diff --git a/scripts/globals/globals.gml b/scripts/globals/globals.gml
index 5688ee65c..c9d1652d0 100644
--- a/scripts/globals/globals.gml
+++ b/scripts/globals/globals.gml
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 	globalvar VERSION, SAVE_VERSION, VERSION_STRING, BUILD_NUMBER, LATEST_VERSION;
 
 	LATEST_VERSION	= 11700;
-	VERSION			= 11761;
+	VERSION			= 11770;
 	SAVE_VERSION	= 11700;
-	VERSION_STRING  = "1.17.7.007";
-	BUILD_NUMBER	= 11761;
+	VERSION_STRING  = "1.17.7";
+	BUILD_NUMBER	= 11770;
 	
 	globalvar HOTKEYS, HOTKEY_CONTEXT;
 	HOTKEYS			= ds_map_create();
diff --git a/scripts/preferences/preferences.gml b/scripts/preferences/preferences.gml
index d162da050..be80eca4f 100644
--- a/scripts/preferences/preferences.gml
+++ b/scripts/preferences/preferences.gml
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@
 		var path = DIRECTORY + "keys.json";
 		if(file_exists(path)) {
 			var map = json_load_struct(path);
-			struct_override(PREFERENCES, map);
+			if(struct_has(map, "preferences")) struct_override(PREFERENCES, map.preferences);
+			else                               struct_override(PREFERENCES, map);
 		}
 		
 		var path = DIRECTORY + "hotkeys.json";