diff --git a/src/transferengine.cpp b/src/transferengine.cpp
index 0a739a1..dbd1e9c 100644
--- a/src/transferengine.cpp
+++ b/src/transferengine.cpp
@@ -780,14 +780,14 @@ TransferEngine::TransferEngine(QObject *parent) :
     TransferDBRecord::registerType();
 
     QDBusConnection connection = QDBusConnection::sessionBus();
-    if (!connection.registerService("org.nemo.transferengine")) {
-        qFatal("DBUS service already taken. Kill the other instance first.");
-    }
-
     if (!connection.registerObject("/org/nemo/transferengine", this)) {
         qFatal("Could not register object \'/org/nemo/transferengine\'");
     }
 
+    if (!connection.registerService("org.nemo.transferengine")) {
+        qFatal("DBUS service already taken. Kill the other instance first.");
+    }
+
     new TransferEngineAdaptor(this);
 
     // Let's make sure that db is open by creating