diff --git a/contrib/AppRun.sh b/contrib/AppRun.sh
index 00d6733..dc1dc66 100755
--- a/contrib/AppRun.sh
+++ b/contrib/AppRun.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 DIR="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$0")")"
 export GTK_PATH="$DIR/usr/lib/gtk-2.0"
+export GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE=/dev/null
 export DVDISASTER_DOCDIR="$DIR/usr/share/doc/dvdisaster"
 exec "$DIR/usr/bin/dvdisaster" "$@"