diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.cpp b/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.cpp
index b3c1b7dd6..7bec6df67 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.cpp
@@ -521,7 +521,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
                 break;
             }
 
-            this->settingsChanged();
+            // call this deferred, otherwise the values are overridden with any values
+            // from the UI builder
+            QTimer::singleShot(500, this, &CViewBaseNonTemplate::settingsChanged);
         }
 
         QString CViewBaseNonTemplate::getSettingsFileName(bool load) const