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@@ -154,11 +154,13 @@ To prevent issues with icon duplication in the menu bar, we're going to connect
 
 Since this application just shows a single icon in the menu bar, we don't need a variable-length icon area, so we'll use the [`NSStatusItem.squareLength`](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsstatusitem/1534224-squarelength) constant with [`NSStatusBar.statusItem()`](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsstatusbar/1532895-statusitem).
 
+Note that this should be the **first** thing your `applicationDidFinishLaunching()` function calls. This ensures the menu bar icon is drawn immediately, even if the application isn't finished loading. I discovered that putting this assignment at the end of the load function caused a noticeable lag between launching the application and displaying the icon.
+
 ```swift
 func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
-	...
 	// set icon size to square
 	statusBarItem = statusBar.statusItem(withLength: NSStatusItem.squareLength)
+	...
 }
 ```
 
@@ -585,6 +587,7 @@ Now that `updateIcon()` calls `buildMenu()`, we need to take a quick detour back
 
 ```swift
 func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
+	...
 	// build the icon and menu
 	updateIcon()