diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 5a0afb0c5..69a492e17 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(const QString &searchText, QWidget *parent)
 #endif
   ui->setupUi(this);
 
-  m_qtPass = new QtPass();
-  m_qtPass->setMainWindow(this);
+  m_qtPass = new QtPass(this);
 
   // register shortcut ctrl/cmd + Q to close the main window
   new QShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::CTRL + Qt::Key_Q), this, SLOT(close()));
@@ -119,6 +118,10 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(const QString &searchText, QWidget *parent)
   QTimer::singleShot(10, this, SLOT(focusInput()));
 
   ui->lineEdit->setText(searchText);
+
+  if (!m_qtPass->init())
+    // no working config so this should just quit
+    QApplication::quit();
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow() { delete m_qtPass; }
diff --git a/src/qtpass.cpp b/src/qtpass.cpp
index 1c2070521..22366c060 100644
--- a/src/qtpass.cpp
+++ b/src/qtpass.cpp
@@ -22,13 +22,9 @@
 #include "debughelper.h"
 #endif
 
-QtPass::QtPass() : clippedText(QString()), freshStart(true) {
-  if (!setup()) {
-    // no working config so this should quit without config anything
-    QApplication::quit();
-    {}
-  }
-
+QtPass::QtPass(MainWindow *mainWindow) : m_mainWindow(mainWindow),
+                                         clippedText(QString()),
+                                         freshStart(true) {
   setClipboardTimer();
   clearClipboardTimer.setSingleShot(true);
   connect(&clearClipboardTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this,
@@ -36,6 +32,8 @@ QtPass::QtPass() : clippedText(QString()), freshStart(true) {
 
   QObject::connect(qApp, &QApplication::aboutToQuit, this,
                    &QtPass::clearClipboard);
+
+  setMainWindow();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -55,10 +53,10 @@ QtPass::~QtPass() {
 }
 
 /**
- * @brief QtPass::setup make sure we are ready to go as soon as
+ * @brief QtPass::init make sure we are ready to go as soon as
  * possible
  */
-bool QtPass::setup() {
+bool QtPass::init() {
   QString passStore = QtPassSettings::getPassStore(Util::findPasswordStore());
   QtPassSettings::setPassStore(passStore);
 
@@ -111,8 +109,7 @@ bool QtPass::setup() {
   return true;
 }
 
-void QtPass::setMainWindow(MainWindow *mW) {
-  m_mainWindow = mW;
+void QtPass::setMainWindow(void) {
   m_mainWindow->restoreWindow();
 
   fusedav.setParent(m_mainWindow);
diff --git a/src/qtpass.h b/src/qtpass.h
index 05470d83a..064edfce6 100644
--- a/src/qtpass.h
+++ b/src/qtpass.h
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ class QtPass : public QObject {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-  QtPass();
+  QtPass(MainWindow *mainWindow);
   ~QtPass();
 
-  void setMainWindow(MainWindow *mW);
+  bool init();
   void setClippedText(const QString &, const QString &p_output = QString());
   void clearClippedText();
   void setClipboardTimer();
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class QtPass : public QObject {
   QString clippedText;
   bool freshStart;
 
-  bool setup();
+  void setMainWindow();
   void connectPassSignalHandlers(Pass *pass);
   void mountWebDav();