diff --git a/plugins/UM3NetworkPrinting/src/__init__.py b/plugins/UM3NetworkPrinting/src/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..659263c0d6 100644
--- a/plugins/UM3NetworkPrinting/src/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/UM3NetworkPrinting/src/__init__.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 Ultimaker B.V.
+# Cura is released under the terms of the LGPLv3 or higher.
+
+# Workaround for a race condition on certain systems where there
+# is a race condition between Arcus and PyQt. Importing Arcus
+# first seems to prevent Sip from going into a state where it
+# tries to create PyQt objects on a non-main thread.
+import Arcus #@UnusedImport
+import Savitar #@UnusedImport
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