diff --git a/src/main/java/com/terraforged/mod/chunk/settings/SettingsHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/terraforged/mod/chunk/settings/SettingsHelper.java
index cb5477d..0e98163 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/terraforged/mod/chunk/settings/SettingsHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/terraforged/mod/chunk/settings/SettingsHelper.java
@@ -43,12 +43,8 @@ public class SettingsHelper {
 
     public static CompoundNBT applyDefaults(CompoundNBT options, TerraSettings dest) {
         if (options.isEmpty()) {
-            try (Reader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(DEFAULTS_FILE))) {
-                JsonElement json = new JsonParser().parse(reader);
-                options = NBTHelper.fromJson(json);
-            } catch (IOException ignored) {
-
-            }
+            TerraSettings defaults = readDefaults();
+            options = NBTHelper.serialize(defaults);
         }
         NBTHelper.deserialize(options, dest);
         return options;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/terraforged/mod/client/gui/SettingsScreen.java b/src/main/java/com/terraforged/mod/client/gui/SettingsScreen.java
index 251ecd6..bd6d9c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/terraforged/mod/client/gui/SettingsScreen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/terraforged/mod/client/gui/SettingsScreen.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import com.terraforged.mod.client.gui.page.SimplePage;
 import com.terraforged.mod.client.gui.page.SimplePreviewPage;
 import com.terraforged.mod.client.gui.page.WorldPage;
 import com.terraforged.mod.client.gui.preview.PreviewPage;
+import com.terraforged.mod.util.nbt.NBTHelper;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.IGuiEventListener;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screen.CreateWorldScreen;
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ public class SettingsScreen extends OverlayScreen {
             for (Page page : pages) {
                 page.save();
             }
-//            parent.chunkProviderSettingsJson = NBTHelper.serializeCompact(settings);
+            parent.chunkProviderSettingsJson = NBTHelper.serializeCompact(instance.settings);
             SettingsScreen.setSeed(parent, preview.getSeed());
             onClose();
         }));