diff --git a/src/gui/miscsettings_menu.cpp b/src/gui/miscsettings_menu.cpp
index 1a64ef385..cb62cb75d 100644
--- a/src/gui/miscsettings_menu.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/miscsettings_menu.cpp
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@
 
 extern CPlugins       * g_PluginList;
 
-/* this is ugly, but at least it does not crash */
-CFanControlNotifier *fanNotifier;
-
 CMiscMenue::CMiscMenue()
 {
 	width = w_max (40, 10);
diff --git a/src/gui/miscsettings_menu.h b/src/gui/miscsettings_menu.h
index 0c3776a8c..3b1bbd951 100644
--- a/src/gui/miscsettings_menu.h
+++ b/src/gui/miscsettings_menu.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 class CMiscMenue : public CMenuTarget
 {	
 	private:
+		CFanControlNotifier *fanNotifier;
 		int width, selected;
 
 		void showMiscSettingsMenu();
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ class CMiscMenue : public CMenuTarget
 #if 0
 		void showMiscSettingsMenuEmLog(CMenuWidget *ms_emlog);
 #endif
-
 	public:
 		CMiscMenue();
 		~CMiscMenue();