette(lmmspal->palette());
+
+	QApplication::setPalette( *lpal );
+	LmmsStyle::s_palette = lpal;
+
+	// Show splash screen
+	QSplashScreen splashScreen( embed::getIconPixmap( "splash" ) );
+	splashScreen.show();
+	splashScreen.showMessage( MainWindow::tr( "Version %1" ).arg( LMMS_VERSION ),
+								Qt::AlignRight | Qt::AlignBottom, Qt::white );
+	qApp->processEvents();
+
+	// Init central engine which handles all components of LMMS
+	Engine::init(false);
+
 	m_mainWindow = new MainWindow;
 
 	m_songEditor = new SongEditorWindow(Engine::getSong());
@@ -58,6 +84,7 @@ GuiApplication::GuiApplication()
 	m_automationEditor = new AutomationEditorWindow;
 
 	m_mainWindow->finalize();
+	splashScreen.finish(m_mainWindow);
 
 	Engine::s_hasGUI = true;
 }