diff --git a/src/blackcore/context_application.h b/src/blackcore/context_application.h
index c090f23b5..47dca3d9b 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/context_application.h
+++ b/src/blackcore/context_application.h
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ namespace BlackCore
         //! \note This is the function which relays cache changes via DBus.
         virtual void changeSettings(const BlackMisc::CVariantMap &settings, const BlackMisc::CIdentifier &origin);
 
+        //! Get all settings currently in core settings cache
+        virtual BlackMisc::CVariantMap getAllSettings() const = 0;
+
+        //! Update local settings with settings from core
+        virtual void synchronizeLocalSettings() = 0;
+
         //! Save core settings to disk
         virtual BlackMisc::CStatusMessage saveSettings(const QString &keyPrefix = {}) = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/blackcore/context_application_impl.cpp b/src/blackcore/context_application_impl.cpp
index f53a80813..3bbeb3298 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/context_application_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/blackcore/context_application_impl.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ namespace BlackCore
         emit this->settingsChanged(settings, origin);
     }
 
+    BlackMisc::CVariantMap CContextApplication::getAllSettings() const
+    {
+        if (m_debugEnabled) { CLogMessage(this, CLogCategory::contextSlot()).debug() << Q_FUNC_INFO; }
+        return CSettingsCache::instance()->getAllValues();
+    }
+
+    void CContextApplication::synchronizeLocalSettings()
+    {
+        // no-op: proxy implements this method by calling getAllSettings
+    }
+
     BlackMisc::CStatusMessage CContextApplication::saveSettings(const QString &keyPrefix)
     {
         if (m_debugEnabled) { CLogMessage(this, CLogCategory::contextSlot()).debug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << keyPrefix; }
diff --git a/src/blackcore/context_application_impl.h b/src/blackcore/context_application_impl.h
index 6899dfc53..697e23aa7 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/context_application_impl.h
+++ b/src/blackcore/context_application_impl.h
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ namespace BlackCore
         //! \copydoc IContextApplication::changeSettings
         virtual void changeSettings(const BlackMisc::CVariantMap &settings, const BlackMisc::CIdentifier &origin) override;
 
+        //! \copydoc IContextApplication::getAllSettings
+        virtual BlackMisc::CVariantMap getAllSettings() const override;
+
+        //! \copydoc IContextApplication::synchronizeLocalSettings
+        virtual void synchronizeLocalSettings() override;
+
         //! \copydoc IContextApplication::saveSettings
         virtual BlackMisc::CStatusMessage saveSettings(const QString &keyPrefix = {}) override;
 
diff --git a/src/blackcore/context_application_proxy.cpp b/src/blackcore/context_application_proxy.cpp
index 82f1bc9c3..fc1d8f384 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/context_application_proxy.cpp
+++ b/src/blackcore/context_application_proxy.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,17 @@ namespace BlackCore
         this->m_dBusInterface->callDBus(QLatin1Literal("changeSettings"), settings, origin);
     }
 
+    BlackMisc::CVariantMap CContextApplicationProxy::getAllSettings() const
+    {
+        return this->m_dBusInterface->callDBusRet<BlackMisc::CVariantMap>(QLatin1Literal("getAllSettings"));
+    }
+
+    void CContextApplicationProxy::synchronizeLocalSettings()
+    {
+        // note this proxy method does not call synchronizeLocalSettings in core
+        CSettingsCache::instance()->insertValues(this->getAllSettings());
+    }
+
     BlackMisc::CStatusMessage CContextApplicationProxy::saveSettings(const QString &keyPrefix)
     {
         return this->m_dBusInterface->callDBusRet<BlackMisc::CStatusMessage>(QLatin1Literal("saveSettings"), keyPrefix);
diff --git a/src/blackcore/context_application_proxy.h b/src/blackcore/context_application_proxy.h
index 8904a07ed..de91a9e4c 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/context_application_proxy.h
+++ b/src/blackcore/context_application_proxy.h
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ namespace BlackCore
         //! \copydoc IContextApplication::changeSettings
         virtual void changeSettings(const BlackMisc::CVariantMap &settings, const BlackMisc::CIdentifier &origin) override;
 
+        //! \copydoc IContextApplication::getAllSettings
+        virtual BlackMisc::CVariantMap getAllSettings() const override;
+
+        //! \copydoc IContextApplication::synchronizeLocalSettings
+        virtual void synchronizeLocalSettings() override;
+
         //! \copydoc IContextApplication::saveSettings
         virtual BlackMisc::CStatusMessage saveSettings(const QString &keyPrefix = {}) override;
 
diff --git a/src/swiftgui_standard/swiftguistd_init.cpp b/src/swiftgui_standard/swiftguistd_init.cpp
index 786526524..83c4b410e 100644
--- a/src/swiftgui_standard/swiftguistd_init.cpp
+++ b/src/swiftgui_standard/swiftguistd_init.cpp
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ void SwiftGuiStd::initGuiSignals()
 
 void SwiftGuiStd::initialDataReads()
 {
+    this->getIContextApplication()->synchronizeLocalSettings();
+
     this->setContextAvailability();
     if (!this->m_coreAvailable)
     {