diff --git a/rc.c b/rc.c
index 5fcbf42..7de87b8 100644
--- a/rc.c
+++ b/rc.c
@@ -1512,6 +1512,7 @@ panel_set_option(struct parsed_tagarg *arg)
 {
     FILE *f = NULL;
     char *p;
+    Str s = Strnew(), tmp;
 
     if (config_file == NULL) {
 	disp_message("There's no config file... config not saved", FALSE);
@@ -1527,14 +1528,17 @@ panel_set_option(struct parsed_tagarg *arg)
 	if (arg->value) {
 	    p = conv_to_system(arg->value);
 	    if (set_param(arg->arg, p)) {
-		if (f)
-		    fprintf(f, "%s %s\n", arg->arg, p);
+		tmp = Sprintf("%s %s\n", arg->arg, p);
+		Strcat(tmp, s);
+		s = tmp;
 	    }
 	}
 	arg = arg->next;
     }
-    if (f)
+    if (f) {
+	fputs(s->ptr, f);
 	fclose(f);
+    }
     sync_with_option();
     backBf();
 }