diff --git a/icinga-app/icinga.cpp b/icinga-app/icinga.cpp
index 0e16bee91..6efdc1573 100644
--- a/icinga-app/icinga.cpp
+++ b/icinga-app/icinga.cpp
@@ -611,9 +611,6 @@ VOID WINAPI ServiceMain(DWORD argc, LPSTR *argv)
 */
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	/* must be called before using any other libbase functions */
-	Application::InitializeBase();
-
 #ifndef _WIN32
 	rlimit rl;
 	if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl) >= 0) {
@@ -633,6 +630,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
 
+	/* must be called before using any other libbase functions */
+	Application::InitializeBase();
+
 	/* Set command-line arguments. */
 	Application::SetArgC(argc);
 	Application::SetArgV(argv);