diff --git a/app/dialog/footageproperties/streamproperties/videostreamproperties.cpp b/app/dialog/footageproperties/streamproperties/videostreamproperties.cpp
index 47317e0fc..709a69153 100644
--- a/app/dialog/footageproperties/streamproperties/videostreamproperties.cpp
+++ b/app/dialog/footageproperties/streamproperties/videostreamproperties.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ VideoStreamProperties::VideoStreamProperties(ImageStreamPtr stream) :
   OCIO::ConstConfigRcPtr config = stream->footage()->project()->color_manager()->GetConfig();
   int number_of_colorspaces = config->getNumColorSpaces();
 
-  video_color_space_->addItem(tr("Default (%1)").arg(stream->footage()->project()->default_input_colorspace()));
+  video_color_space_->addItem(tr("Default (%1)").arg(stream->footage()->project()->color_manager()->GetDefaultInputColorSpace()));
 
   for (int i=0;i<number_of_colorspaces;i++) {
     QString colorspace = config->getColorSpaceNameByIndex(i);
diff --git a/app/dialog/projectproperties/projectproperties.cpp b/app/dialog/projectproperties/projectproperties.cpp
index b71d2b1de..7bab43912 100644
--- a/app/dialog/projectproperties/projectproperties.cpp
+++ b/app/dialog/projectproperties/projectproperties.cpp
@@ -85,17 +85,15 @@ ProjectPropertiesDialog::ProjectPropertiesDialog(Project* p, QWidget *parent) :
     return;
   }
 
-  ocio_filename_->setText(working_project_->ocio_config());
-  ListPossibleInputSpaces(working_project_->ocio_config());
+  ocio_filename_->setText(working_project_->color_manager()->GetConfigFilename());
+  ListPossibleInputSpaces(working_project_->color_manager()->GetConfigFilename());
 }
 
 void ProjectPropertiesDialog::accept()
 {
   try {
     // This should ripple changes throughout the program that the color config has changed, therefore must be done last
-    working_project_->set_ocio_config(ocio_filename_->text());
-
-    working_project_->set_default_input_colorspace(default_input_colorspace_->currentText());
+    working_project_->color_manager()->SetConfigAndDefaultInput(ocio_filename_->text(), default_input_colorspace_->currentText());
 
     QDialog::accept();
   } catch (OCIO::Exception& e) {
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ void ProjectPropertiesDialog::ListPossibleInputSpaces(const QString& fn)
     foreach (QString cs, input_cs) {
       default_input_colorspace_->addItem(cs);
 
-      if (cs == working_project_->default_input_colorspace()) {
+      if (cs == working_project_->color_manager()->GetDefaultInputColorSpace()) {
         default_input_colorspace_->setCurrentIndex(default_input_colorspace_->count()-1);
       }
     }
diff --git a/app/project/item/footage/imagestream.cpp b/app/project/item/footage/imagestream.cpp
index ec9f30825..60eab29b9 100644
--- a/app/project/item/footage/imagestream.cpp
+++ b/app/project/item/footage/imagestream.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ void ImageStream::FootageSetEvent(Footage *f)
           this,
           &ImageStream::ColorConfigChanged,
           Qt::DirectConnection);
+
+  connect(f->project()->color_manager(),
+          &ColorManager::DefaultInputColorSpaceChanged,
+          this,
+          &ImageStream::DefaultColorSpaceChanged,
+          Qt::DirectConnection);
 }
 
 void ImageStream::LoadCustomParameters(QXmlStreamReader *reader)
@@ -101,7 +107,7 @@ void ImageStream::set_premultiplied_alpha(bool e)
 const QString &ImageStream::colorspace(bool default_if_empty) const
 {
   if (colorspace_.isEmpty() && default_if_empty) {
-    return footage()->project()->default_input_colorspace();
+    return footage()->project()->color_manager()->GetDefaultInputColorSpace();
   } else {
     return colorspace_;
   }
diff --git a/app/project/project.cpp b/app/project/project.cpp
index f84996ef7..cfaabb663 100644
--- a/app/project/project.cpp
+++ b/app/project/project.cpp
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ void Project::Load(QXmlStreamReader *reader, const QAtomicInt* cancelled)
       // Read color management info
       while (XMLReadNextStartElement(reader)) {
         if (reader->name() == QStringLiteral("config")) {
-          set_ocio_config(reader->readElementText());
+          color_manager_.SetConfig(reader->readElementText());
         } else if (reader->name() == QStringLiteral("default")) {
-          set_default_input_colorspace(reader->readElementText());
+          color_manager_.SetDefaultInputColorSpace(reader->readElementText());
         } else {
           reader->skipCurrentElement();
         }
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ void Project::Save(QXmlStreamWriter *writer) const
 
