diff --git a/src/core/main.c b/src/core/main.c
index 4460e9bc1..b6593c165 100644
--- a/src/core/main.c
+++ b/src/core/main.c
@@ -381,8 +381,6 @@ meta_init (void)
   struct sigaction act;
   sigset_t empty_mask;
   GIOChannel *channel;
-
-  g_type_init ();
   
   sigemptyset (&empty_mask);
   act.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
diff --git a/src/core/mutter.c b/src/core/mutter.c
index 117a5491b..4c140d98e 100644
--- a/src/core/mutter.c
+++ b/src/core/mutter.c
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   GOptionContext *ctx;
   GError *error = NULL;
 
+  g_type_init ();
+
   ctx = meta_get_option_context ();
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (ctx, mutter_options, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
   if (!g_option_context_parse (ctx, &argc, &argv, &error))