diff --git a/app/project/item/footage/imagestream.cpp b/app/project/item/footage/imagestream.cpp
index 51a6e72b0..8789c7411 100644
--- a/app/project/item/footage/imagestream.cpp
+++ b/app/project/item/footage/imagestream.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ ImageStream::ImageStream() :
 {
   set_type(kImage);
 
-  connect(ColorManager::instance(), SIGNAL(ConfigChanged()), this, SLOT(ColorConfigChangedSlot()));
+  // For some reason this connection fails if we don't explicitly specify DirectConnection
+  connect(ColorManager::instance(), SIGNAL(ConfigChanged()), this, SLOT(ColorConfigChangedSlot()), Qt::DirectConnection);
 }
 
 QString ImageStream::description()