diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index 832973fe1ad..5ddb4c0632e 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ static public void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
     System.setProperty("swing.aatext", "true");
     System.setProperty("java.net.useSystemProxies", "true");
 
-    splashScreenHelper.splashText(tr("Loading configuration..."));
-
     if (OSUtils.isMacOS()) {
       ThinkDifferent.init();
     }
@@ -158,6 +156,8 @@ static public void guardedMain(String args[]) throws Exception {
 
     BaseNoGui.initParameters(args);
 
+    splashScreenHelper.splashText(tr("Loading configuration..."));
+
     BaseNoGui.initVersion();
 
 //    if (System.getProperty("mrj.version") != null) {
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ public Base(String[] args) throws Exception {
         defaultFolder.mkdirs();
       }
     }
-
+    
     splashScreenHelper.splashText(tr("Initializing packages..."));
     BaseNoGui.initPackages();
     splashScreenHelper.splashText(tr("Preparing boards..."));