diff --git a/src/api/Commands/commandHelpers.ts b/src/api/Commands/commandHelpers.ts
index dc5ecfd6..2f703913 100644
--- a/src/api/Commands/commandHelpers.ts
+++ b/src/api/Commands/commandHelpers.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-import { mergeDefaults } from "@utils/misc";
+import { mergeDefaults } from "@utils/mergeDefaults";
 import { findByPropsLazy } from "@webpack";
 import { MessageActions, SnowflakeUtils } from "@webpack/common";
 import { Message } from "discord-types/general";
diff --git a/src/api/Settings.ts b/src/api/Settings.ts
index 696c12c2..490e6ef7 100644
--- a/src/api/Settings.ts
+++ b/src/api/Settings.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { debounce } from "@shared/debounce";
 import { SettingsStore as SettingsStoreClass } from "@shared/SettingsStore";
 import { localStorage } from "@utils/localStorage";
 import { Logger } from "@utils/Logger";
-import { mergeDefaults } from "@utils/misc";
+import { mergeDefaults } from "@utils/mergeDefaults";
 import { putCloudSettings } from "@utils/settingsSync";
 import { DefinedSettings, OptionType, SettingsChecks, SettingsDefinition } from "@utils/types";
 import { React } from "@webpack/common";
diff --git a/src/main/settings.ts b/src/main/settings.ts
index 96efdd67..3d367a94 100644
--- a/src/main/settings.ts
+++ b/src/main/settings.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import type { Settings } from "@api/Settings";
 import { IpcEvents } from "@shared/IpcEvents";
 import { SettingsStore } from "@shared/SettingsStore";
+import { mergeDefaults } from "@utils/mergeDefaults";
 import { ipcMain } from "electron";
 import { mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
 
@@ -42,7 +43,22 @@ ipcMain.handle(IpcEvents.SET_SETTINGS, (_, data: Settings, pathToNotify?: string
     RendererSettings.setData(data, pathToNotify);
 });
 
-export const NativeSettings = new SettingsStore(readSettings("native", NATIVE_SETTINGS_FILE));
+export interface NativeSettings {
+    plugins: {
+        [plugin: string]: {
+            [setting: string]: any;
+        };
+    };
+}
+
+const DefaultNativeSettings: NativeSettings = {
+    plugins: {}
+};
+
+const nativeSettings = readSettings<NativeSettings>("native", NATIVE_SETTINGS_FILE);
+mergeDefaults(nativeSettings, DefaultNativeSettings);
+
+export const NativeSettings = new SettingsStore(nativeSettings);
 
 NativeSettings.addGlobalChangeListener(() => {
     try {
diff --git a/src/utils/mergeDefaults.ts b/src/utils/mergeDefaults.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58ba136d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/mergeDefaults.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Vencord, a Discord client mod
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Vendicated and contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Recursively merges defaults into an object and returns the same object
+ * @param obj Object
+ * @param defaults Defaults
+ * @returns obj
+ */
+export function mergeDefaults<T>(obj: T, defaults: T): T {
+    for (const key in defaults) {
+        const v = defaults[key];
+        if (typeof v === "object" && !Array.isArray(v)) {
+            obj[key] ??= {} as any;
+            mergeDefaults(obj[key], v);
+        } else {
+            obj[key] ??= v;
+        }
+    }
+    return obj;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/misc.tsx b/src/utils/misc.tsx
index 32010e59..fb08c93f 100644
--- a/src/utils/misc.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/misc.tsx
@@ -20,25 +20,6 @@ import { Clipboard, Toasts } from "@webpack/common";
 
 import { DevsById } from "./constants";
 
-/**
- * Recursively merges defaults into an object and returns the same object
- * @param obj Object
- * @param defaults Defaults
- * @returns obj
- */
-export function mergeDefaults<T>(obj: T, defaults: T): T {
-    for (const key in defaults) {
-        const v = defaults[key];
-        if (typeof v === "object" && !Array.isArray(v)) {
-            obj[key] ??= {} as any;
-            mergeDefaults(obj[key], v);
-        } else {
-            obj[key] ??= v;
-        }
-    }
-    return obj;
-}
-
 /**
  * Calls .join(" ") on the arguments
  * classes("one", "two") => "one two"