diff --git a/src/advanced.py b/src/advanced.py
index 6ccbe30f2c0afed102a98a1d548cc5aea643ec6b..78db60f8f6455deb797f36bba4e9bec3d6a9a216 100644
--- a/src/advanced.py
+++ b/src/advanced.py
@@ -205,8 +205,6 @@ class AdvancedConfigurationWindow:
 		self.check_for_restart()
 
 	def on_advanced_configuration_window_destroy(self, widget):
-		# update ui of preferences window to get possible changes we did
-		gajim.interface.instances['preferences'].update_preferences_window()
 		del gajim.interface.instances['advanced_config']
 
 	def on_advanced_close_button_clicked(self, widget):
diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index 39ce8a0cc52ed2b1e66396a7529bf4f433aff7e5..0e8eaeb7fb4e39370d4385551b4f971af2d5a409 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ GTKGUI_GLADE = 'gtkgui.glade'
 class PreferencesWindow:
 	'''Class for Preferences window'''
 
-	def on_preferences_window_delete_event(self, widget, event):
-		self.window.hide()
-		return True # do NOT destroy the window
+	def on_preferences_window_destroy(self, widget):
+		'''close window'''
+		del gajim.interface.instances['preferences']
 
 	def on_close_button_clicked(self, widget):
-		self.window.hide()
+		self.window.destroy()
 
 	def __init__(self):
 		'''Initialize Preferences window'''
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ class PreferencesWindow:
 		theme_combobox.add_attribute(cell, 'text', 0)
 		model = gtk.ListStore(str)
 		theme_combobox.set_model(model)
+		
+		i = 0
+		for config_theme in gajim.config.get_per('themes'):
+			theme = config_theme.replace('_', ' ')
+			model.append([theme])
+			if gajim.config.get('roster_theme') == config_theme:
+			         theme_combobox.set_active(i)
+			i += 1
+		self.on_theme_combobox_changed(theme_combobox)
 
 		#use speller
 		if os.name == 'nt':
@@ -409,6 +418,20 @@ class PreferencesWindow:
 		st = gajim.config.get('send_os_info')
 		self.xml.get_widget('send_os_info_checkbutton').set_active(st)
 		
+		# Notify user of new gmail e-mail messages,
+		# only show checkbox if user has a gtalk account
+		notify_gmail_checkbutton = self.xml.get_widget('notify_gmail_checkbutton')
+		notify_gmail_checkbutton.set_no_show_all(True)
+		for account in gajim.config.get_per('accounts'):
+			jid = gajim.get_jid_from_account(account)
+			if gajim.get_server_from_jid(jid) == 'gmail.com':
+				st = gajim.config.get('notify_on_new_gmail_email')
+				notify_gmail_checkbutton.set_active(st)
+				notify_gmail_checkbutton.show()
+				break
+		else:
+			notify_gmail_checkbutton.hide()
+		
 		self.xml.signal_autoconnect(self)
 
 		self.sound_tree.get_model().connect('row-changed',
@@ -419,40 +442,9 @@ class PreferencesWindow:
 					self.on_msg_treemodel_row_deleted)
 		
 		self.theme_preferences = None
-
-	def on_preferences_window_show(self, widget):
-		self.update_preferences_window()
-		self.notebook.set_current_page(0)
-
-	def update_preferences_window(self):
-		st = gajim.config.get('print_ichat_every_foo_minutes')
-		text = _('Every %s _minutes') % st
-		self.xml.get_widget('time_sometimes_radiobutton').set_label(text)
-
-		#Themes
-		theme_combobox = self.xml.get_widget('theme_combobox')
-		model = theme_combobox.get_model()
-		model.clear()
-		i = 0
-		for config_theme in gajim.config.get_per('themes'):
-			theme = config_theme.replace('_', ' ')
-			model.append([theme])
-			if gajim.config.get('roster_theme') == config_theme:
-				theme_combobox.set_active(i)
-			i += 1
-		self.on_theme_combobox_changed(theme_combobox)
 		
