diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9291ee6fb..e066bcfd0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2011-08-08  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
 
+	* OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m (sogo_backend_init): invoke
+	-activateApplication on the new app in order to make it accessible
+	via [WOApplication application].
+
 	* SoObjects/Appointments/SOGoAppointmentFolder.m
 	(-lookupCalendarFoldersForUID:): make use of -[SOGoUser
 	lookupCalendarFoldersForUID:].
diff --git a/OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m b/OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m
index ddc4d671b..cda154e9a 100644
--- a/OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m
+++ b/OpenChange/MAPIStoreSOGo.m
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ sogo_backend_init (void)
 
   MAPIApplicationK = NSClassFromString (@"MAPIApplication");
   if (MAPIApplicationK)
-    [MAPIApplicationK new];
+    [[MAPIApplicationK new] activateApplication];
 
   [[SOGoCache sharedCache] disableRequestsCache];