diff --git a/common/control.h b/common/control.h
--- a/common/control.h
+++ b/common/control.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
     ~Control() override = default;
 
-    bool writeFile();
+    virtual bool writeFile();
 
 protected:
     virtual QString dirPath() const;
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
     QVariantMap m_info;
 };
 
+class ControlOutput;
+
 class ControlConfig : public Control
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -69,21 +71,28 @@
     QString dirPath() const override;
     QString filePath() const override;
 
+    bool writeFile() override;
+
 private:
     QVariantList getOutputs() const;
     void setOutputs(QVariantList outputsInfo);
     bool infoIsOutput(const QVariantMap &info, const QString &outputId, const QString &outputName) const;
+    ControlOutput* getOutputControl(const QString &outputId, const QString &outputName) const;
 
     KScreen::ConfigPtr m_config;
     QStringList m_duplicateOutputIds;
+    QVector<ControlOutput*> m_outputsControls;
 };
 
 class ControlOutput : public Control
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     explicit ControlOutput(KScreen::OutputPtr output, QObject *parent = nullptr);
 
+    QString id() const;
+    QString name() const;
+
     // TODO: scale auto value
 
     QString dirPath() const override;
diff --git a/common/control.cpp b/common/control.cpp
--- a/common/control.cpp
+++ b/common/control.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@
 
     // As global outputs are indexed by a hash of their edid, which is not unique,
     // to be able to tell apart multiple identical outputs, these need special treatment
-    {
     QStringList allIds;
     const auto outputs = config->outputs();
     allIds.reserve(outputs.count());
@@ -126,6 +125,9 @@
         }
         allIds << outputId;
     }
+
+    for (auto output : outputs) {
+        m_outputsControls << new ControlOutput(output, this);
     }
 
     // TODO: this is same in Output::readInOutputs of the daemon. Combine?
@@ -147,6 +149,19 @@
     return filePathFromHash(m_config->connectedOutputsHash());
 }
 
+bool ControlConfig::writeFile()
+{
+    bool success = true;
+    for (auto *outputControl : m_outputsControls) {
+        if (getOutputRetention(outputControl->id(), outputControl->name())
+                == OutputRetention::Individual) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        success &= outputControl->writeFile();
+    }
+    return success && Control::writeFile();
+}
+
 bool ControlConfig::infoIsOutput(const QVariantMap &info, const QString &outputId, const QString &outputName) const
 {
     const QString outputIdInfo = info[QStringLiteral("id")].toString();
@@ -236,14 +251,34 @@
     auto &infoMap = info();
     infoMap[QStringLiteral("outputs")] = outputsInfo;
 }
+ControlOutput* ControlConfig::getOutputControl(const QString &outputId,
+                                               const QString &outputName) const
+{
+    for (auto *control : m_outputsControls) {
+        if (control->id() == outputId && control->name() == outputName) {
+            return control;
+        }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
 
 ControlOutput::ControlOutput(KScreen::OutputPtr output, QObject *parent)
     : Control(parent)
     , m_output(output)
 {
     readFile();
 }
 
+QString ControlOutput::id() const
+{
+    return m_output->hashMd5();
+}
+
+QString ControlOutput::name() const
+{
+    return m_output->name();
+}
+
 QString ControlOutput::dirPath() const
 {
     return Control::dirPath() % QStringLiteral("outputs/");