diff --git a/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/Application.java b/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/Application.java
index 1d8a52b..8c2f27c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/Application.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/data/Application.java
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ public class Application
         /** The path (relative to the appdir) to a single play again image. */
         public String playAgainImage;
 
-        public boolean  hideDecorations;
-        
-        
+        /** Whether window decorations are hidden for the UI. */
+        public boolean hideDecorations;
+
         /** The global percentages for each step. A step may have more than one, and
          * the lowest reasonable one is used if a step is revisited. */
         public Map<Step, List<Integer>> stepPercentages =
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ public class Application
         ui.status = parseRect(cdata, "ui.status", ui.status);
         ui.statusText = parseColor(cdata, "ui.status_text", ui.statusText);
         ui.textShadow = parseColor(cdata, "ui.text_shadow", ui.textShadow);
+        ui.hideDecorations = Boolean.parseBoolean((String)cdata.get("ui.hide_decorations"));
         ui.backgroundImage = (String)cdata.get("ui.background_image");
         if (ui.backgroundImage == null) { // support legacy format
             ui.backgroundImage = (String)cdata.get("ui.background");
@@ -728,8 +729,6 @@ public class Application
         ui.playAgain = parseRect(cdata, "ui.play_again", ui.playAgain);
         ui.playAgainImage = (String)cdata.get("ui.play_again_image");
 
-        ui.hideDecorations = Boolean.parseBoolean((String)cdata.get("ui.hide_decorations"));
-                
         // step progress percentages
         for (UpdateInterface.Step step : UpdateInterface.Step.values()) {
             String spec = (String)cdata.get("ui.percents." + step.name());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/GetdownApp.java b/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/GetdownApp.java
index ca7eed7..90785f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/GetdownApp.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/GetdownApp.java
@@ -99,14 +99,13 @@ public class GetdownApp
                     String title = StringUtil.isBlank(_ifc.name) ? "" : _ifc.name;
                     if (_frame == null) {
                         _frame = new JFrame(title);
-                        _frame.setUndecorated(_ifc.hideDecorations);
-                                  
                         _frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
                             @Override
                             public void windowClosing (WindowEvent evt) {
                                 handleWindowClose();
                             }
                         });
+                        _frame.setUndecorated(_ifc.hideDecorations);
                         _frame.setResizable(false);
                     } else {
                         _frame.setTitle(title);