diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f600a126..94749132 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM beta
 - updated the FCTable GUI element to work correctly when doing drag&drop for the rows
 - updated the Geometry UI to work with the new FCTable
 - made the coordinates / delta coordinates / grid toolbar / actions toolbar visibility an option, controlled from the infobar (Status bar) context menu. How it's at app shutdown it's restored at the next application start
+- moved the init of activity view in the MainGUI file from the APP.__init__()
 
 12.06.2020
 
diff --git a/appGUI/MainGUI.py b/appGUI/MainGUI.py
index 607c58d9..15a3872d 100644
--- a/appGUI/MainGUI.py
+++ b/appGUI/MainGUI.py
@@ -1598,6 +1598,10 @@ class MainGUI(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         self.units_label.setMargin(2)
         self.infobar.addWidget(self.units_label)
 
+        # this used to be done in the APP.__init__()
+        self.activity_view = FlatCAMActivityView(app=self.app)
+        self.infobar.addWidget(self.activity_view)
+
         # disabled
         # self.progress_bar = QtWidgets.QProgressBar()
         # self.progress_bar.setMinimum(0)
diff --git a/app_Main.py b/app_Main.py
index a9512c3b..2158990d 100644
--- a/app_Main.py
+++ b/app_Main.py
@@ -761,9 +761,9 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         # ###########################################################################################################
         # ############################################# Activity Monitor ###########################################
         # ###########################################################################################################
-        self.activity_view = FlatCAMActivityView(app=self)
-        self.ui.infobar.addWidget(self.activity_view)
-        self.proc_container = FCVisibleProcessContainer(self.activity_view)
+        # self.activity_view = FlatCAMActivityView(app=self)
+        # self.ui.infobar.addWidget(self.activity_view)
+        self.proc_container = FCVisibleProcessContainer(self.ui.activity_view)
 
         # ###########################################################################################################
         # ############################################# Signal handling #############################################