diff --git a/src/persistence/settings.cpp b/src/persistence/settings.cpp
index cf742113e..e573448f7 100644
--- a/src/persistence/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/persistence/settings.cpp
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ void Settings::loadPersonnal(Profile* profile)
     qDebug()<<"Loading personnal settings from"<<filePath;
 
     SettingsSerializer ps(filePath, profile->getPassword());
+    ps.load();
     friendLst.clear();
     ps.beginGroup("Friends");
         int size = ps.beginReadArray("Friend");
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ void Settings::savePersonal(QString profileName, QString password)
         ps.setValue("enableLogging", enableLogging);
     ps.endGroup();
 
-    ps.write();
+    ps.save();
 }
 
 uint32_t Settings::makeProfileId(const QString& profile)
diff --git a/src/persistence/settingsserializer.cpp b/src/persistence/settingsserializer.cpp
index 698aecbe2..500bb9260 100644
--- a/src/persistence/settingsserializer.cpp
+++ b/src/persistence/settingsserializer.cpp
@@ -74,20 +74,6 @@ SettingsSerializer::SettingsSerializer(QString filePath, QString password)
     : path{filePath}, password{password},
       group{-1}, array{-1}, arrayIndex{-1}
 {
-    if (isSerializedFormat(filePath))
-        readSerialized();
-    else
-        readIni();
-
-    /* Dump state for debugging
-    qDebug() << "SettingsSerializer data:";
-    for (int i=0; i<groups.size(); i++)
-        qDebug()<<"Group"<<i<<"is"<<groups[i];
-    for (int i=0; i<arrays.size(); i++)
-        qDebug()<<"Array"<<i<<"size"<<arrays[i].size<<arrays[i].values.size()<<"of group"<<arrays[i].group<<"is"<<arrays[i].name;
-    for (int i=0; i<values.size(); i++)
-        qDebug()<<"Value"<<i<<"of group"<<values[i].group<<"array"<<values[i].array<<values[i].arrayIndex<<"key"<<values[i].key;
-    */
 }
 
 void SettingsSerializer::beginGroup(const QString &prefix)
@@ -222,7 +208,25 @@ bool SettingsSerializer::isSerializedFormat(QString filePath)
     return !memcmp(fmagic, magic, 4) || tox_is_data_encrypted((uint8_t*)fmagic);
 }
 
-void SettingsSerializer::write()
+void SettingsSerializer::load()
+{
+    if (isSerializedFormat(path))
+        readSerialized();
+    else
+        readIni();
+
+    /* Dump state for debugging
+    qDebug() << "SettingsSerializer data:";
+    for (int i=0; i<groups.size(); i++)
+        qDebug()<<"Group"<<i<<"is"<<groups[i];
+    for (int i=0; i<arrays.size(); i++)
+        qDebug()<<"Array"<<i<<"size"<<arrays[i].size<<arrays[i].values.size()<<"of group"<<arrays[i].group<<"is"<<arrays[i].name;
+    for (int i=0; i<values.size(); i++)
+        qDebug()<<"Value"<<i<<"of group"<<values[i].group<<"array"<<values[i].array<<values[i].arrayIndex<<"key"<<values[i].key;
+    */
+}
+
+void SettingsSerializer::save()
 {
     QFile f(path);
     if (!f.open(QIODevice::Truncate | QIODevice::WriteOnly))
diff --git a/src/persistence/settingsserializer.h b/src/persistence/settingsserializer.h
index 90c4afcd0..5ebe50eca 100644
--- a/src/persistence/settingsserializer.h
+++ b/src/persistence/settingsserializer.h
@@ -28,16 +28,17 @@
 /// SettingsSerializer can detect regular .ini files and serialized ones,
 /// it will read both regular and serialized .ini, but only save in serialized format.
 /// The file is encrypted with the current profile's password, if any.
-/// The file is only written to disk if write() is called, the destructor does not write to disk
+/// The file is only written to disk if save() is called, the destructor does not save to disk
 /// All member functions are reentrant, but not thread safe.
 class SettingsSerializer
 {
 public:
-    SettingsSerializer(QString filePath, QString password=QString()); ///< Loads the settings from file
+    SettingsSerializer(QString filePath, QString password=QString());
 
     static bool isSerializedFormat(QString filePath); ///< Check if the file is serialized settings. False on error.
 
-    void write(); ///< Writes the current settings back to file
+    void load(); ///< Loads the settings from file
+    void save(); ///< Saves the current settings back to file
 
     void beginGroup(const QString &prefix);
     void endGroup();