diff --git a/qucs/main.cpp b/qucs/main.cpp

index 8e84eb4d..1f38e5e5 100644

--- a/qucs/main.cpp

+++ b/qucs/main.cpp

@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ bool loadSettings()

     else QucsSettings.SpiceOpusExecutable = "spiceopus";

     if(settings.contains("Nprocs")) QucsSettings.NProcs = settings.value("Nprocs").toInt();

     else QucsSettings.NProcs = 4;

-    if(settings.contains("S4Q_workdir")) QucsSettings.S4Qworkdir = settings.value("S4Q_workdir").toString();

-    else QucsSettings.S4Qworkdir = QDir::toNativeSeparators(QucsSettings.QucsWorkDir.absolutePath()+"/spice4qucs");

     if(settings.contains("SimParameters")) QucsSettings.SimParameters = settings.value("SimParameters").toString();

     else QucsSettings.SimParameters = "";

     if(settings.contains("OctaveExecutable")) {

@@ -153,6 +151,8 @@ bool loadSettings()

       if(settings.value("QucsHomeDir").toString() != "")

          QucsSettings.QucsHomeDir.setPath(settings.value("QucsHomeDir").toString());

     QucsSettings.QucsWorkDir = QucsSettings.QucsHomeDir;

+    if(settings.contains("S4Q_workdir")) QucsSettings.S4Qworkdir = settings.value("S4Q_workdir").toString();

+    else QucsSettings.S4Qworkdir = QDir::toNativeSeparators(QucsSettings.QucsWorkDir.absolutePath()+"/spice4qucs");

     if (settings.contains("IgnoreVersion")) QucsSettings.IgnoreFutureVersion = settings.value("IgnoreVersion").toBool();

     // check also for old setting name with typo...