diff --git a/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.cc b/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.cc
index e0032af26c3c623434d4c3c6e733f26e2d990ef3..6adc4c788cda3ecbc0ad8106354a71884abe460e 100644
--- a/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.cc
+++ b/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.cc
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ const int    VehicleBatteryFactGroup::_currentUnavailable =           -1;
 const double VehicleBatteryFactGroup::_temperatureUnavailable =       -1.0;
 const int    VehicleBatteryFactGroup::_cellCountUnavailable =         -1.0;
 
-SettingsFact VehicleBatteryFactGroup::_percentRemainingAnnounceFact (_settingsGroup, _percentRemainingAnnounceFactName, FactMetaData::valueTypeInt32, _percentRemainingAnnounceDefault);
+SettingsFact* VehicleBatteryFactGroup::_percentRemainingAnnounceFact = NULL;
 
 VehicleBatteryFactGroup::VehicleBatteryFactGroup(QObject* parent)
     : FactGroup(1000, ":/json/Vehicle/BatteryFact.json", parent)
@@ -1461,13 +1461,13 @@ VehicleBatteryFactGroup::VehicleBatteryFactGroup(QObject* parent)
     , _temperatureFact              (0, _temperatureFactName,               FactMetaData::valueTypeDouble)
     , _cellCountFact                (0, _cellCountFactName,                 FactMetaData::valueTypeInt32)
 {
-    _addFact(&_voltageFact,                     _voltageFactName);
-    _addFact(&_percentRemainingFact,            _percentRemainingFactName);
-    _addFact(&_percentRemainingAnnounceFact,    _percentRemainingAnnounceFactName);
-    _addFact(&_mahConsumedFact,                 _mahConsumedFactName);
-    _addFact(&_currentFact,                     _currentFactName);
-    _addFact(&_temperatureFact,                 _temperatureFactName);
-    _addFact(&_cellCountFact,                   _cellCountFactName);
+    _addFact(&_voltageFact,                 _voltageFactName);
+    _addFact(&_percentRemainingFact,        _percentRemainingFactName);
+    _addFact(percentRemainingAnnounce(),    _percentRemainingAnnounceFactName);
+    _addFact(&_mahConsumedFact,             _mahConsumedFactName);
+    _addFact(&_currentFact,                 _currentFactName);
+    _addFact(&_temperatureFact,             _temperatureFactName);
+    _addFact(&_cellCountFact,               _cellCountFactName);
 
     // Start out as not available
     _voltageFact.setRawValue            (_voltageUnavailable);
@@ -1483,6 +1483,14 @@ void VehicleBatteryFactGroup::setVehicle(Vehicle* vehicle)
     _vehicle = vehicle;
 }
 
+Fact* VehicleBatteryFactGroup::percentRemainingAnnounce(void)
+{
+    if (!_percentRemainingAnnounceFact) {
+        _percentRemainingAnnounceFact = new SettingsFact(_settingsGroup, _percentRemainingAnnounceFactName, FactMetaData::valueTypeInt32, _percentRemainingAnnounceDefault);
+    }
+    return _percentRemainingAnnounceFact;
+}
+
 const char* VehicleWindFactGroup::_directionFactName =      "direction";
 const char* VehicleWindFactGroup::_speedFactName =          "speed";
 const char* VehicleWindFactGroup::_verticalSpeedFactName =  "verticalSpeed";
diff --git a/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.h b/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.h
index 9c871841f7c86a10479d1acad40766bf17ea92a3..eca6ce74d7fc264a1496b1d1b0d02d765fc8792b 100644
--- a/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.h
+++ b/src/Vehicle/Vehicle.h
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public:
 
     Fact* voltage                   (void) { return &_voltageFact; }
     Fact* percentRemaining          (void) { return &_percentRemainingFact; }
-    Fact* percentRemainingAnnounce  (void) { return &_percentRemainingAnnounceFact; }
+    Fact* percentRemainingAnnounce  (void);
     Fact* mahConsumed               (void) { return &_mahConsumedFact; }
     Fact* current                   (void) { return &_currentFact; }
     Fact* temperature               (void) { return &_temperatureFact; }
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ private:
     Fact            _temperatureFact;
     Fact            _cellCountFact;
 
-    static SettingsFact    _percentRemainingAnnounceFact;
+    /// This fact is global to all Vehicles. We must allocated the first time we need it so we don't
+    /// run into QSettings application setup ordering issues.
+    static SettingsFact* _percentRemainingAnnounceFact;
 };
 
 class Vehicle : public FactGroup