diff --git a/components/ideintf/ideopteditorintf.pas b/components/ideintf/ideopteditorintf.pas
index 6e75af7fe7..6a0e26339a 100644
--- a/components/ideintf/ideopteditorintf.pas
+++ b/components/ideintf/ideopteditorintf.pas
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ begin
   if Rec = nil then
   begin
     if not AutoCreateGroup then
-      raise Exception.Create('RegisterIDEOptionsEditor: missing Group');
+      raise Exception.Create('RegisterIDEOptionsEditor: missing Group '+IntToStr(AGroupIndex));
     Rec := RegisterIDEOptionsGroup(AGroupIndex, nil);
   end;
 
diff --git a/ide/ideinstances.pas b/ide/ideinstances.pas
index 3800867d4b..966c873a6e 100644
--- a/ide/ideinstances.pas
+++ b/ide/ideinstances.pas
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ uses
   IDEOptionsIntf,
   IDEOptEditorIntf,
   EnvironmentOpts, IDECmdLine, LazConf,
+  PackageDefs,
   LazarusIDEStrConsts;
 
 type
@@ -994,6 +995,8 @@ initialization
   RegisterIDEOptionsGroup(GroupEnvironment, TEnvironmentOptions);
   FLazIDEInstances := TIDEInstances.Create(nil);
   FLazIDEInstances.InitIDEInstances;
+  RegisterIDEOptionsGroup(GroupPackage, TPackageIDEOptions);
+  RegisterIDEOptionsGroup(GroupPkgCompiler, TPkgCompilerOptions);
 
 finalization
   FreeAndNil(FLazIDEInstances);
diff --git a/ide/packages/idepackager/packagesystem.pas b/ide/packages/idepackager/packagesystem.pas
index be1f0449f5..ac927712e2 100644
--- a/ide/packages/idepackager/packagesystem.pas
+++ b/ide/packages/idepackager/packagesystem.pas
@@ -52,11 +52,10 @@ uses
   FileProcs, DefineTemplates, CodeToolManager, CodeCache, DirectoryCacher,
   BasicCodeTools, NonPascalCodeTools, SourceChanger,
   // BuildIntf
-  IDEExternToolIntf, IDEOptionsIntf, MacroDefIntf, ProjectIntf, CompOptsIntf,
+  IDEExternToolIntf, MacroDefIntf, ProjectIntf, CompOptsIntf, LazMsgWorker,
   FppkgIntf, PackageDependencyIntf, PackageLinkIntf, PackageIntf, ComponentReg,
-  LazMsgWorker,
   // IDEIntf
-  IDEMsgIntf, LazIDEIntf, IDEOptEditorIntf,
+  IDEMsgIntf, LazIDEIntf,
   // Package registration
   LazarusPackageIntf,
   // IdeUtils
@@ -6713,10 +6712,6 @@ begin
   end;
 end;
 
-initialization
-  RegisterIDEOptionsGroup(GroupPackage, TPackageIDEOptions);
-  RegisterIDEOptionsGroup(GroupPkgCompiler, TPkgCompilerOptions);
-
 end.