diff --git a/src/Core.cc b/src/Core.cc
index c227c83a17922ff7f2508d72f421b35fe716278b..04645abcaadc8b7f4220cb803c96b163dac369ce 100644
--- a/src/Core.cc
+++ b/src/Core.cc
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Core::Core(int &argc, char* argv[]) : QApplication(argc, argv)
     // clear them if they mismatch
     // QGC then falls back to default
     QSettings settings;
+    settings.sync();
     if (settings.contains("QGC_APPLICATION_VERSION_INT"))
     {
         QString qgcVersion = settings.value("QGC_APPLICATION_VERSION").toString();