diff --git a/src/common/config.py b/src/common/config.py
index d5870739ccf78c68dae1164a40cde5c25b284504..0f77224c77daffec0b1926baa2c14312c9e7672e 100644
--- a/src/common/config.py
+++ b/src/common/config.py
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ class Config:
 		'always_english_wikipedia': [opt_bool, False],
 		'use_dbus': [opt_bool, True], # allow control via dbus service
 		'send_receive_chat_state_notifications': [opt_bool, True],
-		'print_ichat_every_foo_minutes': [opt_int, 5], # default is every 5 minutes
+		'autodetect_browser_mailer': [opt_bool, True],
+		'print_ichat_every_foo_minutes': [opt_int, 5],
 		'confirm_close_muc': [opt_bool, True], # confirm closing MUC window
 		'notify_on_file_complete': [opt_bool, True], # notif. on file complete
 		'file_transfers_port': [opt_int, 28011],  # port, used for file transfers
diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index 8989a8f187a8df7e3ba76fa0233c37eec6fa1396..07774a028e0a022f1907cc93fa7ccfbf41ae90e0 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ class PreferencesWindow:
 			self.links_open_with_combobox = self.xml.get_widget('links_open_with_combobox')
 			if gajim.config.get('autodetect_browser_mailer'):
 				self.links_open_with_combobox.set_active(0)
-				gtkgui_helpers.plugin.autodetect_browser_mailer()
+				gtkgui_helpers.autodetect_browser_mailer()
 			# autodetect_browser_mailer is now False.
 			# so user has 'Always Use GNOME/KDE' or Custom
 			elif gajim.config.get('openwith') == 'gnome-open':
diff --git a/src/gajim.py b/src/gajim.py
index 18747abfbf6ec550d8c699cbcfe0ec8d293e4f88..4f1629b51aadead5a42eb6a9bbff0710b304c08a 100755
--- a/src/gajim.py
+++ b/src/gajim.py
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ class Interface:
 
 		
 		if gajim.config.get('autodetect_browser_mailer'):
-			gtkgui_helpers.plugin.autodetect_browser_mailer()
+			gtkgui_helpers.autodetect_browser_mailer()
 
 		if gajim.verbose:
 			gajim.log.setLevel(gajim.logging.DEBUG)
diff --git a/src/gtkgui.glade b/src/gtkgui.glade
index a5f456e03dd49482b72a2897780821278883934a..9cd01441e8442dfd448026e447968508584db9e1 100644
--- a/src/gtkgui.glade
+++ b/src/gtkgui.glade
@@ -10138,7 +10138,8 @@ Status message</property>
 		  <child>
 		    <widget class="GtkEventBox" id="gpg_eventbox">
 		      <property name="visible">True</property>
-		      <property name="visible_window">False</property>
+		      <property name="tooltip" translatable="yes">GPG Encryption</property>
+		      <property name="visible_window">True</property>
 		      <property name="above_child">False</property>
 
 		      <child>
diff --git a/src/gtkgui_helpers.py b/src/gtkgui_helpers.py
index 8ac7c07ba90675e6dbb8ffc57ac5ff660bf9534a..8aa12a8937b5ee6229a48e6174797443f5ccc9f0 100644
--- a/src/gtkgui_helpers.py
+++ b/src/gtkgui_helpers.py
@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@
 
 import xml.sax.saxutils
 import gtk
+import os
 from common import i18n
-
+i18n.init()
 _ = i18n._
+from common import gajim
+
+
+
 
 def convert_bytes(string):
 	suffix = ''
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ def escape_for_pango_markup(string):
 	
 	return escaped_str
 
-def autodetect_browser_mailer(self):
+def autodetect_browser_mailer():
 	#recognize the environment for appropriate browser/mailer
 	if os.path.isdir('/proc'):
 		# under Linux: checking if 'gnome-session' or