diff --git a/include/FramelessHelper/Core/private/registrykey_p.h b/include/FramelessHelper/Core/private/registrykey_p.h
index 34a2cbb..8d4440a 100644
--- a/include/FramelessHelper/Core/private/registrykey_p.h
+++ b/include/FramelessHelper/Core/private/registrykey_p.h
@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@
 #include <QtCore/qvariant.h>
 #include <optional>
 
+#ifndef REGISTRYKEY_FORCE_QSETTINGS
+#  define REGISTRYKEY_FORCE_QSETTINGS (0)
+#endif // REGISTRYKEY_FORCE_QSETTINGS
+
+#ifndef REGISTRYKEY_IMPL
+#  if ((QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0)) && !(REGISTRYKEY_FORCE_QSETTINGS))
+#    define REGISTRYKEY_IMPL (1)
+#  else // ((QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0)) || REGISTRYKEY_FORCE_QSETTINGS)
+#    define REGISTRYKEY_IMPL (2)
+#  endif // ((QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0)) && !REGISTRYKEY_FORCE_QSETTINGS)
+#endif // REGISTRYKEY_IMPL
+
+#define REGISTRYKEY_QWINREGISTRYKEY ((REGISTRYKEY_IMPL) == 1)
+#define REGISTRYKEY_QSETTINGS ((REGISTRYKEY_IMPL) == 2)
+
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QWinRegistryKey;
 class QSettings;
@@ -64,7 +79,7 @@ public:
 private:
     Global::RegistryRootKey m_rootKey = Global::RegistryRootKey::CurrentUser;
     QString m_subKey = {};
-#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0))
+#if REGISTRYKEY_QWINREGISTRYKEY
     QScopedPointer<QWinRegistryKey> m_registryKey;
 #else
     QScopedPointer<QSettings> m_settings;
diff --git a/src/core/registrykey.cpp b/src/core/registrykey.cpp
index 574c906..13d5275 100644
--- a/src/core/registrykey.cpp
+++ b/src/core/registrykey.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "registrykey_p.h"
+#include "framelesshelper_windows.h"
 #include <QtCore/qdebug.h>
-#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0))
+#if REGISTRYKEY_QWINREGISTRYKEY
 #  include <QtCore/private/qwinregistry_p.h>
 #else
 #  include <QtCore/qsettings.h>
@@ -76,15 +77,16 @@ RegistryKey::RegistryKey(const RegistryRootKey root, const QString &key, QObject
     }
     m_rootKey = root;
     m_subKey = key;
-#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0))
+#if REGISTRYKEY_QWINREGISTRYKEY
     m_registryKey.reset(new QWinRegistryKey(g_keyMap[static_cast<int>(m_rootKey)], m_subKey));
     if (!m_registryKey->isValid()) {
         m_registryKey.reset();
     }
 #else
     const QString rootKey = g_strMap[static_cast<int>(m_rootKey)];
-    m_settings.reset(new QSettings(rootKey, QSettings::NativeFormat));
-    if (m_settings->contains(m_subKey)) {
+    const auto lastSlashPos = m_subKey.lastIndexOf(u'\\');
+    m_settings.reset(new QSettings(rootKey + u'\\' + m_subKey.left(lastSlashPos), QSettings::NativeFormat));
+    if (m_settings->childGroups().contains(m_subKey.mid(lastSlashPos + 1))) {
         m_settings.reset(new QSettings(rootKey + u'\\' + m_subKey, QSettings::NativeFormat));
     } else {
         m_settings.reset();
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ QString RegistryKey::subKey() const
 
 bool RegistryKey::isValid() const
 {
-#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0))
+#if REGISTRYKEY_QWINREGISTRYKEY
     return (!m_registryKey.isNull() && m_registryKey->isValid());
 #else
     return !m_settings.isNull();
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ QVariant RegistryKey::value(const QString &name) const
     if (name.isEmpty() || !isValid()) {
         return {};
     }
-#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0))
+#if REGISTRYKEY_QWINREGISTRYKEY
     const QPair<DWORD, bool> dwVal = m_registryKey->dwordValue(name);
     if (dwVal.second) {
         return qulonglong(dwVal.first);