diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/toc/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/toc/main.py
index 476ea6512c..6c9734c4b8 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/toc/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/toc/main.py
@@ -1207,8 +1207,8 @@ def main(shm_name=None):
         override = 'calibre-gui' if islinux else None
         app = Application([], override_program_name=override)
         from calibre.utils.webengine import setup_default_profile, setup_fake_protocol
-        setup_default_profile()
         setup_fake_protocol()
+        setup_default_profile()
         d = TOCEditor(path, title=title, write_result_to=path + '.result')
         d.start()
         ok = 0