diff --git a/picard/ui/__init__.py b/picard/ui/__init__.py
index dbfd74b3a..f811a9e72 100644
--- a/picard/ui/__init__.py
+++ b/picard/ui/__init__.py
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ class PicardDialog(QtWidgets.QDialog, PreserveGeometry):
     ready_for_display = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
-        self.tagger = QtCore.QCoreApplication.instance()
         super().__init__(parent=parent, f=self.flags)
+        self.tagger = QtCore.QCoreApplication.instance()
         self.__shown = False
         self.ready_for_display.connect(self.restore_geometry)