diff --git a/frontend/OBSApp.cpp b/frontend/OBSApp.cpp
index 6ade93c5d7ad95..822ed4d036d2f9 100644
--- a/frontend/OBSApp.cpp
+++ b/frontend/OBSApp.cpp
@@ -928,7 +928,6 @@ OBSApp::OBSApp(int &argc, char **argv, profiler_name_store_t *store)
 	setWindowIcon(QIcon::fromTheme("obs", QIcon(":/res/images/obs.png")));
 #endif
 
-	setDesktopFileName("com.obsproject.Studio");
 	pluginManager_ = std::make_unique<OBS::PluginManager>();
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/obs-main.cpp b/frontend/obs-main.cpp
index 93601058f7bf23..b2c352def56c61 100644
--- a/frontend/obs-main.cpp
+++ b/frontend/obs-main.cpp
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ static int run_program(fstream &logFile, int argc, char *argv[])
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	QGuiApplication::setHighDpiScaleFactorRoundingPolicy(Qt::HighDpiScaleFactorRoundingPolicy::PassThrough);
 #endif
+	QGuiApplication::setDesktopFileName("com.obsproject.Studio");
 
 	QCoreApplication::addLibraryPath(".");