diff --git a/apps/main.c b/apps/main.c
index 05b4ab54a3..abe73414c1 100644
--- a/apps/main.c
+++ b/apps/main.c
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ void init(void)
     button_init();
     backlight_init();
     lang_init();
+#if CONFIG_CODEC == SWCODEC
+    audio_preinit();    /* Must be done before settings_apply() */
+#endif
     /* Must be done before any code uses the multi-screen APi */
     screen_access_init();
     gui_syncstatusbar_init(&statusbars);
@@ -256,10 +259,6 @@ void init(void)
               global_settings.mdb_enable,
               global_settings.superbass);
 
-#if CONFIG_CODEC == SWCODEC
-    audio_preinit();
-#endif
-
     scrobbler_init();
     
     /* audio_init must to know the size of voice buffer so init voice first */