diff --git a/clients/nitrogen/nitrogenexceptionlist.cpp b/clients/nitrogen/nitrogenexceptionlist.cpp
index 173329b567..1edf81b5db 100644
--- a/clients/nitrogen/nitrogenexceptionlist.cpp
+++ b/clients/nitrogen/nitrogenexceptionlist.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace Nitrogen
     
     // also add exceptions
     int index(0);
-    for( NitrogenExceptionList::const_iterator iter = begin(); iter != end(); iter++, index++ )
+    for( NitrogenExceptionList::const_iterator iter = constBegin(); iter != constEnd(); iter++, index++ )
     {
       
       KConfigGroup group( &config, exceptionGroupName( index ) );