diff --git a/libnymea-core/integrations/thingmanagerimplementation.cpp b/libnymea-core/integrations/thingmanagerimplementation.cpp
index e9238265..2fbd9822 100644
--- a/libnymea-core/integrations/thingmanagerimplementation.cpp
+++ b/libnymea-core/integrations/thingmanagerimplementation.cpp
@@ -694,13 +694,7 @@ ThingPairingInfo *ThingManagerImplementation::confirmPairing(const PairingTransa
         ParamList settings = buildParams(thingClass.settingsTypes(), ParamList());
         thing->setSettings(settings);
 
-        QList<EventTypeId> loggedEventTypeIds;
-        foreach (const EventType &eventType, thingClass.eventTypes()) {
-            if (eventType.suggestLogging()) {
-                loggedEventTypeIds.append(eventType.id());
-            }
-        }
-        thing->setLoggedEventTypeIds(loggedEventTypeIds);
+        initThing(thing);
 
         ThingSetupInfo *info = setupThing(thing);
         connect(info, &ThingSetupInfo::finished, thing, [this, info, externalInfo, addNewThing](){
@@ -798,13 +792,8 @@ ThingSetupInfo* ThingManagerImplementation::addConfiguredThingInternal(const Thi
     ParamList settings = buildParams(thingClass.settingsTypes(), ParamList());
     thing->setSettings(settings);
 
-    QList<EventTypeId> loggedEventTypeIds;
-    foreach (const EventType &eventType, thingClass.eventTypes()) {
-        if (eventType.suggestLogging()) {
-            loggedEventTypeIds.append(eventType.id());
-        }
-    }
-    thing->setLoggedEventTypeIds(loggedEventTypeIds);
+
+    initThing(thing);
 
     ThingSetupInfo *info = setupThing(thing);
     connect(info, &ThingSetupInfo::finished, this, [this, info](){
@@ -1614,13 +1603,7 @@ void ThingManagerImplementation::loadConfiguredThings()
 
         thing->setSettings(thingSettings);
 
-        QList<EventTypeId> loggedEventTypeIds;
-        foreach (const EventType &eventType, thingClass.eventTypes()) {
-            if (eventType.suggestLogging()) {
-                loggedEventTypeIds.append(eventType.id());
-            }
-        }
-        thing->setLoggedEventTypeIds(loggedEventTypeIds);
+        initThing(thing);
 
         settings.endGroup(); // ThingId
 
@@ -1740,13 +1723,7 @@ void ThingManagerImplementation::onAutoThingsAppeared(const ThingDescriptors &th
         thing->setSettings(settings);
         thing->setParentId(thingDescriptor.parentId());
 
-        QList<EventTypeId> loggedEventTypeIds;
-        foreach (const EventType &eventType, thingClass.eventTypes()) {
-            if (eventType.suggestLogging()) {
-                loggedEventTypeIds.append(eventType.id());
-            }
-        }
-        thing->setLoggedEventTypeIds(loggedEventTypeIds);
+        initThing(thing);
 
         qCDebug(dcThingManager()) << "Setting up auto thing:" << thing->name() << thing->id().toString();
 
@@ -2065,14 +2042,6 @@ ThingSetupInfo* ThingManagerImplementation::setupThing(Thing *thing)
     ThingClass thingClass = findThingClass(thing->thingClassId());
     IntegrationPlugin *plugin = m_integrationPlugins.value(thingClass.pluginId());
 
-    QList<State> states;
-    foreach (const StateType &stateType, thingClass.stateTypes()) {
-        State state(stateType.id(), thing->id());
-        states.append(state);
-    }
-    thing->setStates(states);
-    loadThingStates(thing);
-
     ThingSetupInfo *info = new ThingSetupInfo(thing, this, 30000);
 
     if (!plugin) {
@@ -2091,6 +2060,27 @@ ThingSetupInfo* ThingManagerImplementation::setupThing(Thing *thing)
     return info;
 }
 
