diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/core/units.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/core/units.cpp
index ba065539a..43533dfc5 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/core/units.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/core/units.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright 2013 Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>                            *
  *   Copyright 2014 Sebastian Kügler <sebas@kde.org>                       *
+ *   Copyright 2014 David Edmundson <davidedmunsdon@kde.org>               *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
@@ -59,8 +60,8 @@ Units::Units(QObject *parent)
     connect(KDirWatch::self(), &KDirWatch::dirty, this, &Units::settingsFileChanged);
     // ... but also remove/recreate cycles, like KConfig does it
     connect(KDirWatch::self(), &KDirWatch::created, this, &Units::settingsFileChanged);
-    // Trigger configuration read
-    settingsFileChanged(plasmarc);
+    // read configuration
+    updatePlasmaRCSettings();
 }
 
 Units::~Units()
@@ -70,18 +71,24 @@ Units::~Units()
 void Units::settingsFileChanged(const QString &file)
 {
     if (file.endsWith(plasmarc)) {
-
-        KConfigGroup cfg = KConfigGroup(KSharedConfig::openConfig(plasmarc), groupName);
-        cfg.config()->reparseConfiguration();
-        const int longDuration = cfg.readEntry("longDuration", defaultLongDuration);
-
-        if (longDuration != m_longDuration) {
-            m_longDuration = longDuration;
-            emit durationChanged();
-        }
+        KSharedConfigPtr cfg = KSharedConfig::openConfig(plasmarc);
+        cfg->reparseConfiguration();
+        updatePlasmaRCSettings();
     }
 }
 
+void Units::updatePlasmaRCSettings()
+{
+    KConfigGroup cfg = KConfigGroup(KSharedConfig::openConfig(plasmarc), groupName);
+    const int longDuration = cfg.readEntry("longDuration", defaultLongDuration);
+
+    if (longDuration != m_longDuration) {
+        m_longDuration = longDuration;
+        emit durationChanged();
+    }
+}
+
+
 void Units::iconLoaderSettingsChanged()
 {
     // These are not scaled, we respect the user's setting over dpi scaling
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/core/units.h b/src/declarativeimports/core/units.h
index e1d9bde78..a46942361 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/core/units.h
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/core/units.h
@@ -164,11 +164,12 @@ Q_SIGNALS:
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void iconLoaderSettingsChanged();
-    void settingsFileChanged(const QString &settings);
+    void settingsFileChanged(const QString &file);
 
 private:
     void updateDevicePixelRatio();
     void updateSpacing();
+    void updatePlasmaRCSettings();
     /**
      * @return The dpi-adjusted size for a given icon size
      */