diff --git a/shell/settings/bgpreferences.cpp b/shell/settings/bgpreferences.cpp
index dafef5c07..d743efb52 100644
--- a/shell/settings/bgpreferences.cpp
+++ b/shell/settings/bgpreferences.cpp
@@ -1,97 +1,101 @@
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 * Copyright 2006  Matt Rogers <mattr@kde.org>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */
 #include "bgpreferences.h"
 
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QThread>
 
 #include <interfaces/ilanguagecontroller.h>
 #include <language/backgroundparser/backgroundparser.h>
 
 #include "../core.h"
 
 #include "bgconfig.h"
 
 #include "ui_bgpreferences.h"
 
 namespace KDevelop
 {
 
 
 BGPreferences::BGPreferences(QWidget* parent)
     : ConfigPage(nullptr, BGSettings::self(), parent)
 {
     QVBoxLayout * l = new QVBoxLayout( this );
     QWidget* w = new QWidget;
     preferencesDialog = new Ui::BGPreferences;
     preferencesDialog->setupUi( w );
 
     l->addWidget( w );
 }
 
 void BGPreferences::reset()
 {
     ConfigPage::reset();
 
     Q_ASSERT(ICore::self()->activeSession());
     KConfigGroup config(ICore::self()->activeSession()->config(), "Background Parser");
 
     preferencesDialog->kcfg_delay->setValue(config.readEntry("Delay", 500));
     preferencesDialog->kcfg_threads->setValue(config.readEntry("Number of Threads", QThread::idealThreadCount()));
     preferencesDialog->kcfg_enable->setChecked(config.readEntry("Enabled", true));
 }
 
 BGPreferences::~BGPreferences( )
 {
     delete preferencesDialog;
 }
 
 void BGPreferences::apply()
 {
     ConfigPage::apply();
 
     if ( preferencesDialog->kcfg_enable->isChecked() )
         Core::self()->languageController()->backgroundParser()->enableProcessing();
     else
         Core::self()->languageController()->backgroundParser()->disableProcessing();
 
     Core::self()->languageController()->backgroundParser()->setDelay( preferencesDialog->kcfg_delay->value() );
     Core::self()->languageController()->backgroundParser()->setThreadCount( preferencesDialog->kcfg_threads->value() );
 
+    KConfigGroup config(ICore::self()->activeSession()->config(), "Background Parser");
+    config.writeEntry("Enabled", preferencesDialog->kcfg_enable->isChecked());
+    config.writeEntry("Delay", preferencesDialog->kcfg_delay->value());
+    config.writeEntry("Number of Threads", preferencesDialog->kcfg_threads->value());
 }
 
 QString BGPreferences::name() const
 {
     return i18n("Background Parser");
 }
 
 QString BGPreferences::fullName() const
 {
     return i18n("Configure Background Parser");
 }
 
 QIcon BGPreferences::icon() const
 {
     return QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("code-context"));
 }
 
 }