diff --git a/slic3r.pl b/slic3r.pl
index 2b99bbba59..0f9c8e57f9 100755
--- a/slic3r.pl
+++ b/slic3r.pl
@@ -112,12 +112,14 @@ if ((!@ARGV || $opt{gui}) && !$opt{save} && eval "require Slic3r::GUI; 1") {
     }
     $gui = Slic3r::GUI->new;
     setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, 'C');
-    $gui->{mainframe}->load_config_file($_) for @{$opt{load}};
-    $gui->{mainframe}->load_config($cli_config);
-    foreach my $input_file (@ARGV) {
-        $input_file = Slic3r::decode_path($input_file);
-        $gui->{mainframe}{plater}->load_file($input_file) unless $opt{no_plater};
-    }
+    $gui->CallAfter(sub {
+        $gui->{mainframe}->load_config_file($_) for @{$opt{load}};
+        $gui->{mainframe}->load_config($cli_config);
+        foreach my $input_file (@ARGV) {
+            $input_file = Slic3r::decode_path($input_file);
+            $gui->{mainframe}{plater}->load_file($input_file) unless $opt{no_plater};
+        }
+    });
     $gui->MainLoop;
     exit;
 }