diff --git a/mytwitter.py b/mytwitter.py
index 1274c02..decfd2b 100755
--- a/mytwitter.py
+++ b/mytwitter.py
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ class MyTwitter():
             print "Error: You must define at least one [account] section in " + config_file
             sys.exit(1)
 
+        # Init the glade stuff here, so we don't have a race condition with
+        # the lists-ready signal
+        self.init_user_interface('./default.glade')
+
         self.accounts = {}
         for item in config.sections():
             if (re.match(r'account', item)):
@@ -69,8 +73,7 @@ class MyTwitter():
 
         self.reply_id = None
 
-        # Load up all the GUI stuff
-        self.init_user_interface('./default.glade')
+        # Load up all the programmatic GUI stuff
         self.init_widgets()
 
 
@@ -78,8 +81,6 @@ class MyTwitter():
         self.widget_tree=gtk.glade.XML(path_to_skin, "window")
         self.widget_tree.signal_autoconnect(self)
 
-
-    def init_widgets(self):
         # Get widgets from glade
         self.tweet_notebook = self.widget_tree.get_widget('tweet_notebook')
         self.view_menu = self.widget_tree.get_widget('view_menu')
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ class MyTwitter():
         self.verified_label = self.widget_tree.get_widget('verified_label')
         self.account_select = self.widget_tree.get_widget('account_select')
 
+
+    def init_widgets(self):
         self.context_id = self.status_bar.get_context_id('message')
 
         # Manual tweaks to the glade UI, to overcome its limitations