diff --git a/src/qtgui/main.cpp b/src/qtgui/main.cpp
index b043267c..3218d4fb 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/main.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/main.cpp
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     QTimer::singleShot(0, mainWindow, SLOT(initDbOpen()));
 
     mainWindow->sSearch->searchTypCMB->setCurrentIndex(prefs.ssearchTyp);
+    mainWindow->sSearch->onSearchTypeChanged(prefs.ssearchTyp);
     if (op_flags & OPT_q) {
         SSearch::SSearchType stype;
         if (op_flags & OPT_o) {