diff -Naur giftui-0.4.1.vanilla/src/main.c giftui-0.4.1/src/main.c
--- giftui-0.4.1.vanilla/src/main.c	2004-05-06 01:55:02.000000000 -0500
+++ giftui-0.4.1/src/main.c	2004-06-26 13:27:41.379615160 -0500
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@
 	textdomain (PACKAGE);
 #endif	
 	
+	/* GTK+ init */
+	gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
+	
 	/* configuration init & load */
 	giftui_config_init ();
 	
@@ -214,10 +217,6 @@
 		
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
-		
-	
-	/* GTK+ init */
-	gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
 	
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }