diff --git a/src/renderer/App.js b/src/renderer/App.js
index c821fad6..eca320ba 100644
--- a/src/renderer/App.js
+++ b/src/renderer/App.js
@@ -85,26 +85,27 @@ export default Vue.extend({
     }
   },
   mounted: function () {
-    this.$store.dispatch('grabUserSettings')
-    this.$store.dispatch('grabHistory')
-    this.$store.dispatch('grabAllProfiles', this.$t('Profile.All Channels'))
-    this.$store.dispatch('grabAllPlaylists')
-    this.$store.commit('setUsingElectron', useElectron)
-    this.checkThemeSettings()
-    this.checkLocale()
+    this.$store.dispatch('grabUserSettings').then((result) => {
+      this.$store.dispatch('grabHistory')
+      this.$store.dispatch('grabAllProfiles', this.$t('Profile.All Channels'))
+      this.$store.dispatch('grabAllPlaylists')
+      this.$store.commit('setUsingElectron', useElectron)
+      this.checkThemeSettings()
+      this.checkLocale()
 
-    if (useElectron) {
-      console.log('User is using Electron')
-      this.activateKeyboardShortcuts()
-      this.openAllLinksExternally()
-      this.enableOpenUrl()
-      this.setBoundsOnClose()
-    }
+      if (useElectron) {
+        console.log('User is using Electron')
+        this.activateKeyboardShortcuts()
+        this.openAllLinksExternally()
+        this.enableOpenUrl()
+        this.setBoundsOnClose()
+      }
 
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      this.checkForNewUpdates()
-      this.checkForNewBlogPosts()
-    }, 500)
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        this.checkForNewUpdates()
+        this.checkForNewBlogPosts()
+      }, 500)
+    })
   },
   methods: {
     checkLocale: function () {
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/modules/history.js b/src/renderer/store/modules/history.js
index 42088578..3869c0c5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/modules/history.js
+++ b/src/renderer/store/modules/history.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ if (window && window.process && window.process.type === 'renderer') {
 
   const remote = require('@electron/remote')
   dbLocation = remote.app.getPath('userData')
-
   dbLocation = dbLocation + '/history.db'
 } else {
   dbLocation = 'history.db'
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/modules/profile.js b/src/renderer/store/modules/profile.js
index fe5b25fd..d934aedd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/modules/profile.js
+++ b/src/renderer/store/modules/profile.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ const actions = {
       textColor: textColor,
       subscriptions: []
     }
-    console.log(defaultProfile)
+
     profileDb.update({ _id: 'allChannels' }, defaultProfile, { upsert: true }, (err, numReplaced) => {
       if (!err) {
         dispatch('grabAllProfiles')
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/modules/settings.js b/src/renderer/store/modules/settings.js
index bb4d2d2d..1c427b05 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/modules/settings.js
+++ b/src/renderer/store/modules/settings.js
@@ -264,152 +264,157 @@ const getters = {
 
