diff --git a/src/stores/serverSideStorage.js b/src/stores/serverSideStorage.js
index 99f5045f7..23c027b1e 100644
--- a/src/stores/serverSideStorage.js
+++ b/src/stores/serverSideStorage.js
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
 import { toRaw } from 'vue'
 
 import { CURRENT_UPDATE_COUNTER } from 'src/components/update_notification/update_notification.js'
+import {
+  defaultState as configDefaultState,
+  instanceDefaultConfig,
+} from 'src/modules/default_config_state'
 
 export const VERSION = 1
 export const NEW_USER_DATE = new Date('2022-08-04') // date of writing this, basically
@@ -41,6 +45,11 @@ export const defaultState = {
       dontShowUpdateNotifs: false,
       collapseNav: false,
       muteFilters: {},
+      ...{
+        // reverting all the undefined to their initial values
+        ...configDefaultState,
+        ...instanceDefaultConfig,
+      },
     },
     collections: {
       pinnedStatusActions: ['reply', 'retweet', 'favorite', 'emoji'],
@@ -128,7 +137,7 @@ export const _getRecentData = (cache, live, isTest) => {
       live._version === cache._version
     ) {
       console.debug(
-        'Same version/timestamp on both source, source of truth irrelevant',
+        'Same version/timestamp on both sources, source of truth irrelevant',
       )
       result.recent = cache
       result.stale = live
@@ -640,4 +649,9 @@ export const useServerSideStorageStore = defineStore('serverSideStorage', {
         })
     },
   },
+  persist: {
+    afterLoad(state) {
+      return state
+    },
+  },
 })