diff -up dconf-0.3/gsettings/dconfdatabase.c.multi-write dconf-0.3/gsettings/dconfdatabase.c
--- dconf-0.3/gsettings/dconfdatabase.c.multi-write	2010-05-21 18:06:25.447432741 -0400
+++ dconf-0.3/gsettings/dconfdatabase.c	2010-05-21 18:06:39.905682921 -0400
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ dconf_database_write_tree (DConfDatabase
 
     message =
       g_dbus_message_new_method_call ("ca.desrt.dconf", "/",
-                                      "ca.desrt.dconf.Writer", "Write");
+                                      "ca.desrt.dconf.Writer", "Merge");
 
     g_variant_builder_init (&args, G_VARIANT_TYPE ("(sa(sav))"));
     g_variant_builder_add (&args, "s", path);
diff -up dconf-0.3/service/service.c.multi-write dconf-0.3/service/service.c
--- dconf-0.3/service/service.c.multi-write	2010-05-19 10:42:03.000000000 -0400
+++ dconf-0.3/service/service.c	2010-05-21 17:52:04.416434906 -0400
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ method_call (GDBusConnection       *conn
                                                     serial, key, none),
                                      NULL);
     }
-  else if (strcmp (method_name, "Merge"))
+  else if (strcmp (method_name, "Merge") == 0)
     {
       GError *error = NULL;
       const gchar *prefix;