diff --git a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
index 2632619e83..d62109c8ad 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const CString LANGUAGES_SUBDIR = "Languages/";
 const CString BASE_LANGUAGE = "english";
 const CString THEMES_DIR  = "Themes/";
 const CString METRICS_FILE = "metrics.ini";
+const CString TYPE_DAT_FILE = "Data/Type.dat";
 
 
 struct Theme
@@ -930,7 +931,13 @@ void ThemeManager::GetMetricsThatBeginWith( const CString &sClassName_, const CS
 CString ThemeManager::GetPreferencesSection() const
 {
 	CString sSection = "Preferences";
+
+	// OK if this fails
+	GetFileContents( TYPE_DAT_FILE, sSection, true );
+	
+	// OK if this fails
 	GetCommandlineArgument( "Type", &sSection );
+
 	return sSection;
 }