diff --git a/consolegui/application/ConnectionTabs.py b/consolegui/application/ConnectionTabs.py
index 81d6873..5b39c6c 100644
--- a/consolegui/application/ConnectionTabs.py
+++ b/consolegui/application/ConnectionTabs.py
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ class SelectedMethodWgt(QtGui.QWidget):
         QtGui.QIcon.setThemeName('Calculate')
         self.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon \
                         ('/usr/share/pixmaps/calculate-console-online.png'))
+        conf_path = self.VarsGui.Get('cl_gui_config_path')
+        homePath = self.VarsGui.Get('ur_home_path')
+        self.user_config = conf_path.replace("~",homePath)
 
         if self.connect():
             sys.exit(1)
@@ -89,9 +92,6 @@ class SelectedMethodWgt(QtGui.QWidget):
         pass
 
     def get_size(self):
-        conf_path = self.VarsGui.Get('cl_gui_config_path')
-        homePath = self.VarsGui.Get('ur_home_path')
-        self.user_config = conf_path.replace("~",homePath)
         self.config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
         self.config.read(self.user_config)
         try: