diff --git a/picard/ui/options/releases.py b/picard/ui/options/releases.py
index 4de2b24034..4d6fbf4f88 100644
--- a/picard/ui/options/releases.py
+++ b/picard/ui/options/releases.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args):
         self.setSingleStep(self._step)
         self.setTickInterval(self._step)
         self.setPageStep(self._pagestep)
+        self.tagger = QtCore.QCoreApplication.instance()
 
     def showEvent(self, event):
         super().showEvent(event)