   writer->writeStartElement("colormanagement");
 
-  writer->writeTextElement("config", ocio_config_);
+  writer->writeTextElement("config", color_manager_.GetConfigFilename());
 
-  writer->writeTextElement("default", default_input_colorspace());
+  writer->writeTextElement("default", color_manager_.GetDefaultInputColorSpace());
 
   writer->writeEndElement(); // colormanagement
 
@@ -135,28 +135,6 @@ void Project::set_filename(const QString &s)
   emit NameChanged();
 }
 
-const QString &Project::ocio_config() const
-{
-  return ocio_config_;
-}
-
-void Project::set_ocio_config(const QString &ocio_config)
-{
-  color_manager_.SetConfig(ocio_config);
-
-  ocio_config_ = ocio_config;
-}
-
-const QString &Project::default_input_colorspace() const
-{
-  return color_manager_.GetDefaultInputColorSpace();
-}
-
-void Project::set_default_input_colorspace(const QString &colorspace)
-{
-  color_manager_.SetDefaultInputColorSpace(colorspace);
-}
-
 ColorManager *Project::color_manager()
 {
   return &color_manager_;
diff --git a/app/project/project.h b/app/project/project.h
index b172cef18..5eb7123b9 100644
--- a/app/project/project.h
+++ b/app/project/project.h
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ public:
   QString pretty_filename() const;
   void set_filename(const QString& s);
 
-  const QString& ocio_config() const;
-  void set_ocio_config(const QString& ocio_config);
-
-  const QString& default_input_colorspace() const;
-  void set_default_input_colorspace(const QString& colorspace);
-
   ColorManager* color_manager();
 
   QList<ItemPtr> get_items_of_type(Item::Type type) const;
@@ -86,8 +80,6 @@ private:
 
   QString filename_;
 
-  QString ocio_config_;
-
   ColorManager color_manager_;
 
   bool is_modified_;
diff --git a/app/render/backend/opengl/openglproxy.cpp b/app/render/backend/opengl/openglproxy.cpp
index 35fcbc12d..eb7e86d6f 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/opengl/openglproxy.cpp
+++ b/app/render/backend/opengl/openglproxy.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void OpenGLProxy::FrameToValue(FramePtr frame, StreamPtr stream, NodeValueTable*
   ImageStreamPtr video_stream = std::static_pointer_cast<ImageStream>(stream);
 
   // Set up OCIO context
-  QString colorspace_match = QStringLiteral("%1:%2").arg(video_stream->footage()->project()->ocio_config(), video_stream->colorspace());
+  QString colorspace_match = QStringLiteral("%1:%2").arg(video_stream->footage()->project()->color_manager()->GetConfigFilename(), video_stream->colorspace());
 
   OpenGLTextureCache::ReferencePtr footage_tex_ref = nullptr;
 
diff --git a/app/render/backend/videorenderworker.cpp b/app/render/backend/videorenderworker.cpp
index 492022824..b78edb42a 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/videorenderworker.cpp
+++ b/app/render/backend/videorenderworker.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ void VideoRenderWorker::HashNodeRecursively(QCryptographicHash *hash, const Node
               ImageStreamPtr image_stream = std::static_pointer_cast<ImageStream>(stream);
 
               // Current color config and space
-              hash->addData(image_stream->footage()->project()->ocio_config().toUtf8());
+              hash->addData(image_stream->footage()->project()->color_manager()->GetConfigFilename().toUtf8());
               hash->addData(image_stream->colorspace().toUtf8());
 