-		# Notify user of new gmail e-mail messages,
-		# only show checkbox if user has a gtalk account
-		self.xml.get_widget('notify_gmail_checkbutton').hide()
-		for account in gajim.config.get_per('accounts'):
-			jid = gajim.get_jid_from_account(account)
-			if gajim.get_server_from_jid(jid) == 'gmail.com':
-				st = gajim.config.get('notify_on_new_gmail_email') 
-				self.xml.get_widget('notify_gmail_checkbutton').set_active(st)
-				self.xml.get_widget('notify_gmail_checkbutton').show()
-
-		#FIXME: move code from __init__ here
+		self.notebook.set_current_page(0)
+		self.window.show_all()
 
 	def on_preferences_window_key_press_event(self, widget, event):
 		if event.keyval == gtk.keysyms.Escape:
diff --git a/src/gajim.py b/src/gajim.py
index 76eb888084acf4528ff1a2685ffafada5ff477c0..3f3af4d127c8072d4133b039efe14154e495e194 100755
--- a/src/gajim.py
+++ b/src/gajim.py
@@ -1675,7 +1675,6 @@ class Interface:
 		
 		# get instances for windows/dialogs that will show_all()/hide()
 		self.instances['file_transfers'] = dialogs.FileTransfersWindow()
-		self.instances['preferences'] = config.PreferencesWindow()
 		
 		for account in gajim.connections:
 			self.instances[account]['xml_console'] = dialogs.XMLConsoleWindow(
diff --git a/src/gtkgui.glade b/src/gtkgui.glade
index 285a48106bca40928e6cb5c3ef117797e44520e5..2ac7335064f5220581ec8089bacf4eb8549de854 100644
--- a/src/gtkgui.glade
+++ b/src/gtkgui.glade
@@ -3282,19 +3282,17 @@ Agent JID - node</property>
   <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
   <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
   <property name="focus_on_map">True</property>
-  <signal name="show" handler="on_preferences_window_show" last_modification_time="Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:33:03 GMT"/>
-  <signal name="delete_event" handler="on_preferences_window_delete_event" last_modification_time="Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:38:24 GMT"/>
   <signal name="key_press_event" handler="on_preferences_window_key_press_event" last_modification_time="Fri, 08 Apr 2005 01:08:08 GMT"/>
+  <signal name="destroy" handler="on_preferences_window_destroy" last_modification_time="Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:50:52 GMT"/>
 
   <child>
     <widget class="GtkVBox" id="vbox13">
       <property name="visible">True</property>
       <property name="homogeneous">False</property>
-      <property name="spacing">0</property>
+      <property name="spacing">6</property>
 
       <child>
 	<widget class="GtkNotebook" id="preferences_notebook">
-	  <property name="border_width">5</property>
 	  <property name="visible">True</property>
 	  <property name="can_focus">True</property>
 	  <property name="show_tabs">True</property>
@@ -6515,7 +6513,6 @@ Custom</property>
 
       <child>
 	<widget class="GtkHButtonBox" id="hbuttonbox7">
-	  <property name="border_width">4</property>
 	  <property name="visible">True</property>
 	  <property name="layout_style">GTK_BUTTONBOX_END</property>
 	  <property name="spacing">15</property>
diff --git a/src/roster_window.py b/src/roster_window.py
index 5fa7d27280d1f97afd3fe778a7860fc463969004..adea5e0a5d6f833a017d5ab0dc6cf4c855b6375d 100644
--- a/src/roster_window.py
+++ b/src/roster_window.py
@@ -1957,10 +1957,10 @@ _('If "%s" accepts this request you will know his or her status.') % jid)
 			self.tree.set_cursor(path)
 
 	def on_preferences_menuitem_activate(self, widget):
-		if gajim.interface.instances['preferences'].window.get_property('visible'):
+		if gajim.interface.instances.has_key('preferences'):
 			gajim.interface.instances['preferences'].window.present()
 		else:
-			gajim.interface.instances['preferences'].window.show_all()
+			gajim.interface.instances['preferences'] = config.PreferencesWindow()
 
 	def on_add_new_contact(self, widget, account):
 		dialogs.AddNewContactWindow(account)