diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 181e68fd..384df5c1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21214,3 +21214,6 @@
 	* Removed vestigal signals from 'RDSocket'.
 	* Fixed a bug in 'RDApplication' that could cause 'openlog(3)'
 	to receive a corrupt 'ident' value.
+2021-02-25 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Fixed a regression in rdcatchd(8) that caused it to fail to
+	start properly.
diff --git a/rdcatchd/rdcatchd.cpp b/rdcatchd/rdcatchd.cpp
index 81ffa696..28878b75 100644
--- a/rdcatchd/rdcatchd.cpp
+++ b/rdcatchd/rdcatchd.cpp
@@ -2684,7 +2684,7 @@ QString MainObject::GetTempRecordingName(int id) const
 
 int main(int argc,char *argv[])
 {
-  QApplication a(argc,argv,false);
+  QCoreApplication a(argc,argv,false);
   new MainObject();
   return a.exec();
 }