diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumThreadWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumThreadWidget.cpp
index 66d25fafb..ac8d5164b 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumThreadWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumThreadWidget.cpp
@@ -292,9 +292,6 @@ GxsForumThreadWidget::GxsForumThreadWidget(const RsGxsGroupId &forumId, QWidget
 
 	mLastViewType = -1;
 
-	// load settings
-	processSettings(true);
-
     float f = QFontMetricsF(font()).height()/14.0f ;
 
 	/* Set header resize modes and initial section sizes */
@@ -328,6 +325,9 @@ GxsForumThreadWidget::GxsForumThreadWidget(const RsGxsGroupId &forumId, QWidget
 
 	//ui->threadTreeWidget->installEventFilter(this) ;
 
+	// load settings
+	processSettings(true);
+
 	blankPost();
 
 	ui->subscribeToolButton->setToolTip(tr( "<p>Subscribing to the forum will gather \