+void ThingManagerImplementation::initThing(Thing *thing)
+{
+    ThingClass thingClass = findThingClass(thing->thingClassId());
+
+    QList<State> states;
+    foreach (const StateType &stateType, thingClass.stateTypes()) {
+        State state(stateType.id(), thing->id());
+        states.append(state);
+    }
+    thing->setStates(states);
+    loadThingStates(thing);
+
+    QList<EventTypeId> loggedEventTypeIds;
+    foreach (const EventType &eventType, thingClass.eventTypes()) {
+        if (eventType.suggestLogging()) {
+            loggedEventTypeIds.append(eventType.id());
+        }
+    }
+    thing->setLoggedEventTypeIds(loggedEventTypeIds);
+}
+
 void ThingManagerImplementation::postSetupThing(Thing *thing)
 {
     ThingClass thingClass = findThingClass(thing->thingClassId());
diff --git a/libnymea-core/integrations/thingmanagerimplementation.h b/libnymea-core/integrations/thingmanagerimplementation.h
index 33e539d5..28d84387 100644
--- a/libnymea-core/integrations/thingmanagerimplementation.h
+++ b/libnymea-core/integrations/thingmanagerimplementation.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ private:
     ThingSetupInfo *addConfiguredThingInternal(const ThingClassId &thingClassId, const QString &name, const ParamList &params, const ThingId &parentId = ThingId());
     ThingSetupInfo *reconfigureThingInternal(Thing *thing, const ParamList &params, const QString &name = QString());
     ThingSetupInfo *setupThing(Thing *thing);
+    void initThing(Thing *thing);
     void trySetupThing(Thing *thing);
     void registerThing(Thing *thing);
     void postSetupThing(Thing *thing);
diff --git a/tests/auto/integrations/testintegrations.cpp b/tests/auto/integrations/testintegrations.cpp
index ce2d6c82..e3e193ad 100644
--- a/tests/auto/integrations/testintegrations.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/integrations/testintegrations.cpp
@@ -612,6 +612,8 @@ void TestIntegrations::storedThings()
     ThingId addedThingId = ThingId(response.toMap().value("params").toMap().value("thingId").toString());
     QVERIFY(!addedThingId.isNull());
 
+    clearLoggingDatabase();
+
     // Restart the core instance to check if settings are loaded at startup
     restartServer();
 
@@ -620,8 +622,8 @@ void TestIntegrations::storedThings()
     bool found = false;
     foreach (const QVariant &thing, response.toMap().value("params").toMap().value("things").toList()) {
         if (ThingId(thing.toMap().value("id").toString()) == addedThingId) {
-            qDebug() << "found added thing" << thing.toMap().value("params");
-            qDebug() << "expected thingParams:" << thingParams;
+            qCDebug(dcTests()) << "found added thing" << thing.toMap().value("params");
+            qCDebug(dcTests()) << "expected thingParams:" << thingParams;
             verifyParams(thingParams, thing.toMap().value("params").toList());
             found = true;
             break;
@@ -629,6 +631,17 @@ void TestIntegrations::storedThings()
     }
     QVERIFY2(found, "thing missing in config!");
 
+    // Wait for the DB to sync up and then verify that just restarting did not add state changes for this thing
+    waitForDBSync();
+
+    params.clear();
+    params.insert("thingIds", QVariantList() << addedThingId);
+    params.insert("loggingSources", QVariantList() << "LoggingSourceStates");
+    response = injectAndWait("Logging.GetLogEntries", params);
+    QVERIFY2(response.toMap().value("params").toMap().contains("logEntries"), "Huh? GetLogEntries failed!");
+    qCDebug(dcTests()) << "log response:" << response.toMap().value("params").toMap().value("logEntries");
+    QVERIFY2(response.toMap().value("params").toMap().value("logEntries").toList().isEmpty(), "There are state changed events after a core restart even though states did not change!");
+
     params.clear();
     params.insert("thingId", addedThingId);
     response = injectAndWait("Integrations.RemoveThing", params);