diff --git a/cura/CrashHandler.py b/cura/CrashHandler.py
index f49983143f..e5975b9b2b 100644
--- a/cura/CrashHandler.py
+++ b/cura/CrashHandler.py
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ class CrashHandler:
             for part in line.rstrip("\n").split("\n"):
                 Logger.log("c", part)
 
-        if exception_type not in fatal_exception_types:
+        # If Cura has fully started, we only show fatal errors.
+        # If Cura has not fully started yet, we always show the early crash dialog. Otherwise, Cura will just crash
+        # without any information.
+        if has_started and exception_type not in fatal_exception_types:
             return
 
         self._send_report_checkbox = None
diff --git a/cura/CuraApplication.py b/cura/CuraApplication.py
index e2efaeb517..c39ce1d079 100755
--- a/cura/CuraApplication.py
+++ b/cura/CuraApplication.py
@@ -106,14 +106,6 @@ if not MYPY:
         CuraDebugMode = False
 
 
-#
-# A global signal which is triggered when CuraApplication has finished its start up.
-# This is used to initialise some plugins such as AutoSave which should only be started after the application passed
-# the start up successfully.
-#
-applicationStarted = pyqtSignal()
-
-
 class CuraApplication(QtApplication):
     # SettingVersion represents the set of settings available in the machine/extruder definitions.
     # You need to make sure that this version number needs to be increased if there is any non-backwards-compatible
diff --git a/cura_app.py b/cura_app.py
index 4bab1d5a7b..d1cf215fc5 100755
--- a/cura_app.py
+++ b/cura_app.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def exceptHook(hook_type, value, traceback):
             sys.exit(1)
     else:
         application = QApplication(sys.argv)
+        application.removePostedEvents(None)
         _crash_handler = CrashHandler(hook_type, value, traceback, has_started)
         _crash_handler.early_crash_dialog.show()
         sys.exit(application.exec_())
diff --git a/plugins/AutoSave/AutoSave.py b/plugins/AutoSave/AutoSave.py
index 30c12b5424..a549e6ff0a 100644
--- a/plugins/AutoSave/AutoSave.py
+++ b/plugins/AutoSave/AutoSave.py
@@ -30,12 +30,21 @@ class AutoSave(Extension):
         # At this point, the Application instance has not finished its constructor call yet, so directly using something
         # like Application.getInstance() is not correct. The initialisation now will only gets triggered after the
         # application finishes its start up successfully.
-        from cura.CuraApplication import applicationStarted
-        applicationStarted.connect(self.initialize)
+        self._init_timer = QTimer()
+        self._init_timer.setInterval(1000)
+        self._init_timer.setSingleShot(True)
+        self._init_timer.timeout.connect(self.initialize)
+        self._init_timer.start()
 
     def initialize(self):
-        from cura.CuraApplication import applicationStarted
-        applicationStarted.disconnect(self.initialize)
+        # only initialise if the application is created and has started
+        from cura.CuraApplication import CuraApplication
+        if not CuraApplication.Created:
+            self._init_timer.start()
+            return
+        if not CuraApplication.getInstance().started:
+            self._init_timer.start()
+            return
 
         Application.getInstance().globalContainerStackChanged.connect(self._onGlobalStackChanged)
         self._onGlobalStackChanged()