diff --git a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
index f24e196a74..4d8a8488d4 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include "RageFile.h"
 #include "ProductInfo.h"
 #include "GameConstantsAndTypes.h"
+#include "Foreach.h"
+#include "Preference.h"
 
 #define DEFAULTS_INI_PATH	"Data/Defaults.ini"		// these can be overridden
 #define STEPMANIA_INI_PATH	"Data/StepMania.ini"	// overlay on Defaults.ini, contains the user's choices
@@ -19,6 +21,27 @@ PrefsManager*	PREFSMAN = NULL;	// global and accessable from anywhere in our pro
 const float DEFAULT_SOUND_VOLUME = 1.00f;
 const CString DEFAULT_LIGHTS_DRIVER = "Null";
 
+
+//
+// For self-registering prefs
+//
+vector<IPreference*> *g_pvpSubscribers = NULL;
+
+void Subscribe( IPreference *p )
+{
+	// TRICKY: If we make this a global vector instead of a global pointer,
+	// then we'd have to be careful that the static constructors of all
+	// Preferences are called before the vector constructor.  It's
+	// too tricky to enfore that, so we'll allocate the vector ourself
+	// so that the compiler can't possibly call the vector constructor
+	// after we've already added to the vector.
+	if( g_pvpSubscribers == NULL )
+		g_pvpSubscribers = new vector<IPreference*>;
+	g_pvpSubscribers->push_back( p );
+}
+
+
+
 bool g_bAutoRestart = false;
 
 PrefsManager::PrefsManager()
@@ -278,7 +301,6 @@ void PrefsManager::Init()
 	m_bTimestamping = false;
 	m_bLogSkips = false;
 	m_bLogCheckpoints = false;
-	m_bLogFPS = true;
 	m_bShowLoadingWindow = true;
 
 	m_bMemoryCards = false;
@@ -292,6 +314,9 @@ void PrefsManager::Init()
 
 	m_sMemoryCardProfileSubdir = PRODUCT_NAME;
 	m_iProductID = 1;
+
+
+	FOREACH_CONST( IPreference*, *g_pvpSubscribers, p ) (*p)->LoadDefault();
 }
 
 PrefsManager::~PrefsManager()
@@ -552,8 +577,10 @@ void PrefsManager::ReadPrefsFromFile( CString sIni )
 	ini.GetValue( "Debug", "Timestamping",						m_bTimestamping );
 	ini.GetValue( "Debug", "LogSkips",							m_bLogSkips );
 	ini.GetValue( "Debug", "LogCheckpoints",					m_bLogCheckpoints );
-	ini.GetValue( "Debug", "LogFPS",							m_bLogFPS );
 	ini.GetValue( "Debug", "ShowLoadingWindow",					m_bShowLoadingWindow );
+
+
+	FOREACH( IPreference*, *g_pvpSubscribers, p ) (*p)->ReadFrom( ini );
 }
 
 void PrefsManager::SaveGlobalPrefsToDisk() const
@@ -793,9 +820,10 @@ void PrefsManager::SaveGlobalPrefsToDisk() const
 	ini.SetValue( "Debug", "Timestamping",						m_bTimestamping );
 	ini.SetValue( "Debug", "LogSkips",							m_bLogSkips );
 	ini.SetValue( "Debug", "LogCheckpoints",					m_bLogCheckpoints );
-	ini.SetValue( "Debug", "LogFPS",							m_bLogFPS );
 	ini.SetValue( "Debug", "ShowLoadingWindow",					m_bShowLoadingWindow );
 
+	FOREACH_CONST( IPreference*, *g_pvpSubscribers, p ) (*p)->WriteTo( ini );
+
 	ini.WriteFile( STEPMANIA_INI_PATH );
 }
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
index ccd97a2d8e..972e9fa7f5 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/PrefsManager.h
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 #include "PlayerNumber.h"
 #include "Grade.h"	// for NUM_GRADE_TIERS
 
+class IPreference;
+class IniFile;
+
 class PrefsManager
 {
 public:
@@ -268,7 +271,6 @@ public:
 	bool			m_bTimestamping;
 	bool			m_bLogSkips;
 	bool			m_bLogCheckpoints;
-	bool			m_bLogFPS;
 	bool			m_bShowLoadingWindow;
 
 	/* Game-specific prefs: */
@@ -281,8 +283,16 @@ public:
 
 protected:
 	void ReadPrefsFromFile( CString sIni );
+
 };
 
+
+//
+// For self-registering prefs
+//
+void Subscribe( IPreference *p );
+
+
 /* This is global, because it can be accessed by crash handlers and error handlers
  * that are run after PREFSMAN shuts down (and probably don't want to deref tht
  * pointer anyway). */
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageDisplay.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageDisplay.cpp
index 2dbbd4df6e..812126b57b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageDisplay.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageDisplay.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "RageSurface_Save_BMP.h"
 #include "SDL_rotozoom.h"
 #include "RageSurface.h"
-#include "PrefsManager.h"
+#include "Preference.h"
 
 //
 // Statistics stuff
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ static int			g_iFramesRenderedSinceLastCheck,
 
 RageDisplay*		DISPLAY	= NULL;
 
+Preference<bool>  LOG_FPS( Debug, "LogFPS", true );
+
 CString RageDisplay::PixelFormatToString( PixelFormat pixfmt )
 {
 	const CString s[NUM_PIX_FORMATS] = {
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ void RageDisplay::ProcessStatsOnFlip()
 		g_iCFPS = g_iFramesRenderedSinceLastReset / g_iNumChecksSinceLastReset;
 		g_iVPF = g_iVertsRenderedSinceLastCheck / g_iFPS;
 		g_iFramesRenderedSinceLastCheck = g_iVertsRenderedSinceLastCheck = 0;
-		if( PREFSMAN->m_bLogFPS )
+		if( LOG_FPS.GetValue() )
 			LOG->Trace( "FPS: %d, CFPS %d, VPF: %d", g_iFPS, g_iCFPS, g_iVPF );
 	}
 }