diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp b/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp
index a5909fd61..cf66097c9 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp
@@ -132,9 +132,7 @@ loadStrings( QMap< QString, QString >& map,
         throw YAML::Exception( YAML::Mark(), std::string( "Branding configuration is not a map: " ) + key );
     }
 
-    const auto& config = CalamaresUtils::yamlMapToVariant( doc[ key ] );
-
-    map.clear();
+    const QVariantMap config = CalamaresUtils::yamlMapToVariant( doc[ key ] );
     for ( auto it = config.constBegin(); it != config.constEnd(); ++it )
     {
         map.insert( it.key(), transform( it.value().toString() ) );