diff --git a/containments/desktop/package/contents/config/main.xml b/containments/desktop/package/contents/config/main.xml
--- a/containments/desktop/package/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/containments/desktop/package/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
         <default></default>
     </entry>
 
-    <entry name="screenMapping" type="StringList" hidden="true">
-        <default></default>
-    </entry>
-
     <entry name="url" type="String">
       <label>URL of the file system location being shown.</label>
       <default>desktop:/</default>
diff --git a/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderViewLayer.qml b/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderViewLayer.qml
--- a/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderViewLayer.qml
+++ b/containments/desktop/package/contents/ui/FolderViewLayer.qml
@@ -188,18 +188,6 @@
         onPositionsChanged: {
             folderView.positions = plasmoid.configuration.positions;
         }
-
-        onScreenMappingChanged: {
-            Folder.ScreenMapper.screenMapping = plasmoid.configuration.screenMapping;
-        }
-    }
-
-    Connections {
-        target: Folder.ScreenMapper
-
-        onScreenMappingChanged: {
-            plasmoid.configuration.screenMapping = Folder.ScreenMapper.screenMapping;
-        }
     }
 
     PlasmaCore.ColorScope {
@@ -239,7 +227,6 @@
             }
 
             Component.onCompleted: {
-                Folder.ScreenMapper.screenMapping = plasmoid.configuration.screenMapping;
                 folderView.sortMode = plasmoid.configuration.sortMode;
                 folderView.positions = plasmoid.configuration.positions;
             }
diff --git a/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/screenmapper.cpp b/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/screenmapper.cpp
--- a/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/screenmapper.cpp
+++ b/containments/desktop/plugins/folder/screenmapper.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <QTimer>
 
 #include <Plasma/Corona>
+#include <KConfig>
+#include <KConfigGroup>
 
 ScreenMapper *ScreenMapper::instance()
 {
@@ -39,6 +41,16 @@
     connect(m_screenMappingChangedTimer, &QTimer::timeout,
             this, &ScreenMapper::screenMappingChanged);
 
+    connect(this, &ScreenMapper::screenMappingChanged, this, [this] {
+       if (!m_corona)
+           return;
+
+       auto config = m_corona->config();
+       KConfigGroup group(config, QLatin1String("ScreenMapping"));
+       group.writeEntry(QLatin1String("screenMapping"), screenMapping());
+       config->sync();
+    });
+
     // used to compress screenMappingChanged signals when addMapping is called multiple times,
     // eg. from FolderModel::filterAcceptRows. The timer interval is an arbitrary number,
     // that doesn't delay too much the signal, but still compresses as much as possible
@@ -184,6 +196,11 @@
             connect(m_corona, &Plasma::Corona::screenAdded, this, [this] (int screenId) {
                 addScreen(screenId, {});
             });
+
+            auto config = m_corona->config();
+            KConfigGroup group(config, QLatin1String("ScreenMapping"));
+            QStringList mapping = group.readEntry(QLatin1String("screenMapping"), QStringList{});
+            setScreenMapping(mapping);
         }
     }
 }