qlipper not starting properly- Mate desktop

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Sparky5 (latest updates)
Mate desktop is installed with synaptic: mate-desktop-environment-extras

on boot qlipper icon is not showing in the panel as expected

peter@sparky5:~$ qlipper
An instance of qlipper is already running!
peter@sparky5:~$ pkill qlipper
peter@sparky5:~$ qlipper
Translator is not loaded "qlipper_en_US" "/usr/share/qlipper/translations"

qlipper is now in the panel, and running properly

when I close the terminal and the icon disappears

odd, any ideas?
Thanks, Peter