diff --git a/src/gui/accountsettings.cpp b/src/gui/accountsettings.cpp
index 9ea536c036..c99c984d33 100644
--- a/src/gui/accountsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/accountsettings.cpp
@@ -188,11 +188,12 @@ void AccountSettings::slotFolderWizardAccepted()
     definition.alias        = folderWizard->field(QLatin1String("alias")).toString();
     definition.localPath    = folderWizard->field(QLatin1String("sourceFolder")).toString();
     definition.targetPath   = folderWizard->property("targetPath").toString();
-    definition.selectiveSyncBlackList = folderWizard->property("selectiveSyncBlackList").toStringList();
+    auto selectiveSyncBlackList = folderWizard->property("selectiveSyncBlackList").toStringList();
 
     Folder *f = folderMan->addFolder(_accountState, definition);
-    folderMan->setSyncEnabled(true);
     if( f ) {
+        f->journalDb()->setSelectiveSyncList(SyncJournalDb::SelectiveSyncBlackList, selectiveSyncBlackList);
+        folderMan->setSyncEnabled(true);
         folderMan->slotScheduleAllFolders();
         emit folderChanged();
     }
diff --git a/src/gui/folder.cpp b/src/gui/folder.cpp
index 64d2269589..23974cd83c 100644
--- a/src/gui/folder.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/folder.cpp
@@ -1026,7 +1026,6 @@ void FolderDefinition::save(QSettings& settings, const FolderDefinition& folder)
     settings.beginGroup(folder.alias);
     settings.setValue(QLatin1String("localPath"), folder.localPath);
     settings.setValue(QLatin1String("targetPath"), folder.targetPath);
-    settings.setValue(QLatin1String("blackList"), folder.selectiveSyncBlackList);
     settings.setValue(QLatin1String("paused"), folder.paused);
     settings.endGroup();
 }
@@ -1038,7 +1037,6 @@ bool FolderDefinition::load(QSettings& settings, const QString& alias,
     folder->alias = alias;
     folder->localPath = settings.value(QLatin1String("localPath")).toString();
     folder->targetPath = settings.value(QLatin1String("targetPath")).toString();
-    folder->selectiveSyncBlackList = settings.value(QLatin1String("blackList")).toStringList();
     folder->paused = settings.value(QLatin1String("paused")).toBool();
     settings.endGroup();
     return true;
diff --git a/src/gui/folder.h b/src/gui/folder.h
index 98fdf7a000..f5a4f62fe0 100644
--- a/src/gui/folder.h
+++ b/src/gui/folder.h
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ public:
     QString localPath;
     /// path on remote
     QString targetPath;
-    /// Which folders not to sync
-    QStringList selectiveSyncBlackList;
     /// whether the folder is paused
     bool paused;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/folderman.cpp b/src/gui/folderman.cpp
index 8ecc1d878b..e25d61c595 100644
--- a/src/gui/folderman.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/folderman.cpp
@@ -387,7 +387,6 @@ Folder* FolderMan::setupFolderFromOldConfigFile(const QString &file, AccountStat
     folderDefinition.alias = alias;
     folderDefinition.localPath = path;
     folderDefinition.targetPath = targetPath;
-    folderDefinition.selectiveSyncBlackList = blackList;
     folder = new Folder( accountState, folderDefinition, this );
     qDebug() << "Adding folder to Folder Map " << folder;
     _folderMap[alias] = folder;
diff --git a/src/gui/folderstatusmodel.cpp b/src/gui/folderstatusmodel.cpp
index 55535f7fef..24351c94c4 100644
--- a/src/gui/folderstatusmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/folderstatusmodel.cpp
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ void FolderStatusModel::slotUpdateDirectories(const QStringList &list_)
             newInfo._checked = Qt::Unchecked;
         } else {
             auto *f = _folders.at(parentInfo->_pathIdx.first())._folder;
-            foreach(const QString &str , f->selectiveSyncBlackList()) {
+            foreach(const QString &str , f->journalDb()->getSelectiveSyncList(SyncJournalDb::SelectiveSyncBlackList)) {
                 if (str == path || str == QLatin1String("/")) {
                     newInfo._checked = Qt::Unchecked;
                     break;
@@ -507,9 +507,9 @@ void FolderStatusModel::slotApplySelectiveSync()
         if (!_folders[i]._fetched) continue;
         auto folder = _folders.at(i)._folder;
 
-        auto oldBlackList = folder->selectiveSyncBlackList();
+        auto oldBlackList = folder->journalDb()->getSelectiveSyncList(SyncJournalDb::SelectiveSyncBlackList);
         QStringList blackList = createBlackList(&_folders[i], oldBlackList);
-        folder->setSelectiveSyncBlackList(blackList);
+        folder->journalDb()->setSelectiveSyncList(SyncJournalDb::SelectiveSyncBlackList, blackList);
 
         FolderMan *folderMan = FolderMan::instance();
         auto blackListSet = blackList.toSet();
diff --git a/src/gui/owncloudsetupwizard.cpp b/src/gui/owncloudsetupwizard.cpp
index 85437cf350..ca1019dc16 100644
--- a/src/gui/owncloudsetupwizard.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/owncloudsetupwizard.cpp
@@ -486,8 +486,11 @@ void OwncloudSetupWizard::slotAssistantFinished( int result )
             }
             folderDefinition.localPath = localFolder;
             folderDefinition.targetPath = _remoteFolder;
-            folderDefinition.selectiveSyncBlackList = _ocWizard->selectiveSyncBlacklist();
-            folderMan->addFolder(account, folderDefinition);
+            auto f = folderMan->addFolder(account, folderDefinition);
+            if (f) {
+                f->journalDb()->setSelectiveSyncList(SyncJournalDb::SelectiveSyncBlackList,
+                                                     _ocWizard->selectiveSyncBlacklist());
+            }
             _ocWizard->appendToConfigurationLog(tr("<font color=\"green\"><b>Local sync folder %1 successfully created!</b></font>").arg(localFolder));
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/libsync/syncjournaldb.cpp b/src/libsync/syncjournaldb.cpp
index c3a45689fe..624748c8b0 100644
--- a/src/libsync/syncjournaldb.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/syncjournaldb.cpp
@@ -1300,6 +1300,7 @@ void SyncJournalDb::setSelectiveSyncList(SyncJournalDb::SelectiveSyncListType ty
 
     SqlQuery insQuery("INSERT INTO selectivesync VALUES (?1, ?2)" , _db);
     foreach(const auto &path, list) {
+        insQuery.reset();
         insQuery.bindValue(1, path);
         insQuery.bindValue(2, int(type));
         if (!insQuery.exec()) {