diff --git a/jastadd-mquat-eris/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/st/mquat/eris/coupling/ERISConnector.java b/jastadd-mquat-eris/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/st/mquat/eris/coupling/ERISConnector.java
index f3c4a6db77b2ff20299a570444ae7f1ef79cb37e..48eecd2a285d0d2dbc018a25ea061848af1c0a69 100644
--- a/jastadd-mquat-eris/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/st/mquat/eris/coupling/ERISConnector.java
+++ b/jastadd-mquat-eris/src/main/java/de/tudresden/inf/st/mquat/eris/coupling/ERISConnector.java
@@ -366,24 +366,34 @@ public class ERISConnector {
             }
           }
         }
-        logger.debug("        -> config has changed for living partition {}: {}", livingPartition, configHasChanged);
+        logger.debug("        -> algorithm '1' says config has changed for living partition {}: {}", livingPartition, configHasChanged);
 
         // figure out if the config has changed by comparing the new and old config by access path and attributes
         configHasChanged = false;
-        if (livingPartition.getConfigurations().size() != configsToUse.size()) {
-          configHasChanged = true;
-        } else {
-          outer: for (ERISLPConfiguration newConfig : configsToUse) {
-            for (ERISLPConfiguration oldConfig : livingPartition.getConfigurations()) {
-              if (oldConfig.getAccessPath() == newConfig.getAccessPath() && oldConfig.getAttributesAndKeys().containsAll(newConfig.getAttributesAndKeys())) {
-                continue outer;
-              }
+        outer:
+        for (ERISLPConfiguration newConfig : configsToUse) {
+          for (ERISLPConfiguration oldConfig : livingPartition.getConfigurations()) {
+            if (oldConfig.getAccessPath() == newConfig.getAccessPath() && oldConfig.getAttributesAndKeys().containsAll(newConfig.getAttributesAndKeys())) {
+              continue outer;
             }
-            configHasChanged = true;
-            break;
           }
+          configHasChanged = true;
+          break;
         }
 
+
+        logger.debug("        -> algorithm '2' (the one that decides) says config has changed for living partition {}: {}", livingPartition, configHasChanged);
+
+        logger.debug("          old config");
+        for (ERISLPConfiguration oldConfig : livingPartition.getConfigurations()) {
+          logger.debug("          {}", oldConfig);
+        }
+        logger.debug("          new config");
+        for (ERISLPConfiguration newConfig : configsToUse) {
+          logger.debug("          {}", newConfig);
+        }
+
+
         if (configHasChanged) {
           // write back changed config