diff --git a/thunar/thunar-settings b/thunar/thunar-settings
index b16684690617ec86f5eedc73b32bcbdea131e8c4..2ebe02a298a3008f66c5dd1a67f8733a49f28eb2 100755
--- a/thunar/thunar-settings
+++ b/thunar/thunar-settings
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 
 test "x$DISPLAY" != "x" || DISPLAY=:0
 
-dbus-send --session --print-reply --dest=org.xfce.FileManager /org/xfce/FileManager \
-    org.xfce.FileManager.DisplayPreferencesDialog "string:$DISPLAY" 1> /dev/null
+dbus-send --session --print-reply --dest=org.xfce.FileManager \
+  /org/xfce/FileManager \
+  org.xfce.FileManager.DisplayPreferencesDialog \
+  "string:$DISPLAY" "string:$DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID" 1> /dev/null