diff --git a/Spotlight/SpotlightWindowController.m b/Spotlight/SpotlightWindowController.m
index bd03bcb69..9a2c04863 100644
--- a/Spotlight/SpotlightWindowController.m
+++ b/Spotlight/SpotlightWindowController.m
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #import "NSString+CogSort.h"
 #import "NSNumber+CogSort.h"
 #import "SpotlightTransformers.h"
-#import "StringToURLTransformer.h"
 
 // Minimum length of a search string (searching for very small strings gets ugly)
 #define MINIMUM_SEARCH_STRING_LENGTH 3
@@ -40,9 +39,6 @@ static NSPredicate * musicOnlyPredicate = nil;
                                                     forKey:@"spotlightSearchPath"];
                                                     
     // Register value transformers
-    NSValueTransformer *stringToURLTransformer = [[[StringToURLTransformer alloc]init]autorelease];
-    [NSValueTransformer setValueTransformer:stringToURLTransformer
-                                    forName:@"StringToURLTransformer"];
     NSValueTransformer *pausingQueryTransformer = [[[PausingQueryTransformer alloc] init] autorelease];
     [NSValueTransformer setValueTransformer:pausingQueryTransformer forName:@"PausingQueryTransformer"];
     
diff --git a/Utils/StringToURLTransformer.m b/Utils/StringToURLTransformer.m
index 365f36275..d04331bbd 100644
--- a/Utils/StringToURLTransformer.m
+++ b/Utils/StringToURLTransformer.m
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 #import "StringToURLTransformer.h"
 
 @implementation StringToURLTransformer
+
++ (void)initialize
+{
+	NSValueTransformer *stringToURLTransformer = [[[StringToURLTransformer alloc] init]autorelease];
+    [NSValueTransformer setValueTransformer:stringToURLTransformer
+                                    forName:@"StringToURLTransformer"];
+}
+
 + (Class)transformedValueClass { return [NSURL class]; }
 + (BOOL)allowsReverseTransformation { return YES; }