diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f8516926..1ec418b5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -22964,3 +22964,6 @@
 2022-03-25 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Fixed a regression in rdairplay(1) that caused currently playing
 	log items to disappear when loading a new log.
+2022-03-25 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Fixed a bug in rdclilogedit(1) that caused startup to fail if
+	an X11 display context was not available.
diff --git a/utils/rdclilogedit/rdclilogedit.cpp b/utils/rdclilogedit/rdclilogedit.cpp
index b867350d..621980bf 100644
--- a/utils/rdclilogedit/rdclilogedit.cpp
+++ b/utils/rdclilogedit/rdclilogedit.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ void MainObject::SendNotification(RDNotification::Action action,
 
 int main(int argc,char *argv[])
 {
-  QApplication a(argc,argv,false);
+  QCoreApplication a(argc,argv);
   new MainObject();
   return a.exec();
 }