diff --git a/krunner/view.cpp b/krunner/view.cpp
index 65bfb8ac4..7cbb37397 100644
--- a/krunner/view.cpp
+++ b/krunner/view.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ View::View(QWindow *)
     setTitle(i18n("KRunner"));
 
     m_config = KConfigGroup(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), "General");
+    m_stateData = KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStringLiteral("krunnerstaterc"), //
+                                            KConfig::NoGlobals,
+                                            QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation)
+                      ->group("General");
     m_configWatcher = KConfigWatcher::create(KSharedConfig::openConfig());
     connect(m_configWatcher.data(), &KConfigWatcher::configChanged, this, [this](const KConfigGroup &group, const QByteArrayList &names) {
         Q_UNUSED(names);
@@ -156,7 +160,7 @@ void View::setFreeFloating(bool floating)
 void View::loadConfig()
 {
     setFreeFloating(m_config.readEntry("FreeFloating", false));
-    setPinned(m_config.readEntry("Pinned", false));
+    setPinned(m_stateData.readEntry("Pinned", false));
 }
 
 bool View::event(QEvent *event)
@@ -375,7 +379,7 @@ void View::setPinned(bool pinned)
 {
     if (m_pinned != pinned) {
         m_pinned = pinned;
-        m_config.writeEntry("Pinned", pinned);
+        m_stateData.writeEntry("Pinned", pinned);
         Q_EMIT pinnedChanged();
     }
 }
diff --git a/krunner/view.h b/krunner/view.h
index 0c7ec48f8..c16d7751e 100644
--- a/krunner/view.h
+++ b/krunner/view.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ private:
     QPoint m_customPos;
     KDeclarative::QmlObject *m_qmlObj;
     KConfigGroup m_config;
+    KConfigGroup m_stateData;
     KConfigWatcher::Ptr m_configWatcher;
     qreal m_offset;
     bool m_floating : 1;