diff --git a/VortexEngine/src/Menus/MainMenu.cpp b/VortexEngine/src/Menus/MainMenu.cpp
index 4e0bb4fe9f..31464e6d34 100644
--- a/VortexEngine/src/Menus/MainMenu.cpp
+++ b/VortexEngine/src/Menus/MainMenu.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ bool MainMenu::init()
   // main menus start open
   m_isOpen = true;
   m_curSelection = 0;
+  // set default profile colors to begin
+  setDefaultProfileColors();
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/VortexEngine/src/Modes/Modes.cpp b/VortexEngine/src/Modes/Modes.cpp
index fadb8adcb4..0bed4a05b1 100644
--- a/VortexEngine/src/Modes/Modes.cpp
+++ b/VortexEngine/src/Modes/Modes.cpp
@@ -227,9 +227,14 @@ bool Modes::saveStorage()
 
 bool Modes::loadStorage()
 {
-  // NOTE: The save header is global and was already loaded in init(), the
-  //       mode header at slot 0 of this page holds the number of modes
-  //       stored in this profile
+  // NOTE: The save header lives in the global storage space and none of the
+  //       modes below need anything from it, but loading the save header is
+  //       part of loading storage so the device-wide settings are refreshed
+  if (!loadHeader()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  // the mode header at slot 0 of this page holds the number of modes
+  // stored in this profile
   ByteStream modeHeader;
   if (!Storage::readModeHeader(modeHeader) || !modeHeader.size()) {
     DEBUG_LOG("Empty buffer read from storage");
@@ -422,7 +427,6 @@ bool Modes::setDefaults()
     Colorset set(def.numColors, def.cols);
     addMode(def.patternID, nullptr, &set);
   }
-  MainMenu::setDefaultProfileColors();
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/VortexEngine/src/VortexEngine.cpp b/VortexEngine/src/VortexEngine.cpp
index acbb3c47a5..07257f2b99 100644
--- a/VortexEngine/src/VortexEngine.cpp
+++ b/VortexEngine/src/VortexEngine.cpp
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ bool VortexEngine::init()
     DEBUG_LOG("Menus failed to initialize");
     return false;
   }
-  if (!Modes::init()) {
-    DEBUG_LOG("Settings failed to initialize");
-    return false;
-  }
   if (!MainMenu::init()) {
     DEBUG_LOG("Main menu failed to initialize");
     return false;
   }
+  if (!Modes::init()) {
+    DEBUG_LOG("Settings failed to initialize");
+    return false;
+  }
   if (!UPDI::init()) {
     DEBUG_LOG("UPDI failed to initialize");
     return false;