diff --git a/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplaygui.cpp b/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplaygui.cpp
index 11365daf3..96e4e8276 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplaygui.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplaygui.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 SDRPlayGui::SDRPlayGui(DeviceSourceAPI *deviceAPI, QWidget* parent) :
     QWidget(parent),
     ui(new Ui::SDRPlayGui),
-    m_deviceAPI(deviceAPI)
+    m_deviceAPI(deviceAPI),
+    m_forceSettings(true)
 {
     m_sampleSource = (SDRPlayInput*) m_deviceAPI->getSampleSource();
 
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ bool SDRPlayGui::deserialize(const QByteArray& data)
     if(m_settings.deserialize(data))
     {
         displaySettings();
+        m_forceSettings = true;
         sendSettings();
         return true;
     }
@@ -265,8 +267,9 @@ void SDRPlayGui::sendSettings()
 void SDRPlayGui::updateHardware()
 {
     qDebug() << "SDRPlayGui::updateHardware";
-    SDRPlayInput::MsgConfigureSDRPlay* message = SDRPlayInput::MsgConfigureSDRPlay::create( m_settings);
+    SDRPlayInput::MsgConfigureSDRPlay* message = SDRPlayInput::MsgConfigureSDRPlay::create( m_settings, m_forceSettings);
     m_sampleSource->getInputMessageQueue()->push(message);
+    m_forceSettings = false;
     m_updateTimer.stop();
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplaygui.h b/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplaygui.h
index 8310c01a8..ac1fefc25 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplaygui.h
+++ b/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplaygui.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ private:
     Ui::SDRPlayGui* ui;
 
     DeviceSourceAPI* m_deviceAPI;
+    bool m_forceSettings;
     SDRPlaySettings m_settings;
     QTimer m_updateTimer;
     QTimer m_statusTimer;
diff --git a/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplayinput.cpp b/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplayinput.cpp
index 9e1224d36..d2ab34756 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplayinput.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplayinput.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ bool SDRPlayInput::handleMessage(const Message& message)
         // standard changes
         else
         {
-            if (!applySettings(settings, false, false))
+            if (!applySettings(settings, false, conf.getForce()))
             {
                 qDebug("SDRPlayInput::handleMessage: config error");
             }
diff --git a/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplayinput.h b/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplayinput.h
index 1290d8259..a1bbe8a7c 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplayinput.h
+++ b/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplayinput.h
@@ -35,18 +35,21 @@ public:
 
     public:
         const SDRPlaySettings& getSettings() const { return m_settings; }
+        bool getForce() const { return m_force; }
 
-        static MsgConfigureSDRPlay* create(const SDRPlaySettings& settings)
+        static MsgConfigureSDRPlay* create(const SDRPlaySettings& settings, bool force)
         {
-            return new MsgConfigureSDRPlay(settings);
+            return new MsgConfigureSDRPlay(settings, force);
         }
 
     private:
         SDRPlaySettings m_settings;
+        bool m_force;
 
-        MsgConfigureSDRPlay(const SDRPlaySettings& settings) :
+        MsgConfigureSDRPlay(const SDRPlaySettings& settings, bool force) :
             Message(),
-            m_settings(settings)
+            m_settings(settings),
+            m_force(force)
         { }
     };
 
diff --git a/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplayplugin.cpp b/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplayplugin.cpp
index 99553ad4b..74a10d17c 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplayplugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/samplesource/sdrplay/sdrplayplugin.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 const PluginDescriptor SDRPlayPlugin::m_pluginDescriptor = {
     QString("SDRPlay RSP1 Input"),
-    QString("3.5.0"),
+    QString("3.7.4"),
     QString("(c) Edouard Griffiths, F4EXB"),
     QString("https://github.com/f4exb/sdrangel"),
     true,