diff --git a/src/apps/marble-kde/marble_part.cpp b/src/apps/marble-kde/marble_part.cpp
--- a/src/apps/marble-kde/marble_part.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/marble-kde/marble_part.cpp
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@
     w_timeSettings->setObjectName( "time_page" );
     ui_timeSettings.setupUi( w_timeSettings );
     m_configDialog->addPage( w_timeSettings, i18n( "Date & Time" ), "clock" );
-    
+
     // Sync page
     QWidget *w_cloudSyncSettings = new QWidget( 0 );
 
@@ -1649,6 +1649,10 @@
 
         QHash<QString,QVariant> hash;
 
+        QHash<QString,QVariant> __;
+        __.insert(QStringLiteral("kconfig"), QVariant(true));
+        hash.insert( QStringLiteral("__"), __ );
+
         foreach ( const QString& key, group.keyList() ) {
             hash.insert( key, group.readEntry( key ) );
         }
diff --git a/src/lib/marble/AbstractFloatItem.cpp b/src/lib/marble/AbstractFloatItem.cpp
--- a/src/lib/marble/AbstractFloatItem.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/marble/AbstractFloatItem.cpp
@@ -73,14 +73,15 @@
 QHash<QString,QVariant> AbstractFloatItem::settings() const
 {
     QHash<QString,QVariant> updated = RenderPlugin::settings();
-    updated.insert(QStringLiteral("position"), position());
+    updated.insert(QStringLiteral("position"), QVariant(position()));
     return updated;
 }
 
 void AbstractFloatItem::setSettings(const QHash<QString, QVariant> &settings)
 {
-    if (settings.value(QStringLiteral("position")).type() == QVariant::String) {
-        // work around KConfig turning QPointFs into QStrings
+    if (settings.value(QStringLiteral("__")).toHash()
+                .value(QStringLiteral("kconfig"), QVariant(false)).toBool()) {
+        // work around for KConfig
         const QStringList coordinates = settings.value(QStringLiteral("position")).toString().split(QLatin1Char(','));
         setPosition( QPointF( coordinates.at( 0 ).toFloat(), coordinates.at( 1 ).toFloat() ) );
     }