diff -Nurw gmail-notify-dist/GmailConfig.py gmail-notify/GmailConfig.py
--- gmail-notify-dist/GmailConfig.py	2006-09-23 15:57:39.000000000 -0500
+++ gmail-notify/GmailConfig.py	2006-09-23 16:05:55.000000000 -0500
@@ -263,9 +263,13 @@
 	def get_lang( self ):
 		return self.lang
 			
+	def no_username_or_password( self ):
+		return ( self.options["gmailusername"] == None or self.options["gmailpassword"] == None )
+			
 	def main( self ):
 		gtk.main()
 		
+		
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 	config = GmailConfigWindow()
 	config.update_labels();
diff -Nurw gmail-notify-dist/notifier.py gmail-notify/notifier.py
--- gmail-notify-dist/notifier.py	2006-09-23 15:57:39.000000000 -0500
+++ gmail-notify/notifier.py	2006-09-23 16:08:42.000000000 -0500
@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@
         	# Reference to global options
 	        self.options = self.configWindow.options
                 # Check if there is a user and password, if not, load config window
-                while ( self.options["gmailusername"] == None or self.options["gmailpassword"] == None ):
+                if self.configWindow.no_username_or_password():
                         self.configWindow.show()
+                        # If there's still not a username or password, just exit.
+                        if self.configWindow.no_username_or_password():
+                                sys.exit(0)
 		# Load selected language
 		self.lang = self.configWindow.get_lang()
 		print "selected language: "+self.lang.get_name()