diff --git a/src/views/viewproperties.cpp b/src/views/viewproperties.cpp
--- a/src/views/viewproperties.cpp
+++ b/src/views/viewproperties.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     }
 
     const QString file = m_filePath + QDir::separator() + ViewPropertiesFileName;
-    m_node = new ViewPropertySettings(KSharedConfig::openConfig(file));
+    m_node = new ViewPropertySettings(KSharedConfig::openConfig(file, KConfig::SimpleConfig));
 
     // If the .directory file does not exist or the timestamp is too old,
     // use default values instead.