diff --git a/cli/cli.cpp b/cli/cli.cpp
index 023e475..1a7d51e 100644
--- a/cli/cli.cpp
+++ b/cli/cli.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 #include <passwordfile/io/field.h>
 
 #include <c++utilities/conversion/stringconversion.h>
-
-#include <c++utilities/application/global.h>
+#include <c++utilities/application/commandlineutils.h>
 
 #if defined(PLATFORM_UNIX)
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -88,7 +87,9 @@ InteractiveCli::InteractiveCli() :
     m_currentEntry(nullptr),
     m_modified(false),
     m_quit(false)
-{}
+{
+    CMD_UTILS_START_CONSOLE;
+}
 
 void InteractiveCli::run(const string &file)
 {
diff --git a/gui/initiate.h b/gui/initiate.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a18815..0000000
--- a/gui/initiate.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef INITIATE_H
-#define INITIATE_H
-
-#include <QtGlobal>
-
-QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
-class QString;
-QT_END_NAMESPACE
-
-namespace QtGui {
-
-int runWidgetsGui(int argc, char *argv[], const QString &file);
-
-}
-
-#endif // INITIATE_H
diff --git a/gui/initiategui.h b/gui/initiategui.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..975676e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/initiategui.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef INITIATE_H
+#define INITIATE_H
+
+#include <QtGlobal>
+
+QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QString)
+
+namespace ApplicationUtilities {
+class QtConfigArguments;
+}
+
+namespace QtGui {
+
+int runWidgetsGui(int argc, char *argv[], const ApplicationUtilities::QtConfigArguments &qtConfigArgs, const QString &file);
+
+}
+
+#endif // INITIATE_H
diff --git a/gui/initiatequi.cpp b/gui/initiatequi.cpp
index 1d6d0e9..d8bf1a7 100644
--- a/gui/initiatequi.cpp
+++ b/gui/initiatequi.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,29 @@
-#include "initiate.h"
+#include "initiategui.h"
 
-# include "gui/mainwindow.h"
+#include "gui/mainwindow.h"
 
+#include <qtutilities/resources/qtconfigarguments.h>
 #include <qtutilities/resources/resources.h>
 
 #include <QTextCodec>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QFile>
 
+using namespace ApplicationUtilities;
+
 namespace QtGui {
 
-int runWidgetsGui(int argc, char *argv[], const QString &file)
+int runWidgetsGui(int argc, char *argv[], const QtConfigArguments &qtConfigArgs, const QString &file)
 {
     SET_QT_APPLICATION_INFO;
     // init application
     QApplication a(argc, argv);
+    // load resources needed by classes of qtutilities
+    QtUtilitiesResources::init();
+    // apply settings specified via command line args
+    qtConfigArgs.applySettings();
     LOAD_QT_TRANSLATIONS;
     QTextCodec::setCodecForLocale(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
-    // load the other resources
-    QtUtilitiesResources::init();
-    Theme::setup();
     // init widgets GUI
     QtGui::MainWindow w;
     w.show();
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 1ef523a..a3f9d9c 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 #include "cli/cli.h"
 #ifdef GUI_QTWIDGETS
-# include "gui/initiate.h"
+# include "gui/initiategui.h"
 #endif
 #ifdef GUI_QTQUICK
-# include "quickgui/initiate.h"
+# include "quickgui/initiatequick.h"
 #endif
 
 #include <passwordfile/util/openssl.h>
 
 #include <c++utilities/application/argumentparser.h>
 #include <c++utilities/application/failure.h>
+#include <c++utilities/application/commandlineutils.h>
 
 #if defined(GUI_QTWIDGETS) || defined(GUI_QTQUICK)
 # include <qtutilities/resources/qtconfigarguments.h>
@@ -67,27 +68,31 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             }
             if(qtConfigArgs.qtWidgetsGuiArg().isPresent()) {
 #ifdef GUI_QTWIDGETS
-                res = QtGui::runWidgetsGui(argc, argv, file);
+                res = QtGui::runWidgetsGui(argc, argv, qtConfigArgs, file);
 #else
+                CMD_UTILS_START_CONSOLE;
                 cout << "The application has not been built with Qt widgets support." << endl;
 #endif
             } else if(qtConfigArgs.qtQuickGuiArg().isPresent()) {
 #ifdef GUI_QTQUICK
-                res = QtGui::runQuickGui(argc, argv);
+                res = QtGui::runQuickGui(argc, argv, qtConfigArgs);
 #else
+                CMD_UTILS_START_CONSOLE;
                 cout << "The application has not been built with Qt quick support." << endl;
 #endif
             } else {
 #if defined(GUI_QTQUICK)
-                res = QtGui::runQuickGui(argc, argv);
+                res = QtGui::runQuickGui(argc, argv, qtConfigArgs);
 #elif defined(GUI_QTWIDGETS)
-                res = QtGui::runWidgetsGui(argc, argv, file);
+                res = QtGui::runWidgetsGui(argc, argv, qtConfigArgs, file);
 #else
+                CMD_UTILS_START_CONSOLE;
                 cout << "See --help for usage." << endl;
 #endif
             }
         }
     } catch(Failure &ex) {
+        CMD_UTILS_START_CONSOLE;
         cout << "Unable to parse arguments. " << ex.what() << "\nSee --help for available commands." << endl;
     }
     // clean open ssl
diff --git a/passwordmanager.pro b/passwordmanager.pro
index 46a904f..be8da54 100644
--- a/passwordmanager.pro
+++ b/passwordmanager.pro
@@ -56,20 +56,20 @@ HEADERS  += model/entrymodel.h \
     model/fieldmodel.h \
     model/entryfiltermodel.h \
     util/testroutines.h \
-    cli/cli.h
+    cli/cli.h \
+    gui/initiategui.h
 
