diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index a28f1c686..0fd573ae5 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <QtGui>
 #include <QtGui/QApplication>
+#include <portaudio.h>
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 
 QSharedMemory mem_jt9("mem_jt9");
@@ -33,6 +34,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   }
   memset(to,0,size);         //Zero all decoding params in shared memory
 
+  //Initialize Portaudio
+  PaError paerr=Pa_Initialize();
+  if(paerr!=paNoError) {
+    QMessageBox::critical( 0, "Error", "Unable to initialize PortAudio.");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
   MainWindow w(&mem_jt9);
   w.show();
   return a.exec();
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index 2f6793064..a0ec732ce 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -193,23 +193,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QSharedMemory *shdmem, QWidget *parent) :
   }
 #endif
   mem_jt9 = shdmem;
-  /*
-  if(!mem_jt9.attach()) {
-    if (!mem_jt9.create(sizeof(jt9com_))) {
-      msgBox("Unable to create shared memory segment.");
-    }
-  }
-  char *to = (char*)mem_jt9.data();
-  int size=sizeof(jt9com_);
-  if(jt9com_.newdat==0) {
-  }
-  memset(to,0,size);         //Zero all decoding params in shared memory
-*/
 
-  PaError paerr=Pa_Initialize();                    //Initialize Portaudio
-  if(paerr!=paNoError) {
-    msgBox("Unable to initialize PortAudio.");
-  }
   readSettings();		             //Restore user's setup params  
   if(m_dFreq.length()<=1) {
     m_dFreq.clear();