diff --git a/sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awkeys.cpp b/sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awkeys.cpp
index 05054c8..9374dd2 100644
--- a/sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awkeys.cpp
+++ b/sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awkeys.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ void AWKeys::initKeys(const QString &_currentPattern, const int _interval, const
     m_aggregator->initFormatters();
     m_keyOperator->setPattern(_currentPattern);
     m_keyOperator->updateCache();
+    m_dataEngineAggregator->connectSources();
 
     // timer
     m_timer->setInterval(_interval);
diff --git a/sources/extsysmon/extsysmonaggregator.cpp b/sources/extsysmon/extsysmonaggregator.cpp
index 17b6f14..44a581e 100644
--- a/sources/extsysmon/extsysmonaggregator.cpp
+++ b/sources/extsysmon/extsysmonaggregator.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ void ExtSysMonAggregator::init(const QHash<QString, QString> &_config)
     // custom
     createSensor("custom", i18n("Scripts"), new CustomSource(this, {}));
     // desktop
-    createSensor("desktop", i18n("Desktop"), new DesktopSource(this, {}));
+    // FIXME causes segfault in kde libs
+//    createSensor("desktop", i18n("Desktop"), new DesktopSource(this, {}));
     // gpu load
     createSensor("gpuload", i18n("GPU load"), new GPULoadSource(this, {_config["GPUDEV"]}));
     // gpu temperature