diff -up yelp-2.31.6/src/yelp-application.c.keyfile yelp-2.31.6/src/yelp-application.c
--- yelp-2.31.6/src/yelp-application.c.keyfile	2010-06-30 00:33:20.746211407 -0400
+++ yelp-2.31.6/src/yelp-application.c	2010-06-30 00:34:19.608212315 -0400
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ application_setup (YelpApplication *app)
         gchar *keyfile = g_build_filename (g_get_user_config_dir (),
                                            "yelp", "yelp.cfg",
                                            NULL);
-        priv->backend = g_keyfile_settings_backend_new (keyfile);
+        priv->backend = g_keyfile_settings_backend_new (keyfile, "/org/gnome/yelp", NULL);
         priv->gsettings = g_settings_new_with_backend ("org.gnome.yelp",
                                                        priv->backend);
         g_free (keyfile);