diff --git a/src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc b/src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc
index 129c913fc..914ea0066 100644
--- a/src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc
@@ -3019,7 +3019,7 @@ public:
 
   void triggered ()
   {
-    mp_mw->configure (m_cfg, std::string ());
+    dispatcher ()->config_set (m_cfg, std::string ());
   }
 
 private: