diff --git a/src/application.py b/src/application.py
index 9b3cb17c7..73fb826fc 100644
--- a/src/application.py
+++ b/src/application.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import sys
 import os
-import warnings
 import logging
 from gi.repository import GLib, Gio, Gtk
 from common import i18n
@@ -126,9 +125,6 @@ class GajimApplication(Gtk.Application):
         #    libintl.bindtextdomain('gajim_plugins', plugins_locale_dir)
         #    libintl.bind_textdomain_codeset('gajim_plugins', 'UTF-8')
 
-        if os.name == 'nt':
-            warnings.filterwarnings(action='ignore')
-
         if Gtk.Widget.get_default_direction() == Gtk.TextDirection.RTL:
             i18n.direction_mark = '\u200F'
         pritext = ''
diff --git a/src/gajim.py b/src/gajim.py
index 9b45f19d7..a627cb98a 100644
--- a/src/gajim.py
+++ b/src/gajim.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ if '--windev' in sys.argv or '-w' in sys.argv:
     WINDEV = True
 
 if os.name == 'nt' and not WINDEV:
+    import warnings
     log_path = os.path.join(os.environ['APPDATA'], 'Gajim')
     if not os.path.exists(log_path):
         os.mkdir(log_path, 0o700)
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ if os.name == 'nt' and not WINDEV:
     outerr = MyStd()
     sys.stdout = outerr
     sys.stderr = outerr
+    warnings.filterwarnings(action='ignore')
 
 
 # Test here for all required versions so we dont have to