diff --git a/terminatorlib/prefs_profile.py b/terminatorlib/prefs_profile.py
index b8c910d7..66eae2c8 100644
--- a/terminatorlib/prefs_profile.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/prefs_profile.py
@@ -245,11 +245,12 @@ class ProfileEditor:
           value = ':'.join (valuebits)
         else:
           value = None
-          err("skipping unknown thingy: %s" % property)
+          err("skipping unknown property: %s" % property)
 
         values[property] = value
 
     has_changed = False
+    changed = []
     for source in self.term.conf.sources:
       if isinstance (source, TerminatorConfValuestoreRC):
         for property in values:
@@ -258,9 +259,14 @@ class ProfileEditor:
               print "%s changed from %s to %s" % (property, self.source_get_value(property), values[property])
               source.values[property] = values[property]
               has_changed = True
+              changed.append(property)
           except KeyError:
             pass
     if has_changed:
+      for changer in changed:
+        if changer == "fullscreen":
+          self.term.fullscreen_absolute(values[changer])
+          
       self.term.reconfigure_vtes()
   
   def cancel (self, data):
diff --git a/terminatorlib/terminator.py b/terminatorlib/terminator.py
index 64927d86..dec6a4fe 100755
--- a/terminatorlib/terminator.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/terminator.py
@@ -315,6 +315,12 @@ class Terminator:
     else:
       self.window.fullscreen ()
 
+  def fullscreen_absolute (self, fullscreen):
+    """ Explicitly set the fullscreen state of the window.
+    """
+    if self._fullscreen != fullscreen:
+      self.fullscreen_toggle ()
+
   def on_window_state_changed (self, window, event):
     self._fullscreen = bool (event.new_window_state & gtk.gdk.WINDOW_STATE_FULLSCREEN)
     self._maximised = bool (event.new_window_state & gtk.gdk.WINDOW_STATE_MAXIMIZED)