diff --git a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
index fd4568848..38ce0d804 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ void MainWindow::eventClose(){
 // =====================================================
 
 int glestMain(int argc, char** argv){
-	Shared::Graphics::ImageRegisterer::registerImageReaders();
 	SystemFlags::enableNetworkDebugInfo = true;
     SystemFlags::enableDebugText = true;
 
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/ImageReaders.h b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/ImageReaders.h
index 82f01195d..e6773671d 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/ImageReaders.h
+++ b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/ImageReaders.h
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ namespace ImageRegisterer {
 	bool registerImageReaders();
 
 	//Since you can't call void methods here, I have used a method doing nothing except initializing the image Readers
-// this static initialisation relies on other static initialisations. == bad! [was quick-fixed, registerImageReaders() is called from main()]
-//	static bool readersRegistered = registerImageReaders(); //should always return true, this should guarantee that the readers are registered <--> ImageReaders is included anywhere
+	static bool readersRegistered = registerImageReaders(); //should always return true, this should guarantee that the readers are registered <--> ImageReaders is included anywhere
 }
 
 }} //end namespace