diff --git a/src/common/cfgfiles.c b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
index aa0fb1a7..ac9120e1 100644
--- a/src/common/cfgfiles.c
+++ b/src/common/cfgfiles.c
@@ -827,15 +827,6 @@ load_config (void)
 
 	} else
 	{
-#ifndef WIN32
-#ifndef __EMX__
-		/* OS/2 uses UID 0 all the time */
-		if (getuid () == 0)
-			fe_message (_("* Running IRC as root is stupid! You should\n"
-							"  create a User Account and use that to login.\n"), FE_MSG_WARN|FE_MSG_WAIT);
-#endif
-#endif /* !WIN32 */
-
 		g_mkdir (prefs.hex_dcc_dir, 0700);
 		g_mkdir (prefs.hex_dcc_completed_dir, 0700);
 
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
index 896ab143..deefb788 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
@@ -264,6 +264,15 @@ fe_args (int argc, char *argv[])
 	gdk_window_add_filter (gdk_get_default_root_window (), (GdkFilterFunc)root_event_cb, NULL);
 #endif
 
+#ifndef WIN32
+#ifndef __EMX__
+		/* OS/2 uses UID 0 all the time */
+		if (getuid () == 0)
+			fe_message (_("* Running IRC as root is stupid! You should\n"
+							"  create a User Account and use that to login.\n"), FE_MSG_WARN|FE_MSG_WAIT);
+#endif
+#endif /* !WIN32 */
+
 	return -1;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fe-text/fe-text.c b/src/fe-text/fe-text.c
index 371ce5b8..f5f7e6f8 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/fe-text.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/fe-text.c
@@ -486,8 +486,6 @@ fe_args (int argc, char *argv[])
 	g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, gopt_entries, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
 	g_option_context_parse (context, &argc, &argv, &error);
 	
-	g_type_init ();
-
 	if (error)
 	{
 		if (error->message)
@@ -537,6 +535,17 @@ fe_args (int argc, char *argv[])
 		g_free (arg_cfgdir);
 	}
 
+	g_type_init ();
+	
+#ifndef WIN32
+#ifndef __EMX__
+		/* OS/2 uses UID 0 all the time */
+		if (getuid () == 0)
+			fe_message (_("* Running IRC as root is stupid! You should\n"
+							"  create a User Account and use that to login.\n"), FE_MSG_WARN|FE_MSG_WAIT);
+#endif
+#endif /* !WIN32 */
+
 	return -1;
 }