diff --git a/ZRCola/zrcolaapp.cpp b/ZRCola/zrcolaapp.cpp
index 28d56c2..db8b7fe 100644
--- a/ZRCola/zrcolaapp.cpp
+++ b/ZRCola/zrcolaapp.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,38 @@ bool ZRColaApp::OnInit()
         wxVERIFY(m_locale.AddCatalog(wxT("ZRCola")));
     }
 
+    std::fstream dat((LPCTSTR)GetDatabasePath(), std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::binary);
+    if (dat.good()) {
+        if (stdex::idrec::find<ZRCola::recordid_t, ZRCola::recordsize_t, ZRCOLA_RECORD_ALIGN>(dat, ZRCOLA_DB_ID, sizeof(ZRCola::recordid_t))) {
+            ZRCola::recordsize_t size;
+            dat.read((char*)&size, sizeof(ZRCola::recordsize_t));
+            if (dat.good()) {
+                bool has_translation_data = false;
+
+                for (;;) {
+                    ZRCola::recordid_t id;
+                    if (!stdex::idrec::read_id(dat, id, size)) break;
+
+                    if (id == ZRCola::translation_rec::id) {
+                        dat >> ZRCola::translation_rec(m_t_db);
+                        if (dat.good()) {
+                            has_translation_data = true;
+                        } else {
+                            wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("Error reading translation data from ZRCola.zrcdb."));
+                            m_t_db.idxComp  .clear();
+                            m_t_db.idxDecomp.clear();
+                            m_t_db.data     .clear();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (!has_translation_data)
+                    wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("ZRCola.zrcdb has no translation data."));
+            }
+        } else
+            wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("ZRCola.zrcdb is not a valid ZRCola database."));
+    }
+
     wxZRColaFrame* mainFrame = new wxZRColaFrame();
     wxPersistentRegisterAndRestore<wxTopLevelWindow>(mainFrame);
     mainFrame->Show();
diff --git a/ZRCola/zrcolaapp.h b/ZRCola/zrcolaapp.h
index 26d15e1..75962a6 100644
--- a/ZRCola/zrcolaapp.h
+++ b/ZRCola/zrcolaapp.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class ZRColaApp;
 #include <wx/app.h>
 #include <wx/config.h>
 #include <wx/intl.h>
+#include <zrcola/translate.h>
 
 
 ///
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ public:
     inline wxString GetDatabasePath() const;
 
 
+public:
+    ZRCola::translation_db m_t_db;  ///< Translation database
+
 protected:
     wxLocale m_locale;  ///< Current locale
 };
diff --git a/ZRCola/zrcolacomppnl.cpp b/ZRCola/zrcolacomppnl.cpp
index 3dcd52c..f78f58e 100644
--- a/ZRCola/zrcolacomppnl.cpp
+++ b/ZRCola/zrcolacomppnl.cpp
@@ -30,28 +30,6 @@ wxZRColaComposerPanel::wxZRColaComposerPanel(wxWindow* parent) :
     m_selComposed(0, 0),
     wxZRColaComposerPanelBase(parent)
 {
-    std::fstream dat((LPCTSTR)((ZRColaApp*)wxTheApp)->GetDatabasePath(), std::ios_base::in | std::ios_base::binary);
-    if (dat.good()) {
-        if (stdex::idrec::find<ZRCola::recordid_t, ZRCola::recordsize_t, ZRCOLA_RECORD_ALIGN>(dat, ZRCOLA_DB_ID, sizeof(ZRCola::recordid_t))) {
-            ZRCola::recordsize_t size;
-            dat.read((char*)&size, sizeof(ZRCola::recordsize_t));
-            if (dat.good()) {
-                ZRCola::translation_rec rec(m_t_db);
-                if (rec.find(dat, size)) {
-                    dat >> rec;
-                    if (!dat.good()) {
-                        wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("Error reading translation data from ZRCola.zrcdb."));
-                        m_t_db.idxComp  .clear();
-                        m_t_db.idxDecomp.clear();
-                        m_t_db.data     .clear();
-                    }
-                } else
-                    wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("ZRCola.zrcdb has no translation data."));
-            }
-        } else
-            wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("ZRCola.zrcdb is not a valid ZRCola database."));
-    }
-
     m_decomposed->PushEventHandler(&m_keyhandler);
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +72,7 @@ void wxZRColaComposerPanel::OnDecomposedText(wxCommandEvent& event)
 #endif
 
         std::wstring dst;
-        m_t_db.Compose(src.data(), src.size(), dst, &m_mapping);
+        ((ZRColaApp*)wxTheApp)->m_t_db.Compose(src.data(), src.size(), dst, &m_mapping);
 
         long from, to;
         m_decomposed->GetSelection(&from, &to);
@@ -141,7 +119,7 @@ void wxZRColaComposerPanel::OnComposedText(wxCommandEvent& event)
 #endif
 
         std::wstring dst;
-        m_t_db.Decompose(src.data(), src.size(), dst, &m_mapping);
+        ((ZRColaApp*)wxTheApp)->m_t_db.Decompose(src.data(), src.size(), dst, &m_mapping);
 
         long from, to;
         m_composed->GetSelection(&from, &to);
diff --git a/ZRCola/zrcolacomppnl.h b/ZRCola/zrcolacomppnl.h
index 626cfd0..3760f95 100644
--- a/ZRCola/zrcolacomppnl.h
+++ b/ZRCola/zrcolacomppnl.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class wxZRColaComposerPanel;
 
 #include "zrcolagui.h"
 #include "zrcolakeyhndlr.h"
-#include <zrcola/translate.h>
 #include <utility>
 
 
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ protected:
     virtual void OnComposedText(wxCommandEvent& event);
 
 protected:
-    ZRCola::translation_db m_t_db;      ///< Translation database
     bool m_progress;                    ///< Boolean flag to avoid recursive updates of composed and decomposed text controls
     ZRCola::mapping_vector m_mapping;   ///< Character index mapping vector between composed and decomposed text
     std::pair<long, long>