diff --git a/weboob/applications/qboobmsg/main_window.py b/weboob/applications/qboobmsg/main_window.py
index 9eeee2c4..ac9f22d6 100644
--- a/weboob/applications/qboobmsg/main_window.py
+++ b/weboob/applications/qboobmsg/main_window.py
@@ -39,9 +39,13 @@ class MainWindow(QtMainWindow):
         self.connect(self.ui.actionBackends, SIGNAL("triggered()"), self.backendsConfig)
         self.connect(self.ui.actionRefresh, SIGNAL("triggered()"), self.refresh)
 
+        if self.weboob.count_backends() == 0:
+            self.backendsConfig()
+
     def backendsConfig(self):
         bckndcfg = BackendCfg(self.weboob, (ICapMessages,), self)
-        bckndcfg.show()
+        if bckndcfg.run():
+            self.refresh()
 
     def refresh(self):
         self.centralWidget().refresh()
diff --git a/weboob/applications/qhavesex/main_window.py b/weboob/applications/qhavesex/main_window.py
index bad44c4b..5c8e8495 100644
--- a/weboob/applications/qhavesex/main_window.py
+++ b/weboob/applications/qhavesex/main_window.py
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class MainWindow(QtMainWindow):
         self.ui.tabWidget.addTab(QWidget(), self.tr('Calendar'))
         self.ui.tabWidget.addTab(QWidget(), self.tr('Optimizations'))
 
+        if self.weboob.count_backends() == 0:
+            self.backendsConfig()
+
     def backendsConfig(self):
         bckndcfg = BackendCfg(self.weboob, (ICapDating,), self)
         if bckndcfg.run():
diff --git a/weboob/applications/qvideoob/main_window.py b/weboob/applications/qvideoob/main_window.py
index b9c39916..e63990e3 100644
--- a/weboob/applications/qvideoob/main_window.py
+++ b/weboob/applications/qvideoob/main_window.py
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ class MainWindow(QtMainWindow):
 
         self.loadBackendsList()
 
+        if self.ui.backendEdit.count() == 0:
+            self.backendsConfig()
+
     def backendsConfig(self):
         bckndcfg = BackendCfg(self.weboob, (ICapVideo,), self)
         if bckndcfg.run():
@@ -57,12 +60,20 @@ class MainWindow(QtMainWindow):
 
     def loadBackendsList(self):
         self.ui.backendEdit.clear()
-        self.ui.backendEdit.addItem('All backends', '')
         for i, backend in enumerate(self.weboob.iter_backends()):
+            if i == 0:
+                self.ui.backendEdit.addItem('All backends', '')
             self.ui.backendEdit.addItem(backend.name, backend.name)
             if backend.name == self.config.get('settings', 'backend'):
                 self.ui.backendEdit.setCurrentIndex(i+1)
 
+        if self.ui.backendEdit.count() == 0:
+            self.ui.searchEdit.setEnabled(False)
+            self.ui.urlEdit.setEnabled(False)
+        else:
+            self.ui.searchEdit.setEnabled(True)
+            self.ui.urlEdit.setEnabled(True)
+
     def nsfwChanged(self, state):
         self.config.set('settings', 'nsfw', int(self.ui.nsfwCheckBox.isChecked()))
         self.updateVideosDisplay()
diff --git a/weboob/core/ouiboube.py b/weboob/core/ouiboube.py
index a70f296d..97a05905 100644
--- a/weboob/core/ouiboube.py
+++ b/weboob/core/ouiboube.py
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ class Weboob(object):
     def get_backend(self, name):
         return self.backend_instances[name]
 
+    def count_backends(self):
+        return len(self.backend_instances)
+
     def iter_backends(self, caps=None):
         """
         Iter on each backends.
diff --git a/weboob/tools/application/qt/backendcfg.py b/weboob/tools/application/qt/backendcfg.py
index de4cc3b0..14c12d2a 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/application/qt/backendcfg.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/application/qt/backendcfg.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class BackendCfg(QDialog):
                                       backend.version,
                                       backend.maintainer.replace('&', '&amp;').replace('<', '&lt;').replace('>', '&gt;'),
                                       backend.license,
-                                      ('<b>Website</b>: %s<br />' % backend.website) if backend.website else '',
+                                      (unicode(self.tr('<b>Website</b>: %s<br />')) % backend.website) if backend.website else '',
                                       backend.description,
                                       ', '.join([cap.__name__ for cap in backend.iter_caps()])))