diff -Naur giftui-0.4.1/src/main.c giftui-0.4.1.new/src/main.c
--- giftui-0.4.1/src/main.c	2004-05-06 01:55:02.000000000 -0500
+++ giftui-0.4.1.new/src/main.c	2004-08-18 22:30:08.600960640 -0500
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@
 	bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
 	textdomain (PACKAGE);
 #endif	
+
+	/* init GObject system */
+	g_type_init ();
+	
+	/* GTK+ init */
+	gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
 	
 	/* configuration init & load */
 	giftui_config_init ();
@@ -214,10 +220,6 @@
 		
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
-		
-	
-	/* GTK+ init */
-	gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
 	
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }