diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46c0b4d..f334c4b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@
         "grunt-contrib-compress": "~0.5.2",
         "grunt-node-webkit-builder": "~0.1.17"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/js/app-controller.js b/src/js/app-controller.js
index 562d7b6..f03e0e2 100644
--- a/src/js/app-controller.js
+++ b/src/js/app-controller.js
@@ -337,6 +337,8 @@ define(function(require) {
         var lawnchairDao, restDao, pubkeyDao, invitationDao,
             emailDao, keychain, pgp, userStorage, pgpbuilder;
 
+        mailreader.startWorker(config.workerPath + '/../lib/mailreader-parser-worker.js');
+
         // init objects and inject dependencies
         restDao = new RestDAO();
         pubkeyDao = new PublicKeyDAO(restDao);