diff --git a/tuhigui/config.py b/tuhigui/config.py
index 828fb78..1a86c7f 100644
--- a/tuhigui/config.py
+++ b/tuhigui/config.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class Config(GObject.Object):
         self.notify('drawings')
 
     @classmethod
-    def load(cls):
+    def instance(cls):
         if cls._config_obj is None:
             cls._config_obj = Config()
         return cls._config_obj
diff --git a/tuhigui/drawing.py b/tuhigui/drawing.py
index 3d2c8a6..1d262b2 100644
--- a/tuhigui/drawing.py
+++ b/tuhigui/drawing.py
@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@ class Drawing(Gtk.Box):
 
     @Gtk.Template.Callback('_on_delete_button_clicked')
     def _on_delete_button_clicked(self, button):
-        Config.load().delete_drawing(self.timestamp)
+        Config.instance().delete_drawing(self.timestamp)
diff --git a/tuhigui/drawingperspective.py b/tuhigui/drawingperspective.py
index 7210513..8ffd3f8 100644
--- a/tuhigui/drawingperspective.py
+++ b/tuhigui/drawingperspective.py
@@ -65,20 +65,18 @@ class DrawingPerspective(Gtk.Stack):
         self.last_sync_time = 0
         self._sync_label_timer = GObject.timeout_add_seconds(60, self._update_sync_label)
         self._update_sync_label()
-        Config.load().connect('notify::orientation', self._on_orientation_changed)
+        Config.instance().connect('notify::orientation', self._on_orientation_changed)
 
     def _on_orientation_changed(self, config, pspec):
         # When the orientation changes, we just re-generate all SVGs. This
         # isn't something that should happen very often anyway so meh.
-        self.known_drawings = []
-
         self.flowbox_drawings.foreach(lambda child: child.get_child().refresh())
 
     def _cache_drawings(self, device, pspec):
         # The config backend filters duplicates anyway, so don't care here
         for ts in self.device.drawings_available:
             json_string = self.device.json(ts)
-            Config.load().add_drawing(ts, json_string)
+            Config.instance().add_drawing(ts, json_string)
 
     def _update_drawings(self, config, pspec):
         for js in config.drawings:
@@ -134,11 +132,11 @@ class DrawingPerspective(Gtk.Stack):
         # json itself (once cached) that we then actually use for SVG
         # generation.
         device.connect('notify::drawings-available', self._cache_drawings)
-        Config.load().connect('notify::drawings', self._update_drawings)
+        Config.instance().connect('notify::drawings', self._update_drawings)
 
         self._on_battery_changed(device, None)
 
-        self._update_drawings(Config.load(), None)
+        self._update_drawings(Config.instance(), None)
 
         # We always want to sync on startup
         logger.debug(f'{device.name} - starting to listen')
@@ -200,5 +198,5 @@ class DrawingPerspective(Gtk.Stack):
 
     @Gtk.Template.Callback('_on_undo_clicked')
     def _on_undo_clicked(self, button):
-        Config.load().undelete_drawing(button.deleted_drawing)
+        Config.instance().undelete_drawing(button.deleted_drawing)
         self.overlay_undo.set_reveal_child(False)
diff --git a/tuhigui/svg.py b/tuhigui/svg.py
index 7b785fc..a45bc99 100644
--- a/tuhigui/svg.py
+++ b/tuhigui/svg.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class JsonSvg(GObject.Object):
 
         self.timestamp = json['timestamp']
         self.filename = os.path.join(DATA_PATH, f'{self.timestamp}.svg')
-        self.orientation = Config.load().orientation
+        self.orientation = Config.instance().orientation
         self._convert()
 
     def _convert(self):
diff --git a/tuhigui/window.py b/tuhigui/window.py
index 2fb2cb0..d2b87fb 100644
--- a/tuhigui/window.py
+++ b/tuhigui/window.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class MainWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
         action = Gio.SimpleAction.new_stateful('orientation', GLib.VariantType('s'),
                                                GLib.Variant('s', 'landscape'))
         action.connect('activate', self._on_orientation_changed)
-        action.set_state(GLib.Variant.new_string(Config.load().orientation))
+        action.set_state(GLib.Variant.new_string(Config.instance().orientation))
         self.add_action(action)
 
         builder = Gtk.Builder.new_from_string(MENU_XML, -1)
@@ -135,4 +135,4 @@ class MainWindow(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
 
     def _on_orientation_changed(self, action, label):
         action.set_state(label)
-        Config.load().orientation = label.get_string()  # this is a GVariant
+        Config.instance().orientation = label.get_string()  # this is a GVariant