diff --git a/ethereal/main.go b/ethereal/main.go
index 3729dbdaff69caa21defaf01407f55619ff07333..7b157f3dbf51424ce10b12dbb1dbaa270ba782a1 100644
--- a/ethereal/main.go
+++ b/ethereal/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 
@@ -31,18 +30,6 @@ func run() error {
 	db := utils.NewDatabase()
 	err := utils.DBSanityCheck(db)
 	if err != nil {
-		engine := qml.NewEngine()
-		component, e := engine.LoadString("local", qmlErr)
-		if e != nil {
-			fmt.Println("err:", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-
-		win := component.CreateWindow(nil)
-		win.Root().ObjectByName("label").Set("text", err.Error())
-		win.Show()
-		win.Wait()
-
 		ErrorWindow(err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}