diff --git a/src/Trigger.cc b/src/Trigger.cc
index 5aa320f2bc..e23509088a 100644
--- a/src/Trigger.cc
+++ b/src/Trigger.cc
@@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ void Trigger::Modified(notifier::detail::Modifiable* m)
 Manager::Manager() : iosource::IOSource()
 	{
 	pending = new TriggerList();
-	iosource_mgr->Register(this, true);
 	}
 
 Manager::~Manager()
@@ -512,6 +511,11 @@ Manager::~Manager()
 	delete pending;
 	}
 
+void Manager::InitPostScript()
+	{
+	iosource_mgr->Register(this, true);
+	}
+
 double Manager::GetNextTimeout()
 	{
 	return pending->empty() ? -1 : run_state::network_time + 0.100;
diff --git a/src/Trigger.h b/src/Trigger.h
index 46f07cffa3..819979351f 100644
--- a/src/Trigger.h
+++ b/src/Trigger.h
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ public:
 	Manager();
 	~Manager();
 
+	void InitPostScript();
+
 	double GetNextTimeout() override;
 	void Process() override;
 	const char* Tag() override { return "TriggerMgr"; }
diff --git a/src/zeek-setup.cc b/src/zeek-setup.cc
index f5f89067d6..1ba3e4270b 100644
--- a/src/zeek-setup.cc
+++ b/src/zeek-setup.cc
@@ -884,8 +884,7 @@ SetupResult setup(int argc, char** argv, Options* zopts)
 		analyzer_mgr->InitPostScript();
 		file_mgr->InitPostScript();
 		dns_mgr->InitPostScript();
-
-		//		dns_mgr->LookupAddr("17.253.144.10");
+		trigger_mgr->InitPostScript();
 
 #ifdef USE_PERFTOOLS_DEBUG
 		}