diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/effectconfig.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/effectconfig.cpp
index 64734c26c2..269f23e94f 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/effectconfig.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/effectconfig.cpp
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ EffectConfig::EffectConfig(QObject *parent)
 
 bool EffectConfig::effectUiConfigExists(const QString &serviceName) {
 
-    //Our effect UI config is something like showfps_config.dekstop
+    //Our effect UI config is something like showfps_config.desktop
     QString tmp = serviceName;
-    const QString effectConfig = tmp.replace("kwin4_effect_", "") + "_config.desktop";
+    const QString effectConfig = tmp.remove("kwin4_effect_") + "_config.desktop";
     QString effectConfigFile = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, "kde5/services/kwin/" + effectConfig , QStandardPaths::LocateFile);
     return !effectConfigFile.isEmpty();
 }
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void EffectConfig::openConfig(const QString &effectName) {
     for(KService::Ptr service : offers) {
         KPluginInfo plugin(service);
         if (plugin.name() == effectName) {
-            QString effectConfig = effectName.toLower().replace(" ", "") + "_config";
+            QString effectConfig = effectName.toLower().remove(" ") + "_config";
             KCModuleProxy *proxy = new KCModuleProxy(effectConfig);
 
             //setup the Layout of our UI
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/effectconfig.h b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/effectconfig.h
index 5453466e93..515bb6d575 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/effectconfig.h
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/effectconfig.h
@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@
 
 #ifndef EFFECTCONFIG_H
 #define EFFECTCONFIG_H
-#include <QAbstractListModel>
-#include <QHash>
-#include <QList>
-#include <QQuickView>
-#include <QString>
+#include <QObject>
+class QString;
 
 namespace KWin {
 namespace Compositing {
@@ -35,7 +32,7 @@ class EffectConfig : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    EffectConfig(QObject *parent = 0);
+    explicit EffectConfig(QObject *parent = 0);
     QString serviceName(const QString &serviceName);
 
     Q_INVOKABLE bool effectUiConfigExists(const QString &effectName);
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp
index e18c19a523..ba69516038 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void EffectModel::loadEffects() {
 QString EffectModel::serviceName(const QString &effectName) {
     //The effect name is something like "Show Fps" and
     //we want something like "showfps"
-    return "kwin4_effect_" + effectName.toLower().replace(" ", "");
+    return "kwin4_effect_" + effectName.toLower().remove(" ");
 }
 
 QString EffectModel::findImage(const QString &imagePath, int size) {
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ QString EffectModel::findImage(const QString &imagePath, int size) {
     return fullImagePath;
 }
 
+void EffectModel::reload() {
+    m_effectsList.clear();
+    loadEffects();
+}
+
 EffectView::EffectView(QWindow *parent)
     : QQuickView(parent)
 {
@@ -150,7 +155,6 @@ EffectView::EffectView(QWindow *parent)
 }
 
 void EffectView::init() {
-    EffectModel *model = new EffectModel();
     QString mainFile = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::DataLocation, "qml/main.qml", QStandardPaths::LocateFile);
     setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
     rootContext()->setContextProperty("engineObject", this);
@@ -162,16 +166,14 @@ void EffectView::effectStatus(const QString &effectName, bool status) {
 }
 
 void EffectView::syncConfig() {
-    auto it = m_effectStatus.begin();
     KConfigGroup kwinConfig(KSharedConfig::openConfig("kwinrc"), "Plugins");
     QHash<QString, bool> effectsChanged;
 
-    while (it != m_effectStatus.end()) {
+    for (auto it = m_effectStatus.constBegin(); it != m_effectStatus.constEnd(); it++) {
         QVariant boolToString(it.value());
         QString effectName = it.key().toLower();
-        QString effectEntry = effectName.replace(" ", "");
+        QString effectEntry = effectName.remove(" ");
         kwinConfig.writeEntry("kwin4_effect_" + effectEntry + "Enabled", boolToString.toString());
-        it++;
         effectsChanged["kwin4_effect_" + effectEntry] = boolToString.toBool();
     }
     kwinConfig.sync();
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.h b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.h
index 0a5588e1d6..d2cf6b2a12 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.h
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.h
@@ -59,12 +59,13 @@ public:
         EffectStatusRole
     };
 
-    EffectModel(QObject *parent = 0);
+    explicit EffectModel(QObject *parent = 0);
     int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const;
     QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const;
     QString serviceName(const QString &effectName);
 
     Q_INVOKABLE QString findImage(const QString &imagePath, int size = 128);
+    Q_INVOKABLE void reload();
 
 private:
     void loadEffects();
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/main.qml b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/main.qml
index d3fa7f394e..ea03c5fa1f 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/main.qml
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/main.qml
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ Item {
 
             onClicked: {
                 engineObject.syncConfig();
+                effectModel.reload();
                 apply.enabled = false;
             }
         }