diff --git a/src/core/settings.ts b/src/core/settings.ts
index 54829ca1..96ce8b0b 100644
--- a/src/core/settings.ts
+++ b/src/core/settings.ts
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ const ModalFormSettingsSchema = object({
 
 type ModalFormSettingsPartial = Output<typeof ModalFormSettingsSchema>;
 
-const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: ModalFormSettings = {
+export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: ModalFormSettings = {
     editorPosition: 'right',
     formDefinitions: [],
 };
+
 export function parseSettings(maybeSettings: unknown): E.Either<ValiError, ModalFormSettingsPartial> {
-    if (maybeSettings === null) return E.right(DEFAULT_SETTINGS)
+    if (maybeSettings === null) return E.right({ ...DEFAULT_SETTINGS })
         ;
     return E.tryCatch(() => parse(ModalFormSettingsSchema, { ...DEFAULT_SETTINGS, ...maybeSettings }), e => e as ValiError);
 }
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index d8551a82..aa15c9a9 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { EDIT_FORM_VIEW, EditFormView } from "src/views/EditFormView";
 import { MANAGE_FORMS_VIEW, ManageFormsView } from "src/views/ManageFormsView";
 import { ModalFormError } from "src/utils/Error";
 import { formNeedsMigration, type FormDefinition, migrateToLatest } from "src/core/formDefinition";
-import { parseSettings, type ModalFormSettings, type OpenPosition } from "src/core/settings";
+import { parseSettings, type ModalFormSettings, type OpenPosition, DEFAULT_SETTINGS } from "src/core/settings";
 import { log_error, log_notice } from "./utils/Log";
 import * as E from "fp-ts/Either";
 import { pipe } from "fp-ts/function";
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ export default class ModalFormPlugin extends Plugin {
         const data = await this.loadData();
         const settingsParsed = parseSettings(data);
         if (E.isLeft(settingsParsed)) {
-            const error = new ModalFormError('Settings are not valid, check the errors', JSON.stringify(settingsParsed.left.issues))
+            const error = new ModalFormError('Settings are not valid, check the errors', JSON.stringify(settingsParsed.left.issues, null, 2))
             log_error(error)
-            throw error;
+            return { ...DEFAULT_SETTINGS };
         }
         const settings = settingsParsed.right;
         const migrationIsNeeded = settings.formDefinitions.some(formNeedsMigration);
diff --git a/src/utils/Log.ts b/src/utils/Log.ts
index f5a3d4b9..6396aeca 100644
--- a/src/utils/Log.ts
+++ b/src/utils/Log.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function log_update(msg: string): void {
 
 export function log_error(e: Error | ModalFormError): void {
     if (e instanceof ModalFormError && e.console_msg) {
-        log_notice('Modal from error', e.message)
+        log_notice('Modal from error: ', e.message + "\n" + e.console_msg)
         console.error(`Modal form Error:`, e.message, "\n", e.console_msg);
     } else {
         log_notice('Modal from error', e.message)