diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 24e708c52..e5c218ec4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ fn main() {
     if !common::global_init() {
         return;
     }
+    #[cfg(all(windows, not(feature = "inline")))]
+    unsafe {
+        winapi::um::shellscalingapi::SetProcessDpiAwareness(2);
+    }
     if let Some(args) = crate::core_main::core_main().as_mut() {
         ui::start(args);
     }
diff --git a/src/ui.rs b/src/ui.rs
index d08e82a36..c0bd988c9 100644
--- a/src/ui.rs
+++ b/src/ui.rs
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ pub fn start(args: &mut [String]) {
     allow_err!(sciter::set_options(sciter::RuntimeOptions::GfxLayer(
         sciter::GFX_LAYER::WARP
     )));
-    #[cfg(all(windows, not(feature = "inline")))]
-    unsafe {
-        winapi::um::shellscalingapi::SetProcessDpiAwareness(2);
-    }
     use sciter::SCRIPT_RUNTIME_FEATURES::*;
     allow_err!(sciter::set_options(sciter::RuntimeOptions::ScriptFeatures(
         ALLOW_FILE_IO as u8 | ALLOW_SOCKET_IO as u8 | ALLOW_EVAL as u8 | ALLOW_SYSINFO as u8