--- a/ksmserver/server.cpp

+++ b/ksmserver/server.cpp

@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ void KSMServer::storeSession()

     KSharedConfig::Ptr config = KSharedConfig::openConfig();

     config->reparseConfiguration(); // config may have changed in the KControl module

     KConfigGroup generalGroup(config, "General");

-    excludeApps = generalGroup.readEntry("excludeApps").toLower().split(QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("[,:]")), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);

+    excludeApps = generalGroup.readEntry("excludeApps", QString(QStringLiteral("krb5-ticket-watcher"))).toLower().split(QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("[,:]")), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);

     KConfigGroup configSessionGroup(config, sessionGroup);

     int count = configSessionGroup.readEntry("count", 0);

     for (int i = 1; i <= count; i++) {