diff --git a/envmanager/main.cpp b/envmanager/main.cpp
index 232504f0..fec1bac8 100644
--- a/envmanager/main.cpp
+++ b/envmanager/main.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Devin Lin <devin@kde.org>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later
 
-#include <QApplication>
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
+#include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QIcon>
 #include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
 #include <QQmlContext>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 QCommandLineParser *createParser()
 {
     QCommandLineParser *parser = new QCommandLineParser;
-    parser->addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringLiteral("apply-settings"), i18n("Applies the correct system settings for the current environment.")));
+    parser->addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringLiteral("apply-settings"), "Applies the correct system settings for the current environment."));
     parser->addVersionOption();
     parser->addHelpOption();
     return parser;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ QCommandLineParser *createParser()
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    QApplication app(argc, argv);
+    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
 
     // parse command
     QScopedPointer<QCommandLineParser> parser{createParser()};
diff --git a/envmanager/settings.cpp b/envmanager/settings.cpp
index ea72366b..8372d358 100644
--- a/envmanager/settings.cpp
+++ b/envmanager/settings.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ void Settings::applyConfiguration()
 void Settings::loadSavedConfiguration()
 {
     // check look and feel
-    loadSavedConfigSetting(m_kdeglobalsConfig, QStringLiteral("kdeglobals"), QStringLiteral("KDE"), LOOK_AND_FEEL_KEY);
+    QString lnf = loadSavedConfigSetting(m_kdeglobalsConfig, QStringLiteral("kdeglobals"), QStringLiteral("KDE"), LOOK_AND_FEEL_KEY, false);
+    QProcess::execute("plasma-apply-lookandfeel", {"-a", lnf});
 
     // kwinrc
     loadKeys(QStringLiteral("kwinrc"), m_kwinrcConfig, getKwinrcSettings(m_mobileConfig));
@@ -146,14 +147,14 @@ void Settings::saveConfigSetting(const QString &fileName, const QString &group,
 }
 
 // NOTE: this deletes the stored value from the config after loading
-void Settings::loadSavedConfigSetting(KSharedConfig::Ptr &config, const QString &fileName, const QString &group, const QString &key)
+const QString Settings::loadSavedConfigSetting(KSharedConfig::Ptr &config, const QString &fileName, const QString &group, const QString &key, bool write)
 {
     const auto savedGroup = KConfigGroup{m_mobileConfig, SAVED_CONFIG_GROUP};
     const auto fileGroup = KConfigGroup{&savedGroup, fileName};
     auto keyGroup = KConfigGroup{&fileGroup, group};
 
     if (!keyGroup.hasKey(key)) {
-        return;
+        return {};
     }
 
     const auto value = keyGroup.readEntry(key);
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ void Settings::loadSavedConfigSetting(KSharedConfig::Ptr &config, const QString
     // write to real config
     auto configGroup = KConfigGroup{config, group};
 
-    if (!configGroup.hasKey(key) || configGroup.readEntry(key) != value) {
+    if ((!configGroup.hasKey(key) || configGroup.readEntry(key) != value) && write) {
         qCDebug(LOGGING_CATEGORY) << "In" << fileName << "loading saved value of" << key << "which is" << value;
 
         if (value.isEmpty()) { // delete blank entries!
@@ -172,7 +173,8 @@ void Settings::loadSavedConfigSetting(KSharedConfig::Ptr &config, const QString
     }
 
     // remove saved config option
-    keyGroup.deleteEntry(key);
+    // keyGroup.deleteEntry(key);
+    return value;
 }
 
 void Settings::reloadKWinConfig()
diff --git a/envmanager/settings.h b/envmanager/settings.h
index 146c00a8..effc62e2 100644
--- a/envmanager/settings.h
+++ b/envmanager/settings.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ private:
     void writeKeys(const QString &fileName, KSharedConfig::Ptr &config, const QMap<QString, QMap<QString, QVariant>> &settings, bool overwriteOnlyIfEmpty);
     void loadKeys(const QString &fileName, KSharedConfig::Ptr &config, const QMap<QString, QMap<QString, QVariant>> &settings);
     void saveConfigSetting(const QString &fileName, const QString &group, const QString &key, const QVariant value);
-    void loadSavedConfigSetting(KSharedConfig::Ptr &config, const QString &fileName, const QString &group, const QString &key);
+    const QString loadSavedConfigSetting(KSharedConfig::Ptr &config, const QString &fileName, const QString &group, const QString &key, bool write = true);
 
     void reloadKWinConfig();