diff --git a/gramps/gen/config.py b/gramps/gen/config.py
index 9bc51136e..eb614e3e5 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/config.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/config.py
@@ -213,13 +213,14 @@ register('interface.filter-editor-width', 400)
 register('interface.filter-editor-height', 350)
 register('interface.fullscreen', False)
 register('interface.grampletbar-close', False)
-register('interface.height', 500)
 register('interface.ignore-gexiv2', False)
 register('interface.ignore-osmgpsmap', False)
 register('interface.lds-height', 450)
 register('interface.lds-width', 600)
 register('interface.location-height', 250)
 register('interface.location-width', 600)
+register('interface.main-window-height', 500)
+register('interface.main-window-width', 775)
 register('interface.mapservice', 'OpenStreetMap')
 register('interface.media-height', 450)
 register('interface.media-ref-height', 450)
@@ -273,7 +274,6 @@ register('interface.toolbar-on', True)
 register('interface.url-height', 150)
 register('interface.url-width', 600)
 register('interface.view', True)
-register('interface.width', 775)
 register('interface.surname-box-height', 150)
 register('interface.treemodel-cache-size', 1000)
 
diff --git a/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py b/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py
index 8cb9104e2..b9b2804f9 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/viewmanager.py
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ class ViewManager(CLIManager):
         """
         Builds the GTK interface
         """
-        width = config.get('interface.width')
-        height = config.get('interface.height')
+        width = config.get('interface.main-window-width')
+        height = config.get('interface.main-window-height')
 
         self.window = Gtk.Window()
         self.window.set_icon_from_file(ICON)
@@ -747,8 +747,8 @@ class ViewManager(CLIManager):
 
         # save the current window size
         (width, height) = self.window.get_size()
-        config.set('interface.width', width)
-        config.set('interface.height', height)
+        config.set('interface.main-window-width', width)
+        config.set('interface.main-window-height', height)
         config.save()
         Gtk.main_quit()