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diff --git a/python/utilities/overwrite_config_defaults.py b/python/utilities/overwrite_config_defaults.py
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+# Preserve changes to config by overwriting config.json with config.bak
+
+import json
+              
+
+def recursive_overwrite(config_json, config_bak):
+    if isinstance(config_bak, dict) or isinstance(config_bak, list):
+        for key in config_bak:
+            # The check is repeated because if we pass a leaf to recursive_overwrite
+            # it is passed by value
+            if isinstance(config_bak[key], dict) or isinstance(config_bak[key], list):
+                recursive_overwrite(config_json[key], config_bak[key])
+            else:
+                config_json[key] = config_bak[key]
+        
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    config_bak = {}
+    config_json = {}
+
+    with open('config.bak') as file:
+        config_bak = json.load(file)
+
+    with open('config.json') as file:
+        config_json = json.load(file)
+
+    recursive_overwrite(config_json, config_bak)
+
+    with open('config.json', 'w') as json_file: 
+        json.dump(config_json, json_file, ensure_ascii=False, indent=4)
+
+    print("Successfully overwrote config.json with your settings.")
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+General
+-------
+We are currently in the process of migrating vegastrike.config (old, XML) to config.json (new, JSON).
+As a result, the structure of the new file changes regularly and overwrites whatever changes the player has introduced.
+As the first thing we ported was the graphics (resolution, monitor), 
+this requires the player to manually edit the file after every relevant pull.
+
+Solution
+--------
+There is a script, conveniently named overwrite_config_defaults, to do this automatically.
+Copy all your changes to config.bak, preserving the relevant structure.
+
+Example:
+If this is your current config.json
+"a": {
+    "b": "modified value",
+    "c": "unmodified value"
+}
+
+Create config.bak with the following:
+"a": {
+    "b": "modified value"
+}
+
+Place config.bak in the same folder as config.json (currently root of data).
+Run the following from root
+python3 python/utilities/overwrite_config_defaults
+
+Your config.json should be updated with your changes.
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