diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 7fecdecbc..05efbe114 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -118,10 +118,6 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(const QDir &home)
     GCColor *GCColorSet = new GCColor(context); // get/keep colorset
     GCColorSet->colorSet(); // shut up the compiler
 
-    #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
-    // get an autorelease pool setup
-    static CocoaInitializer cocoaInitializer;
-    #endif
     #ifdef GC_HAVE_WFAPI
     WFApi *w = WFApi::getInstance(); // ensure created on main thread
     w->apiVersion();//shutup compiler
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 2a272bf59..f4e0e1569 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ void nostderr(QString dir)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
+#include "QtMacSegmentedButton.h" // for cocoa initialiser
+#endif
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_X11
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
@@ -136,6 +139,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     // create the application -- only ever ONE regardless of restarts
     application = new QApplication(argc, argv);
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
+    // get an autorelease pool setup
+    static CocoaInitializer cocoaInitializer;
+#endif
+
     // set defaultfont
     QFont font;
     font.fromString(appsettings->value(NULL, GC_FONT_DEFAULT, QFont().toString()).toString());