diff --git a/config/bootstrap.php b/config/bootstrap.php
index ed41346..fcf5507 100644
--- a/config/bootstrap.php
+++ b/config/bootstrap.php
@@ -87,7 +87,12 @@ try {
  */
 if (file_exists(CONFIG . 'app_local.php')) {
     Configure::load('app_local', 'default');
-    Configure::load('cerebrate', 'default', true);
+    //Configure::load('cerebrate', 'default', true);
+    $settings = file_get_contents(CONFIG . 'config.json');
+    $settings = json_decode($settings, true);
+    foreach ($settings as $path => $setting) {
+        Configure::write($path, $setting);
+    }
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/Controller/AppController.php b/src/Controller/AppController.php
index b6d0e29..93306bd 100644
--- a/src/Controller/AppController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/AppController.php
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class AppController extends Controller
         if (!empty($user) && !empty($user->user_settings_by_name_with_fallback['ui.bsTheme']['value'])) {
             $this->set('bsTheme', $user->user_settings_by_name_with_fallback['ui.bsTheme']['value']);
         } else {
-            $this->set('bsTheme', Configure::read('Cerebrate')['ui.bsTheme']);
+            $this->set('bsTheme', Configure::read('ui.bsTheme'));
         }
 
         if ($this->modelClass == 'Tags.Tags') {
diff --git a/src/Model/Table/SettingProviders/CerebrateSettingsProvider.php b/src/Model/Table/SettingProviders/CerebrateSettingsProvider.php
index d06bd43..97641d5 100644
--- a/src/Model/Table/SettingProviders/CerebrateSettingsProvider.php
+++ b/src/Model/Table/SettingProviders/CerebrateSettingsProvider.php
@@ -18,6 +18,24 @@ class CerebrateSettingsProvider extends BaseSettingsProvider
         parent::__construct();
     }
 
+    public function retrieveSettingPathsBasedOnBlueprint(): array
+    {
+        $blueprint = $this->generateSettingsConfiguration();
+        $paths = [];
+        foreach ($blueprint as $l1) {
+            foreach ($l1 as $l2) {
+                foreach ($l2 as $l3) {
+                    foreach ($l3 as $k => $v) {
+                        if ($k[0] !== '_') {
+                            $paths[] = $k;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return $paths;
+    }
+
     protected function generateSettingsConfiguration()
     {
         return [
@@ -26,7 +44,7 @@ class CerebrateSettingsProvider extends BaseSettingsProvider
                     'Essentials' => [
                         '_description' => __('Ensentials settings required for the application to run normally.'),
                         '_icon' => 'user-cog',
-                        'app.baseurl' => [
+                        'App.baseurl' => [
                             'name' => __('Base URL'),
                             'type' => 'string',
                             'description' => __('The base url of the application (in the format https://www.mymispinstance.com or https://myserver.com/misp). Several features depend on this setting being correctly set to function.'),
@@ -34,7 +52,7 @@ class CerebrateSettingsProvider extends BaseSettingsProvider
                             'severity' => 'critical',
                             'test' => 'testBaseURL',
                         ],
-                        'app.uuid' => [
+                        'App.uuid' => [
                             'name' => 'UUID',
                             'type' => 'string',
                             'description' => __('The Cerebrate instance UUID. This UUID is used to identify this instance.'),
@@ -85,26 +103,26 @@ class CerebrateSettingsProvider extends BaseSettingsProvider
                 ],
                 'Network' => [
                     'Proxy' => [
-                        'proxy.host' => [
+                        'Proxy.host' => [
                             'name' => __('Host'),
                             'type' => 'string',
                             'description' => __('The hostname of an HTTP proxy for outgoing sync requests. Leave empty to not use a proxy.'),
                             'test' => 'testHostname',
                         ],
-                        'proxy.port' => [
+                        'Proxy.port' => [
                             'name' => __('Port'),
                             'type' => 'integer',
                             'description' => __('The TCP port for the HTTP proxy.'),
                             'test' => 'testForRangeXY',
                         ],
-                        'proxy.user' => [
+                        'Proxy.user' => [
                             'name' => __('User'),
                             'type' => 'string',
                             'description' => __('The authentication username for the HTTP proxy.'),
                             'default' => 'admin',
                             'dependsOn' => 'proxy.host',
                         ],
-                        'proxy.password' => [
+                        'Proxy.password' => [
                             'name' => __('Password'),
                             'type' => 'string',
                             'description' => __('The authentication password for the HTTP proxy.'),
@@ -181,11 +199,16 @@ class CerebrateSettingsProvider extends BaseSettingsProvider
                             'dependsOn' => 'keycloak.enabled'
                         ],
                         'keycloak.default_role_name' => [
-                            'name' => 'Authoritative',
-                            'type' => 'boolean',
+                            'name' => 'Default role',
+                            'type' => 'select',
                             'severity' => 'info',
-                            'description' => __('Override local role and organisation settings based on the settings in KeyCloak'),
-                            'default' => false,
+                            'description' => __('Select the default role name to be used when creating users'),
+                            'options' => function ($settingsProviders) {
+                                $roleTable = TableRegistry::getTableLocator()->get('Roles');
+                                $allRoleNames = $roleTable->find()->toArray();
+                                $allRoleNames = array_column($allRoleNames, 'name');
+                                return array_combine($allRoleNames, $allRoleNames);
+                            },
                             'dependsOn' => 'keycloak.enabled'
                         ],
                         'keycloak.mapping.org_uuid' => [
@@ -242,7 +265,7 @@ class CerebrateSettingsProvider extends BaseSettingsProvider
             'Security' => [
                 'Development' => [
                     'Debugging' => [
-                        'security.debug' => [
+                        'debug' => [
                             'name' => __('Debug Level'),
                             'type' => 'select',
                             'description' => __('The debug level of the instance'),
diff --git a/src/Model/Table/SettingsTable.php b/src/Model/Table/SettingsTable.php
index 4a2d0a6..c2d71c9 100644
--- a/src/Model/Table/SettingsTable.php
+++ b/src/Model/Table/SettingsTable.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Model\Table;
 use App\Model\Table\AppTable;
 use Cake\ORM\Table;
 use Cake\Core\Configure;
+use Cake\Error\Debugger;
 
