diff --git a/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp b/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
index aa09cd1a1..301c0906e 100644
--- a/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
@@ -868,6 +868,7 @@ void MainApplication::loadSettings()
     settings.beginGroup("Web-Browser-Settings");
 
     webSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::LocalStorageEnabled, settings.value("HTML5StorageEnabled", true).toBool());
+    webSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::PluginsEnabled, settings.value("allowPlugins", true).toBool());
     webSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::JavascriptEnabled, settings.value("allowJavaScript", true).toBool());
     webSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::JavascriptCanOpenWindows, settings.value("allowJavaScriptOpenWindow", false).toBool());
     webSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::JavascriptCanAccessClipboard, settings.value("allowJavaScriptAccessClipboard", true).toBool());
diff --git a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
index e71fbeb34..318bb9cf0 100644
--- a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ Preferences::Preferences(BrowserWindow* window)
 
     // BROWSING
     settings.beginGroup("Web-Browser-Settings");
-    ui->allowPlugins->setChecked(settings.value("allowFlash", true).toBool());
+    ui->allowPlugins->setChecked(settings.value("allowPlugins", true).toBool());
     ui->allowJavaScript->setChecked(settings.value("allowJavaScript", true).toBool());
     ui->linksInFocusChain->setChecked(settings.value("IncludeLinkInFocusChain", false).toBool());
     ui->spatialNavigation->setChecked(settings.value("SpatialNavigation", false).toBool());
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ void Preferences::saveSettings()
 
     //BROWSING
     settings.beginGroup("Web-Browser-Settings");
-    settings.setValue("allowFlash", ui->allowPlugins->isChecked());
+    settings.setValue("allowPlugins", ui->allowPlugins->isChecked());
     settings.setValue("allowJavaScript", ui->allowJavaScript->isChecked());
     settings.setValue("IncludeLinkInFocusChain", ui->linksInFocusChain->isChecked());
     settings.setValue("SpatialNavigation", ui->spatialNavigation->isChecked());