 guiqtwidgets {
     HEADERS += gui/mainwindow.h \
         gui/passwordgeneratordialog.h \
         gui/undocommands.h \
-        gui/stacksupport.h \
-        gui/initiate.h
+        gui/stacksupport.h
 }
 
 guiqtquick {
     HEADERS += quickgui/applicationinfo.h \
-        quickgui/applicationpaths.h
-        quickgui/initiate.h
+        quickgui/applicationpaths.h \
+        quickgui/initiatequick.h
 }
 
 # resources and translations
diff --git a/quickgui/initiate.h b/quickgui/initiate.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d1b0a3..0000000
--- a/quickgui/initiate.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef QT_QUICK_GUI_INITIATE_H
-#define QT_QUICK_GUI_INITIATE_H
-
-#include <QtGlobal>
-
-QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
-class QString;
-QT_END_NAMESPACE
-
-namespace QtGui {
-
-int runQuickGui(int argc, char *argv[]);
-
-}
-
-#endif // QT_QUICK_GUI_INITIATE_H
diff --git a/quickgui/initiatequick.cpp b/quickgui/initiatequick.cpp
index b7e22e2..17803dc 100644
--- a/quickgui/initiatequick.cpp
+++ b/quickgui/initiatequick.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-#include "initiate.h"
+#include "initiatequick.h"
 
 # include "model/entryfiltermodel.h"
 # include "model/entrymodel.h"
 # include "model/fieldmodel.h"
 
-# include "quickgui/applicationinfo.h"
+#include "quickgui/applicationinfo.h"
 
+#include <qtutilities/resources/qtconfigarguments.h>
 #include <qtutilities/resources/resources.h>
 
 #if defined(GUI_QTWIDGETS)
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@
 #include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
 #include <QDebug>
 
+using namespace ApplicationUtilities;
+
 namespace QtGui {
 
 #if defined(GUI_QTQUICK)
@@ -30,26 +33,21 @@ static QObject *applicationInfo(QQmlEngine *engine, QJSEngine *scriptEngine)
 }
 #endif
 
-int runQuickGui(int argc, char *argv[])
+int runQuickGui(int argc, char *argv[], const QtConfigArguments &qtConfigArgs)
 {
     // init application
+    SET_QT_APPLICATION_INFO;
 #if defined(GUI_QTWIDGETS)
     QApplication a(argc, argv);
 #else
     QGuiApplication a(argc, argv);
 #endif
-    QTextCodec::setCodecForLocale(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
-    QGuiApplication::setOrganizationName(QStringLiteral("Martchus"));
-    QGuiApplication::setOrganizationDomain(QStringLiteral("http://martchus.netai.net/"));
-    QGuiApplication::setApplicationName(QStringLiteral("Password Manager (mobile)"));
-    QGuiApplication::setApplicationVersion(QStringLiteral("2.0.5"));
-    // load translation files
-    TranslationFiles::loadQtTranslationFile();
-    TranslationFiles::loadApplicationTranslationFile(QStringLiteral("passwordmanager"));
-    // load the other resources
+    // load resources needed by classes of qtutilities
     QtUtilitiesResources::init();
-    Theme::setup();
-    qDebug() << "test 2";
+    // apply settings specified via command line args
+    qtConfigArgs.applySettings();
+    LOAD_QT_TRANSLATIONS;
+    QTextCodec::setCodecForLocale(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
     // init quick GUI
     qmlRegisterSingletonType<QtGui::ApplicationInfo>("martchus.passwordmanager", 2, 0, "ApplicationInfo", applicationInfo);
     qmlRegisterType<QtGui::EntryFilterModel>("martchus.passwordmanager", 2, 0, "EntryFilterModel");
diff --git a/quickgui/initiatequick.h b/quickgui/initiatequick.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48b0b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickgui/initiatequick.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef QT_QUICK_GUI_INITIATE_H
+#define QT_QUICK_GUI_INITIATE_H
+
+#include <QtGlobal>
+
+QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QString)
+
+namespace ApplicationUtilities {
+class QtConfigArguments;
+}
+
+namespace QtGui {
+
+int runQuickGui(int argc, char *argv[], const ApplicationUtilities::QtConfigArguments &qtConfigArgs);
+
+}
+
+#endif // QT_QUICK_GUI_INITIATE_H