diff --git a/clients/oxygen/oxygenfactory.cpp b/clients/oxygen/oxygenfactory.cpp
index 8c1534cbd0..483c715988 100644
--- a/clients/oxygen/oxygenfactory.cpp
+++ b/clients/oxygen/oxygenfactory.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ namespace Oxygen
         }
 
         // read shadowCache configuration
-        shadowCache().readConfig( config );
+        changed |= shadowCache().readConfig( config );
 
         return changed;