 require_once(APP . 'Model' . DS . 'Table' . DS . 'SettingProviders' . DS . 'CerebrateSettingsProvider.php');
 use App\Settings\SettingsProvider\CerebrateSettingsProvider;
@@ -12,7 +13,14 @@ class SettingsTable extends AppTable
 {
     private static $FILENAME = 'cerebrate';
     private static $CONFIG_KEY = 'Cerebrate';
-    
+    private static $DUMPABLE = [
+        'Cerebrate',
+        'proxy',
+        'ui',
+        'keycloak',
+        'app'
+    ];
+
     public function initialize(array $config): void
     {
         parent::initialize($config);
@@ -96,15 +104,32 @@ class SettingsTable extends AppTable
 
     private function readSettings()
     {
-        return Configure::read()[$this::$CONFIG_KEY];
+        $settingPaths = $this->SettingsProvider->retrieveSettingPathsBasedOnBlueprint();
+        $settings = [];
+        foreach ($settingPaths as $path) {
+            if (Configure::check($path)) {
+                $settings[$path] = Configure::read($path);
+            }
+        }
+        return $settings;
+    }
+
+    private function loadSettings(): void
+    {
+        $settings = file_get_contents(CONFIG . 'config.json');
+        $settings = json_decode($settings, true);
+        foreach ($settings as $path => $setting) {
+            Configure::write($path, $setting);
+        }
     }
 
     private function saveSettingOnDisk($name, $value)
     {
         $settings = $this->readSettings();
         $settings[$name] = $value;
-        Configure::write($this::$CONFIG_KEY, $settings);
-        Configure::dump($this::$FILENAME, 'default', [$this::$CONFIG_KEY]);
+        $settings = json_encode($settings, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
+        file_put_contents(CONFIG . 'config.json', $settings);
+        $this->loadSettings();
         return true;
     }
 }