diff --git a/DownloadDCFirmware/main.cpp b/DownloadDCFirmware/main.cpp
index 4c508fa..560c215 100644
--- a/DownloadDCFirmware/main.cpp
+++ b/DownloadDCFirmware/main.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 #include <QtGlobal>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
-#include <QApplication>
 #include <QByteArray>
 
 #include <QProcess>
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "commandline_parser.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "update.h"
-#include "mainwindow.h"
 #include "System.h"
 
 #include <DeviceController/interfaces.h>
@@ -54,9 +52,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     openlog("DC", LOG_PERROR | LOG_CONS, LOG_USER);
 
-    QApplication a(argc, argv);
-    QApplication::setApplicationName("ATBDownloadDCFirmware");
-    QApplication::setApplicationVersion(APP_VERSION);
+    QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);
+    QCoreApplication::setApplicationName("ATBDownloadDCFirmware");
+    QCoreApplication::setApplicationVersion(APP_VERSION);
 
     if (!messageHandlerInstalled()) { // change internal qt-QDebug-handling
         atbInstallMessageHandler(atbDebugOutput);