 const actions = {
   grabUserSettings ({ dispatch, commit, rootState }) {
-    settingsDb.find({}, (err, results) => {
-      if (!err) {
-        console.log(results)
-        results.forEach((result) => {
-          switch (result._id) {
-            case 'invidiousInstance':
-              if (result.value === '') {
-                dispatch('updateInvidiousInstance', 'https://invidious.snopyta.org')
-              } else {
-                commit('setInvidiousInstance', result.value)
-              }
-              break
-            case 'backendFallback':
-              commit('setBackendFallback', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'defaultProfile':
-              commit('setDefaultProfile', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'checkForUpdates':
-              commit('setCheckForUpdates', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'checkForBlogPosts':
-              commit('setCheckForBlogPosts', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'enableSearchSuggestions':
-              commit('setEnableSearchSuggestions', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'backendPreference':
-              commit('setBackendPreference', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'landingPage':
-              commit('setLandingPage', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'region':
-              commit('setRegion', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'listType':
-              commit('setListType', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'thumbnailPreference':
-              commit('setThumbnailPreference', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'barColor':
-              commit('setBarColor', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'uiScale':
-              webframe.setZoomFactor(parseInt(result.value) / 100)
-              commit('setUiScale', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'disableSmoothScrolling':
-              commit('setDisableSmoothScrolling', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'hideWatchedSubs':
-              commit('setHideWatchedSubs', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'useRssFeeds':
-              commit('setUseRssFeeds', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'rememberHistory':
-              commit('setRememberHistory', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'saveWatchedProgress':
-              commit('setSaveWatchedProgress', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'autoplayVideos':
-              commit('setAutoplayVideos', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'autoplayPlaylists':
-              commit('setAutoplayPlaylists', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'playNextVideo':
-              commit('setPlayNextVideo', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'enableSubtitles':
-              commit('setEnableSubtitles', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'forceLocalBackendForLegacy':
-              commit('setForceLocalBackendForLegacy', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'proxyVideos':
-              commit('setProxyVideos', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'useProxy':
-              commit('setUseProxy', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'proxyProtocol':
-              commit('setProxyProtocol', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'proxyHostname':
-              commit('setProxyHostname', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'proxyPort':
-              commit('setProxyPort', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'defaultTheatreMode':
-              commit('setDefaultTheatreMode', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'defaultInterval':
-              commit('setDefaultInterval', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'defaultVolume':
-              commit('setDefaultVolume', result.value)
-              sessionStorage.setItem('volume', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'defaultPlayback':
-              commit('setDefaultPlayback', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'defaultVideoFormat':
-              commit('setDefaultVideoFormat', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'defaultQuality':
-              commit('setDefaultQuality', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'hideVideoViews':
-              commit('setHideVideoViews', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'hideVideoLikesAndDislikes':
-              commit('setHideVideoLikesAndDislikes', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'hideChannelSubscriptions':
-              commit('setHideChannelSubscriptions', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'hideCommentLikes':
-              commit('setHideCommentLikes', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'hideRecommendedVideos':
-              commit('setHideRecommendedVideos', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'hideTrendingVideos':
-              commit('setHideTrendingVideos', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'hidePopularVideos':
-              commit('setHidePopularVideos', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'hidePlaylists':
-              commit('setHidePlaylists', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'hideLiveChat':
-              commit('setHideLiveChat', result.value)
-              break
-            case 'hideActiveSubscriptions':
-              commit('setHideActiveSubscriptions', result.value)
-              break
-          }
-        })
-      }
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      settingsDb.find({}, (err, results) => {
+        if (!err) {
+          console.log(results)
+          results.forEach((result) => {
+            switch (result._id) {
+              case 'invidiousInstance':
+                if (result.value === '') {
+                  dispatch('updateInvidiousInstance', 'https://invidious.snopyta.org')
+                } else {
+                  commit('setInvidiousInstance', result.value)
+                }
+                break
+              case 'backendFallback':
+                commit('setBackendFallback', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'defaultProfile':
+                console.log('IN SETTING DEFAULT:', result.value)
+                commit('setDefaultProfile', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'checkForUpdates':
+                commit('setCheckForUpdates', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'checkForBlogPosts':
+                commit('setCheckForBlogPosts', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'enableSearchSuggestions':
+                commit('setEnableSearchSuggestions', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'backendPreference':
+                commit('setBackendPreference', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'landingPage':
+                commit('setLandingPage', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'region':
+                commit('setRegion', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'listType':
+                commit('setListType', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'thumbnailPreference':
+                commit('setThumbnailPreference', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'barColor':
+                commit('setBarColor', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'uiScale':
+                webframe.setZoomFactor(parseInt(result.value) / 100)
+                commit('setUiScale', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'disableSmoothScrolling':
+                commit('setDisableSmoothScrolling', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'hideWatchedSubs':
+                commit('setHideWatchedSubs', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'useRssFeeds':
+                commit('setUseRssFeeds', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'rememberHistory':
+                commit('setRememberHistory', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'saveWatchedProgress':
+                commit('setSaveWatchedProgress', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'autoplayVideos':
+                commit('setAutoplayVideos', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'autoplayPlaylists':
+                commit('setAutoplayPlaylists', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'playNextVideo':
+                commit('setPlayNextVideo', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'enableSubtitles':
+                commit('setEnableSubtitles', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'forceLocalBackendForLegacy':
+                commit('setForceLocalBackendForLegacy', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'proxyVideos':
+                commit('setProxyVideos', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'useProxy':
+                commit('setUseProxy', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'proxyProtocol':
+                commit('setProxyProtocol', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'proxyHostname':
+                commit('setProxyHostname', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'proxyPort':
+                commit('setProxyPort', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'defaultTheatreMode':
+                commit('setDefaultTheatreMode', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'defaultInterval':
+                commit('setDefaultInterval', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'defaultVolume':
+                commit('setDefaultVolume', result.value)
+                sessionStorage.setItem('volume', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'defaultPlayback':
+                commit('setDefaultPlayback', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'defaultVideoFormat':
+                commit('setDefaultVideoFormat', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'defaultQuality':
+                commit('setDefaultQuality', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'hideVideoViews':
+                commit('setHideVideoViews', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'hideVideoLikesAndDislikes':
+                commit('setHideVideoLikesAndDislikes', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'hideChannelSubscriptions':
+                commit('setHideChannelSubscriptions', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'hideCommentLikes':
+                commit('setHideCommentLikes', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'hideRecommendedVideos':
+                commit('setHideRecommendedVideos', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'hideTrendingVideos':
+                commit('setHideTrendingVideos', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'hidePopularVideos':
+                commit('setHidePopularVideos', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'hidePlaylists':
+                commit('setHidePlaylists', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'hideLiveChat':
+                commit('setHideLiveChat', result.value)
+                break
+              case 'hideActiveSubscriptions':
+                commit('setHideActiveSubscriptions', result.value)
+                break
+            }
+          })
+          resolve()
+        }
+        reject(err)
+      })
     })
   },