diff --git a/GUI/MainForm.cs b/GUI/MainForm.cs
index 473f9d2..f1a7b1d 100644
--- a/GUI/MainForm.cs
+++ b/GUI/MainForm.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Drawing;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using Aga.Controls.Tree;
 using Aga.Controls.Tree.NodeControls;
@@ -81,6 +82,15 @@ namespace OpenHardwareMonitor.GUI {
     public MainForm() {      
       InitializeComponent();
 
+      // check if the OpenHardwareMonitorLib assembly has the correct version
+      if (Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(Computer)).GetName().Version !=
+        Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version) {
+        MessageBox.Show(
+          "The version of the file OpenHardwareMonitorLib.dll is incompatible.",
+          "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
+        Environment.Exit(0);
+      }
+
       this.settings = new PersistentSettings();      
       this.settings.Load(Path.ChangeExtension(
         Application.ExecutablePath, ".config"));
diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index ae5fd1e..2861afd 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -37,12 +37,10 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using OpenHardwareMonitor.GUI;
-using OpenHardwareMonitor.Hardware;
 
 namespace OpenHardwareMonitor {
   public static class Program {
@@ -91,15 +89,6 @@ namespace OpenHardwareMonitor {
       if (!IsFileAvailable("OpenHardwareMonitorLib.dll"))
         return false;
 
-      // check if the OpenHardwareMonitorLib assembly has the correct version
-      if (Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(Computer)).GetName().Version !=
-        Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version) {
-        MessageBox.Show(
-          "The version of the file OpenHardwareMonitorLib.dll is incompatible.", 
-          "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
-        return false;
-      }
-
       return true;
     }