diff --git a/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp b/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp
index ff7dd8a633..135cce5d3a 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ void GameState::SaveCurrentSettingsToProfile( PlayerNumber pn )
 	Profile* pProfile = PROFILEMAN->GetProfile(pn);
 
 	pProfile->m_bUsingProfileDefaultModifiers = true;
-	pProfile->m_sDefaultModifiers = m_PlayerOptions[pn].GetString();
+	pProfile->m_sDefaultModifiers = m_PlayerOptions[pn].GetSavedPrefsString();
 	if( IsSongSort(m_SortOrder) )
 		pProfile->m_SortOrder = m_SortOrder;
 	if( m_PreferredDifficulty[pn] != DIFFICULTY_INVALID )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/PlayerOptions.cpp b/stepmania/src/PlayerOptions.cpp
index cb7cfd4254..29a863b24c 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PlayerOptions.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/PlayerOptions.cpp
@@ -636,6 +636,20 @@ bool PlayerOptions::ContainsTransformOrTurn() const
 	return false;
 }
 
+CString PlayerOptions::GetSavedPrefsString() const
+{
+	PlayerOptions po_prefs;
+#define SAVE(x) po_prefs.x = this->x;
+	SAVE( m_fTimeSpacing );
+	SAVE( m_fScrollSpeed );
+	SAVE( m_fScrollBPM );
+	SAVE( m_fScrolls[SCROLL_REVERSE] );
+	SAVE( m_fPerspectiveTilt );
+	SAVE( m_sNoteSkin );
+#undef SAVE
+	return po_prefs.GetString();
+}
+
 /*
  * (c) 2001-2004 Chris Danford, Glenn Maynard
  * All rights reserved.
diff --git a/stepmania/src/PlayerOptions.h b/stepmania/src/PlayerOptions.h
index 5769cb5a56..db9da809aa 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/PlayerOptions.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/PlayerOptions.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ struct PlayerOptions
 	void Init();
 	void Approach( const PlayerOptions& other, float fDeltaSeconds );
 	CString GetString() const;
+	CString GetSavedPrefsString() const;	// only the basic options that players would want for every song
 	static CString ThemeMod( CString sOneMod );
 	CString GetThemedString() const;
 	void FromString( CString sOptions );