diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/core/tooltip.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/core/tooltip.cpp
index 8411fcc43..8d9007dbf 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/core/tooltip.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/core/tooltip.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ ToolTip::~ToolTip()
 void ToolTip::settingsChanged()
 {
     KSharedConfig::openConfig("plasmarc")->reparseConfiguration();
+    loadSettings();
 }
 
 void ToolTip::loadSettings()