diff --git a/apps/gallifr/app.js b/apps/gallifr/app.js
index 57ca86279..42227f0a8 100644
--- a/apps/gallifr/app.js
+++ b/apps/gallifr/app.js
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ const cirRad = 2*Math.PI;
 const proportion = 0.3; // relative size of hour hand
 const thickness = 4; // thickness of decorative lines
 // retrieve settings from menu
-// const settings = require("Storage").readJSON("app.json", 1);
-require('Storage').read('app.json',settings);
+let settings = require('Storage').readJSON('app.json',1)||{};
 const decoration = settings.decoration;
 const widgets = settings.widgets;
 if (widgets) {