diff --git a/components/settings/settings.cpp b/components/settings/settings.cpp
index 04c3425de2..aa44734562 100644
--- a/components/settings/settings.cpp
+++ b/components/settings/settings.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ namespace Settings
                 parser.loadSettingsFile(additionalDefaults, mDefaultSettings, false, true);
         }
 
+        if (!loadEditorSettings)
+            Settings::Values::initDefaults();
+
         // Load "settings.cfg" or "openmw-cs.cfg" from the last config dir as user settings. This path will be used to
         // save modified settings.
         auto settingspath = paths.back() / userSettingsFile;
diff --git a/components/settings/settingvalue.hpp b/components/settings/settingvalue.hpp
index e84f014c9b..bdc91c4a21 100644
--- a/components/settings/settingvalue.hpp
+++ b/components/settings/settingvalue.hpp
@@ -23,10 +23,25 @@ namespace Settings
             : mCategory(category)
             , mName(name)
             , mSanitizer(std::move(sanitizer))
-            , mValue(sanitize(Settings::Manager::get<T>(name, category)))
+            , mValue(sanitize(Settings::Manager::get<T>(mName, mCategory)))
         {
         }
 
+        SettingValue(SettingValue&& other)
+            : mCategory(other.mCategory)
+            , mName(other.mName)
+            , mSanitizer(std::move(other.mSanitizer))
+            , mDefaultValue(std::move(other.mValue))
+            , mValue(sanitize(Settings::Manager::get<T>(mName, mCategory)))
+        {
+        }
+
+        SettingValue(const SettingValue& other) = delete;
+
+        SettingValue& operator=(const SettingValue& other) = delete;
+
+        SettingValue& operator=(SettingValue&& other) = delete;
+
         const T& get() const { return mValue; }
 
         operator const T&() const { return mValue; }
@@ -39,10 +54,13 @@ namespace Settings
             Settings::Manager::set(mName, mCategory, mValue);
         }
 
+        void reset() { set(mDefaultValue); }
+
     private:
         const std::string_view mCategory;
         const std::string_view mName;
-        const std::unique_ptr<const Sanitizer<T>> mSanitizer;
+        std::unique_ptr<const Sanitizer<T>> mSanitizer;
+        T mDefaultValue{};
         T mValue{};
 
         T sanitize(const T& value) const
diff --git a/components/settings/values.cpp b/components/settings/values.cpp
index 668a85c8fd..99ca0bcb9b 100644
--- a/components/settings/values.cpp
+++ b/components/settings/values.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
 #include "values.hpp"
 
+#include <stdexcept>
+
 namespace Settings
 {
     Values* Values::sValues = nullptr;
 
-    void Values::init()
+    void Values::initDefaults()
     {
+        if (Values::sValues != nullptr)
+            throw std::logic_error("Default settings already initialized");
         static Values values;
         Values::sValues = &values;
     }
+
+    void Values::init()
+    {
+        if (Values::sValues == nullptr)
+            throw std::logic_error("Default settings are not initialized");
+        static Values values(std::move(*Values::sValues));
+        Values::sValues = &values;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/components/settings/values.hpp b/components/settings/values.hpp
index c6badbaa7c..b95cc1885d 100644
--- a/components/settings/values.hpp
+++ b/components/settings/values.hpp
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ namespace Settings
         StereoViewCategory mStereoView;
         PostProcessingCategory mPostProcessing;
 
+        static void initDefaults();
+
         static void init();
 
     private:
@@ -195,7 +197,6 @@ namespace Settings
     {
         return values().mPostProcessing;
     }
-
 }
 
 #endif