               // Alpha associated setting
diff --git a/app/render/colormanager.cpp b/app/render/colormanager.cpp
index 031c4b787..27f70f61f 100644
--- a/app/render/colormanager.cpp
+++ b/app/render/colormanager.cpp
@@ -42,24 +42,62 @@ OCIO::ConstConfigRcPtr ColorManager::GetConfig() const
   return config_;
 }
 
+const QString &ColorManager::GetConfigFilename() const
+{
+  return config_filename_;
+}
+
 void ColorManager::SetConfig(const QString &filename)
 {
+  if (filename != config_filename_) {
+    SetConfigInternal(filename);
+
+    emit ConfigChanged();
+  }
+}
+
+void ColorManager::SetConfigInternal(const QString &filename)
+{
+  config_filename_ = filename;
+
   OCIO::ConstConfigRcPtr cfg;
 
-  if (filename.isEmpty()) {
+  if (config_filename_.isEmpty()) {
     cfg = OCIO::Config::CreateFromEnv();
   } else {
     cfg = OCIO::Config::CreateFromFile(filename.toUtf8());
   }
 
-  SetConfig(cfg);
+  config_ = cfg;
 }
 
-void ColorManager::SetConfig(OCIO::ConstConfigRcPtr config)
+void ColorManager::SetDefaultInputColorSpaceInternal(const QString &s)
 {
-  config_ = config;
+  default_input_color_space_ = s;
+}
 
-  emit ConfigChanged();
+void ColorManager::SetConfigAndDefaultInput(const QString &filename, const QString &s)
+{
+  bool config_changed = false;
+  bool default_input_changed = false;
+
+  if (filename != config_filename_) {
+    SetConfigInternal(filename);
+    config_changed = true;
+  }
+
+  if (default_input_color_space_ != s) {
+    SetDefaultInputColorSpaceInternal(s);
+    default_input_changed = true;
+  }
+
+  if (config_changed) {
+    emit ConfigChanged();
+  }
+
+  if (default_input_changed) {
+    emit DefaultInputColorSpaceChanged();
+  }
 }
 
 void ColorManager::DisassociateAlpha(FramePtr f)
@@ -138,7 +176,11 @@ const QString &ColorManager::GetDefaultInputColorSpace() const
 
 void ColorManager::SetDefaultInputColorSpace(const QString &s)
 {
-  default_input_color_space_ = s;
+  if (default_input_color_space_ != s) {
+    SetDefaultInputColorSpaceInternal(s);
+
+    emit DefaultInputColorSpaceChanged();
+  }
 }
 
 const QString &ColorManager::GetReferenceColorSpace() const
@@ -149,6 +191,8 @@ const QString &ColorManager::GetReferenceColorSpace() const
 void ColorManager::SetReferenceColorSpace(const QString &s)
 {
   reference_space_ = s;
+
+  emit ConfigChanged();
 }
 
 QStringList ColorManager::ListAvailableInputColorspaces(OCIO::ConstConfigRcPtr config)
diff --git a/app/render/colormanager.h b/app/render/colormanager.h
index 25a881c30..c73a00bd2 100644
--- a/app/render/colormanager.h
+++ b/app/render/colormanager.h
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ public:
 
   OCIO::ConstConfigRcPtr GetConfig() const;
 
+  const QString& GetConfigFilename() const;
+
   void SetConfig(const QString& filename);
 
-  void SetConfig(OCIO::ConstConfigRcPtr config);
+  void SetConfigAndDefaultInput(const QString& filename, const QString& s);
 
   static void DisassociateAlpha(FramePtr f);
 
@@ -80,7 +82,13 @@ public:
 signals:
   void ConfigChanged();
 
+  void DefaultInputColorSpaceChanged();
+
 private:
+  void SetConfigInternal(const QString& filename);
+
+  void SetDefaultInputColorSpaceInternal(const QString& s);
+
   OCIO::ConstConfigRcPtr config_;
 
   enum AlphaAction {
@@ -94,6 +102,8 @@ private:
   template<typename T>
   static void AssociateAlphaInternal(AlphaAction action, T* data, int pix_count);
 
+  QString config_filename_;
+
   QString default_input_color_space_;
 
   QString reference_space_;