diff --git a/couchpotato/core/_base/desktop/main.py b/couchpotato/core/_base/desktop/main.py
index 69588f5d..d25eed0a 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/_base/desktop/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/_base/desktop/main.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Desktop(Plugin):
         if not Env.get('binary_port'):
             return
 
-        addEvent('app.load', self.settingsToDesktop)
+        addEvent('app.load', self.settingsToDesktop, priority = 2)
 
     def settingsToDesktop(self):
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/status/main.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/status/main.py
index bead35fb..5256f8de 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/status/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/status/main.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class StatusPlugin(Plugin):
         addEvent('status.get', self.add) # Alias for .add
         addEvent('status.get_by_id', self.getById)
         addEvent('status.all', self.all)
-        addEvent('app.load', self.fill)
+        addEvent('app.initialize', self.fill)
 
         addApiView('status.list', self.list)
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class StatusPlugin(Plugin):
         if not s:
             s = Status(
                 identifier = identifier,
-                label = identifier.capitalize()
+                label = toUnicode(identifier.capitalize())
             )
             db.add(s)
             db.commit()
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ class StatusPlugin(Plugin):
                 )
                 db.add(s)
 
-            s.label = label
+            s.label = toUnicode(label)
             db.commit()
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/settings/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/settings/__init__.py
index 539372a3..38a4a7a8 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/settings/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from couchpotato.api import addApiView
 from couchpotato.core.event import addEvent, fireEvent
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import isInt, toUnicode
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.request import getParams, jsonified
-from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import mergeDicts
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import mergeDicts, tryInt
 import ConfigParser
 import os.path
 import time
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ class Settings():
         addApiView('settings', self.view)
         addApiView('settings.save', self.saveView)
 
-    def setFile(self, file):
-        self.file = file
+    def setFile(self, config_file):
+        self.file = config_file
 
         self.p = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
-        self.p.read(file)
+        self.p.read(config_file)
 
         from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
         self.log = CPLog(__name__)
@@ -70,17 +70,23 @@ class Settings():
             return default
 
     def getEnabler(self, section, option):
-        return self.p.getboolean(section, option)
+        return self.getBool(section, option)
 
     def getBool(self, section, option):
-        return self.p.getboolean(section, option)
+        try:
+            return self.p.getboolean(section, option)
+        except:
+            return self.p.get(section, option)
 
     def getInt(self, section, option):
-        return self.p.getint(section, option)
+        try:
+            return self.p.getint(section, option)
+        except:
+            return tryInt(self.p.get(section, option))
 
     def getUnicode(self, section, option):
         value = self.p.get(section, option)
-        return toUnicode(value.strip())
+        return toUnicode(value).strip()
 
     def getValues(self):
         values = {}