diff --git a/src/include/settings.hpp b/src/include/settings.hpp
index 2b37bd8..d1ee338 100644
--- a/src/include/settings.hpp
+++ b/src/include/settings.hpp
@@ -2,29 +2,53 @@
 
 #include <gctypes.h>
 
+// whether to display the on-screen display by default
+#define OSD_DEFAULT true
+
+// whether to display the loads by default
+#define LOADS_DEFAULT false
+
+// whether to display the items in the monitor window by default
+#define MONITOR_DEFAULT true
+
+// whether to display the memory window by default
+#define MEMORY_DEFAULT false
+
+// whether to display the inputs by default
+#define INPUT_DEFAULT true
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
-#define DEBUG_TRUE true
-#else
-#define DEBUG_TRUE false
+#undef LOADS_DEFAULT
+#define LOADS_DEFAULT true
 #endif
 
-struct Settings {
-  bool OSD_show : 1 {true};
-  bool OSD_showFrameTime : 1 {false};
-  bool OSD_showMemoryInfo : 1 {false};
-  bool OSD_showMemoryGraph : 1 {false};
-  bool OSD_showInput : 1 {true};
-  bool OSD_showVelocity : 1 {true};
-  bool OSD_showRotationalVelocity : 1 {false};
-  bool OSD_showPos : 1 {true};
-  bool OSD_showIGT : 1 {true};
-  bool OSD_showCurrentRoomTime : 1 {true};
-  bool OSD_showPreviousRoomTime : 1 {true};
-  bool OSD_showLoads : 1 {DEBUG_TRUE};
-  bool OSD_showJumpState : 1 {false};
+#ifdef RANDOMIZER
+#undef OSD_DEFAULT
+#define OSD_DEFAULT false
+#endif
 
+struct Settings {
+  bool OSD_show                   : 1 {OSD_DEFAULT};
+  bool OSD_showFrameTime          : 1 {MONITOR_DEFAULT && false};
+  bool OSD_showMemoryInfo         : 1 {MEMORY_DEFAULT && false};
+  bool OSD_showMemoryGraph        : 1 {MEMORY_DEFAULT && false};
+  bool OSD_showInput              : 1 {INPUT_DEFAULT};
+  bool OSD_showVelocity           : 1 {MONITOR_DEFAULT && true};
+  bool OSD_showRotationalVelocity : 1 {MONITOR_DEFAULT && false};
+  bool OSD_showPos                : 1 {MONITOR_DEFAULT && true};
+  bool OSD_showIGT                : 1 {MONITOR_DEFAULT && true};
+  bool OSD_showCurrentRoomTime    : 1 {MONITOR_DEFAULT && true};
+  bool OSD_showPreviousRoomTime   : 1 {MONITOR_DEFAULT && true};
+  bool OSD_showLoads              : 1 {LOADS_DEFAULT};
+  bool OSD_showJumpState          : 1 {MONITOR_DEFAULT && false};
 
   bool RNG_lockSeed{false};
 };
 
 extern Settings SETTINGS;
+
+#undef OSD_DEFAULT
+#undef LOADS_DEFAULT
+#undef MONITOR_DEFAULT
+#undef MEMORY_DEFAULT
+#undef INPUT_DEFAULT