diff --git a/src/x11/screen.c b/src/x11/screen.c
index ce89702..7c3347f 100644
--- a/src/x11/screen.c
+++ b/src/x11/screen.c
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ static double screen_dpi_get_from_xft(void)
         if (screen_dpi_xft_cache == -DBL_MAX) {
                 screen_dpi_xft_cache = 0;
 
-                XrmInitialize();
-
                 char *xrmType;
                 XrmValue xrmValue;
                 XrmDatabase db = XrmGetDatabase(xctx.dpy);
diff --git a/src/x11/x.c b/src/x11/x.c
index c26ed32..e069beb 100644
--- a/src/x11/x.c
+++ b/src/x11/x.c
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ void x_setup(void)
 
         init_screens();
         x_shortcut_grab(&settings.history_ks);
+
+        XrmInitialize();
 }
 
 struct geometry x_parse_geometry(const char *geom_str)