diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index cf06305..e2fc740 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -533,7 +533,6 @@ static void on_compline_activated (GtkCompletionLine *cl)
 static void gmrun_activate(void)
 {
    GtkWidget *dialog, * main_vbox;
-
    GtkWidget *label_search;
 
    GtkWidget * window = gtk_application_window_new (gmrun_app);
@@ -758,7 +757,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
    config_init ();
    parse_command_line (argc, argv);
 
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 0, 0)
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 4, 0)
+   // Handling cmd line args with GApplication is a nightmare
+   // follow this: https://developer.gnome.org/gtkmm-tutorial/stable/sec-multi-item-containers.html.en#boxes-command-line-options
+   argc = 1; /* hide args from GApplication */
    gmrun_app = gtk_application_new ("org.gtk.gmrun", G_APPLICATION_FLAGS_NONE);
    g_signal_connect (gmrun_app, "activate", gmrun_activate, NULL);
    status = g_application_run (G_APPLICATION (gmrun_app), argc, argv);