5 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/event_pipe.c b/src/event_pipe.c
index 8d9a7fed3..6398e9bbb 100644
--- a/src/event_pipe.c
+++ b/src/event_pipe.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-GThread *main_task;
 static int event_pipe[2];
 static GMutex *event_pipe_mutex;
 static bool pipe_events[PIPE_EVENT_MAX];
@@ -78,8 +77,6 @@ void event_pipe_init(void)
 {
 	GIOChannel *channel;
 
-	main_task = g_thread_self();
-
 	if (pipe(event_pipe) < 0)
 		g_error("Couldn't open pipe: %s", strerror(errno));
 	if (set_nonblocking(event_pipe[1]) < 0)
@@ -90,8 +87,6 @@ void event_pipe_init(void)
 	g_io_channel_unref(channel);
 
 	event_pipe_mutex = g_mutex_new();
-
-	main_task = g_thread_self();
 }
 
 void event_pipe_deinit(void)
diff --git a/src/event_pipe.h b/src/event_pipe.h
index 6205ab867..d8a042c7a 100644
--- a/src/event_pipe.h
+++ b/src/event_pipe.h
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ enum pipe_event {
 
 typedef void (*event_pipe_callback_t)(void);
 
-extern GThread *main_task;
-
 void event_pipe_init(void);
 
 void event_pipe_deinit(void);
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index b7154b4bb..c44b6df97 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #endif
 
+GThread *main_task;
 GMainLoop *main_loop;
 
 struct notify main_notify;
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	changeToUser();
 
+	main_task = g_thread_self();
 	main_loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
 	notify_init(&main_notify);
 
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 44c06b6bb..30aefc272 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 #include <glib.h>
 
+extern GThread *main_task;
+
 extern GMainLoop *main_loop;
 
 extern struct notify main_notify;
diff --git a/src/update.c b/src/update.c
index ae407f157..e313f0aef 100644
--- a/src/update.c
+++ b/src/update.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "update.h"
 #include "idle.h"
 #include "conf.h"
+#include "main.h"
 
 #include <glib.h>