diff --git a/src/backendmanager.cpp b/src/backendmanager.cpp
--- a/src/backendmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/backendmanager.cpp
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@
     //qCDebug(KSCREEN) << "Connecting ConfigMonitor to backend.";
     ConfigMonitor::instance()->connectInProcessBackend(backend);
     m_inProcessBackend = qMakePair<KScreen::AbstractBackend*, QVariantMap>(backend, arguments);
+    setConfig(backend->config());
     return backend;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/configmonitor.cpp b/src/configmonitor.cpp
--- a/src/configmonitor.cpp
+++ b/src/configmonitor.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@
 
 void ConfigMonitor::Private::updateConfigs(const KScreen::ConfigPtr &newConfig)
 {
-    Q_ASSERT(BackendManager::instance()->method() == BackendManager::OutOfProcess);
     QMutableListIterator<QWeakPointer<Config>> iter(watchedConfigs);
     while (iter.hasNext()) {
         KScreen::ConfigPtr config = iter.next().toStrongRef();
@@ -247,10 +246,8 @@
         if (config.isNull()) {
             return;
         }
-        const QWeakPointer<Config> weakConfig = config.toWeakRef();
-        if (d->watchedConfigs.contains(weakConfig)) {
-            emit configurationChanged();
-        }
+        qCDebug(KSCREEN) << "Backend change!" << config;
+        d->updateConfigs(config);
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/getconfigoperation.cpp b/src/getconfigoperation.cpp
--- a/src/getconfigoperation.cpp
+++ b/src/getconfigoperation.cpp
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@
     Q_D(GetConfigOperation);
     if (BackendManager::instance()->method() == BackendManager::InProcess) {
         auto backend = d->loadBackend();
-        d->config = backend->config();
-        KScreen::BackendManager::instance()->setConfig(d->config);
+        d->config = backend->config()->clone();
         d->loadEdid(backend);
         emitResult();
     } else {