diff --git a/src/ChatPage.cpp b/src/ChatPage.cpp
index db80ecd5..d8907740 100644
--- a/src/ChatPage.cpp
+++ b/src/ChatPage.cpp
@@ -448,15 +448,15 @@ void
 ChatPage::deleteConfigs()
 {
         QSettings settings;
+
+        if (UserSettings::instance()->profile() != "")
+        {
+            settings.beginGroup("profile");
+            settings.beginGroup(UserSettings::instance()->profile());
+        }
         settings.beginGroup("auth");
         settings.remove("");
-        settings.endGroup();
-        settings.beginGroup("client");
-        settings.remove("");
-        settings.endGroup();
-        settings.beginGroup("notifications");
-        settings.remove("");
-        settings.endGroup();
+        settings.endGroup(); // auth
 
         http::client()->shutdown();
         cache::deleteData();
diff --git a/src/UserSettingsPage.cpp b/src/UserSettingsPage.cpp
index 96c07d7c..d31c8ef9 100644
--- a/src/UserSettingsPage.cpp
+++ b/src/UserSettingsPage.cpp
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ UserSettings::load(std::optional<QString> profile)
         cameraFrameRate_  = settings.value("user/camera_frame_rate", QString()).toString();
         useStunServer_    = settings.value("user/use_stun_server", false).toBool();
 
-        if (profile)
-                profile_ = *profile;
+        if (profile) // set to "" if it's the default to maintain compatibility
+                profile_ = (*profile == "default") ? "" : *profile;
         else
                 profile_ = settings.value("user/currentProfile", "").toString();
 
diff --git a/src/Utils.cpp b/src/Utils.cpp
index 5af5748e..1b2808b3 100644
--- a/src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "Cache.h"
 #include "Config.h"
 #include "MatrixClient.h"
+#include "UserSettingsPage.h"
 
 using TimelineEvent = mtx::events::collections::TimelineEvents;
 
@@ -65,14 +66,11 @@ utils::replaceEmoji(const QString &body)
 
         QVector<uint> utf32_string = body.toUcs4();
 
-        QSettings settings;
-        QString userFontFamily = settings.value("user/emoji_font_family", "emoji").toString();
-
         bool insideFontBlock = false;
         for (auto &code : utf32_string) {
                 if (utils::codepointIsEmoji(code)) {
                         if (!insideFontBlock) {
-                                fmtBody += QString("<font face=\"" + userFontFamily + "\">");
+                                fmtBody += QString("<font face=\"" + UserSettings::instance()->font() + "\">");
                                 insideFontBlock = true;
                         }
 
@@ -505,13 +503,7 @@ utils::getQuoteBody(const RelatedInfo &related)
 QString
 utils::linkColor()
 {
-        QSettings settings;
-        // Default to system theme if QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME var is set.
-        QString defaultTheme =
-          QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment().value("QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME", "").isEmpty()
-            ? "light"
-            : "system";
-        const auto theme = settings.value("user/theme", defaultTheme).toString();
+        const auto theme = UserSettings::instance()->theme();
 
         if (theme == "light") {
                 return "#0077b5";