diff --git a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
index 77183241236be67e2f0e845f24967c768d651704..fc008267a7c04431fb9dbf274653af4a1965286d 100644
--- a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QSplashScreen* splashScreen)
         connect(this, &MainWindow::initStatusChanged, splashScreen, &QSplashScreen::showMessage);
     }
 
+    // Qt 4/5 on Ubuntu does place the native menubar correctly so on Linux we revert back to in-window menu bar.
+#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
+    menuBar()->setNativeMenuBar(false);
+#endif
     // Setup user interface
     loadSettings();
     emit initStatusChanged(tr("Setting up user interface"), Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignBottom, QColor(62, 93, 141));
@@ -160,13 +164,6 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QSplashScreen* splashScreen)
     // Setup corners
     setCorner(Qt::BottomRightCorner, Qt::BottomDockWidgetArea);
 
-    // Qt 4 on Ubuntu does place the native menubar correctly so on Linux we revert back to in-window menu bar.
-    // TODO: Check that this is still necessary on Qt5 on Ubuntu
-
-#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
-    menuBar()->setNativeMenuBar(false);
-#endif
-
     // On Mobile devices, we don't want any main menus at all.
 #ifdef __mobile__
     menuBar()->setNativeMenuBar(false);