diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/widgets/LogWidget.cpp b/src/libcalamaresui/widgets/LogWidget.cpp
index fb5772023..108324a8f 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/widgets/LogWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/widgets/LogWidget.cpp
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ LogWidget::LogWidget( QWidget* parent )
 
     connect( &m_log_thread, &LogThread::onLogChunk, this, &LogWidget::handleLogChunk );
 
-    m_log_thread.setPriority( QThread::LowestPriority );
-    m_log_thread.start();
+    m_log_thread.start( QThread::LowestPriority );
 }
 
 void