diff --git a/slsDetectorSoftware/src/Detector.cpp b/slsDetectorSoftware/src/Detector.cpp
index b2d24bf1e..5f7ff560c 100644
--- a/slsDetectorSoftware/src/Detector.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorSoftware/src/Detector.cpp
@@ -97,8 +97,15 @@ void Detector::loadParameters(const std::string &fname) {
 void Detector::loadParameters(const std::vector<std::string> &parameters) {
     Caller caller(this);
     CmdParser parser;
+    const int detShmId = getShmId();
     for (const auto &current_line : parameters) {
         parser.Parse(current_line);
+        int m_id = parser.multi_id();
+        if (m_id != detShmId) {
+            LOG(logWARNING)
+                << "Ignoring multi-detector index [" + std::to_string(m_id) +
+                       "] in config file. Maybe for 'config' command?";
+        }
         caller.call(parser.command(), parser.arguments(), parser.detector_id(),
                     defs::PUT_ACTION, std::cout, parser.receiver_id());
     }