diff --git a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs
index 0d5e044..ab8bfa9 100644
--- a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs
+++ b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ControlService.cs
@@ -364,17 +364,21 @@ namespace DS4Windows
                         device.SyncChange += this.On_SyncChange;
                         device.SyncChange += DS4Devices.UpdateSerial;
                         device.SerialChange += this.On_SerialChange;
-                        if (device.isValidSerial() && containsLinkedProfile(device.getMacAddress()))
+                        if (!useTempProfile[i])
                         {
-                            ProfilePath[i] = getLinkedProfile(device.getMacAddress());
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            ProfilePath[i] = OlderProfilePath[i];
+                            if (device.isValidSerial() && containsLinkedProfile(device.getMacAddress()))
+                            {
+                                ProfilePath[i] = getLinkedProfile(device.getMacAddress());
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                ProfilePath[i] = OlderProfilePath[i];
+                            }
+
+                            LoadProfile(i, false, this, false, false);
                         }
 
                         touchPad[i] = new Mouse(i, device);
-                        LoadProfile(i, false, this, false, false);
                         device.LightBarColor = getMainColor(i);
 
                         if (!getDInputOnly(i) && device.isSynced())
@@ -605,17 +609,21 @@ namespace DS4Windows
                             device.SyncChange += this.On_SyncChange;
                             device.SyncChange += DS4Devices.UpdateSerial;
                             device.SerialChange += this.On_SerialChange;
-                            if (device.isValidSerial() && containsLinkedProfile(device.getMacAddress()))
+                            if (!useTempProfile[Index])
                             {
-                                ProfilePath[Index] = getLinkedProfile(device.getMacAddress());
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                ProfilePath[Index] = OlderProfilePath[Index];
+                                if (device.isValidSerial() && containsLinkedProfile(device.getMacAddress()))
+                                {
+                                    ProfilePath[Index] = getLinkedProfile(device.getMacAddress());
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    ProfilePath[Index] = OlderProfilePath[Index];
+                                }
+
+                                LoadProfile(Index, false, this, false, false);
                             }
 
                             touchPad[Index] = new Mouse(Index, device);
-                            LoadProfile(Index, false, this, false, false);
                             device.LightBarColor = getMainColor(Index);
 
                             int tempIdx = Index;
@@ -1093,7 +1101,7 @@ namespace DS4Windows
 
                 cState = Mapping.SetCurveAndDeadzone(ind, cState, TempState[ind]);
 
-                if (!recordingMacro && (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tempprofilename[ind]) ||
+                if (!recordingMacro && (useTempProfile[ind] ||
                     containsCustomAction(ind) || containsCustomExtras(ind) ||
                     getProfileActionCount(ind) > 0))
                 {
diff --git a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/Mapping.cs b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/Mapping.cs
index b28c9ca..7e8b1e2 100644
--- a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/Mapping.cs
+++ b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/Mapping.cs
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ namespace DS4Windows
             //DS4StateFieldMapping outputfieldMapping = new DS4StateFieldMapping(cState, eState, tp);
 
             SyntheticState deviceState = Mapping.deviceState[device];
-            if (getProfileActionCount(device) > 0 || !string.IsNullOrEmpty(tempprofilename[device]))
+            if (getProfileActionCount(device) > 0 || useTempProfile[device])
                 MapCustomAction(device, cState, MappedState, eState, tp, ctrl, fieldMapping, outputfieldMapping);
             if (ctrl.DS4Controllers[device] == null) return;
 
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ namespace DS4Windows
                             {
                                 actionFound = true;
 
-                                if (!actionDone[index].dev[device] && string.IsNullOrEmpty(tempprofilename[device]))
+                                if (!actionDone[index].dev[device] && !useTempProfile[device])
                                 {
                                     actionDone[index].dev[device] = true;
                                     untriggeraction[device] = action;
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ namespace DS4Windows
                     if ((action.controls == action.ucontrols && !actionDone[index].dev[device]) || //if trigger and end trigger are the same
                     action.controls != action.ucontrols)
                     {
-                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tempprofilename[device]))
+                        if (useTempProfile[device])
                         {
                             //foreach (DS4Controls dc in action.uTrigger)
                             for (int i = 0, arlen = action.uTrigger.Count; i < arlen; i++)
diff --git a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ScpUtil.cs b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ScpUtil.cs
index faa6ae3..7cef8cf 100644
--- a/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ScpUtil.cs
+++ b/DS4Windows/DS4Control/ScpUtil.cs
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ namespace DS4Windows
         public static bool runHotPlug = false;
         public const int XINPUT_UNPLUG_SETTLE_TIME = 250; // Inhibit races that occur with the asynchronous teardown of ScpVBus -> X360 driver instance.
         public static string[] tempprofilename = new string[5] { string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty, string.Empty };
+        public static bool[] useTempProfile = new bool[5] { false, false, false, false, false };
         public static bool[] tempprofileDistance = new bool[5] { false, false, false, false, false };
         public static bool[] useDInputOnly = new bool[5] { true, true, true, true, true };
         public static bool[] linkedProfileCheck = new bool[4] { true, true, true, true };
@@ -1308,6 +1309,7 @@ namespace DS4Windows
         {
             m_Config.LoadProfile(device, launchprogram, control, "", xinputChange, postLoad);
             tempprofilename[device] = string.Empty;
+            useTempProfile[device] = false;
             tempprofileDistance[device] = false;
         }
 
@@ -1316,6 +1318,7 @@ namespace DS4Windows
         {
             m_Config.LoadProfile(device, launchprogram, control, appdatapath + @"\Profiles\" + name + ".xml");
             tempprofilename[device] = name;
+            useTempProfile[device] = true;
             tempprofileDistance[device] = name.ToLower().Contains("distance");
         }