diff --git a/src/api/settings.js b/src/api/settings.js
index a0da39cd..55e35100 100644
--- a/src/api/settings.js
+++ b/src/api/settings.js
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ import request from '@/utils/request'
 import { getToken } from '@/utils/auth'
 import { baseName } from './utils'
 
+export async function fetchDescription(authHost, token) {
+  return await request({
+    baseURL: baseName(authHost),
+    url: `/api/pleroma/admin/config/descriptions`,
+    method: 'get',
+    headers: authHeaders(token)
+  })
+}
+
 export async function fetchSettings(authHost, token) {
   return await request({
     baseURL: baseName(authHost),
@@ -11,6 +20,15 @@ export async function fetchSettings(authHost, token) {
   })
 }
 
+export async function migrateToDB(authHost, token) {
+  return await request({
+    baseURL: baseName(authHost),
+    url: `/api/pleroma/admin/config/migrate_to_db`,
+    method: 'get',
+    headers: authHeaders(token)
+  })
+}
+
 export async function updateSettings(configs, authHost, token) {
   return await request({
     baseURL: baseName(authHost),
diff --git a/src/store/modules/settings.js b/src/store/modules/settings.js
index bb6bd8c1..8fd63099 100644
--- a/src/store/modules/settings.js
+++ b/src/store/modules/settings.js
@@ -1,54 +1,55 @@
-import { fetchSettings, updateSettings, uploadMedia } from '@/api/settings'
+import { fetchDescription, fetchSettings, migrateToDB, updateSettings, uploadMedia } from '@/api/settings'
 import { filterIgnored, parseTuples, valueHasTuples, wrapConfig } from './normalizers'
 
 const settings = {
   state: {
+    description: [],
     settings: {
-      'activitypub': {},
-      'adapter': {},
-      'admin_token': {},
-      'assets': { mascots: {}},
-      'auth': {},
-      'auto_linker': { opts: {}},
-      'backends': {},
-      'chat': {},
-      'console': { colors: {}},
-      'credentials': {},
-      'database': {},
-      'ecto_repos': {},
-      'email_notifications': { digest: {}},
-      'emoji': { groups: {}},
-      'enabled': {},
-      'ex_syslogger': {},
-      'expose': {},
-      'fetch_initial_posts': {},
-      'format_encoders': {},
-      'frontend_configurations': { pleroma_fe: {}, masto_fe: {}},
-      'gopher': {},
-      'hackney_pools': { federation: {}, media: {}, upload: {}},
-      'handler': {},
-      'headers': {},
-      'http': { adapter: {}},
-      'http_security': {},
-      'instance': { poll_limits: {}},
-      'level': {},
-      'ldap': {},
-      'markup': {},
-      'max_age': {},
-      'media_proxy': { proxy_opts: {}},
-      'meta': {},
-      'methods': {},
-      'mrf_hellthread': {},
-      'mrf_keyword': { replace: {}},
-      'mrf_mention': {},
-      'mrf_normalize_markup': {},
-      'mrf_rejectnonpublic': {},
-      'mrf_simple': {},
-      'mrf_subchain': { match_actor: {}},
-      'mrf_user_allowlist': {},
-      'mrf_vocabulary': {},
-      'oauth2': {},
-      'password_authenticator': {},
+      ':activitypub': {},
+      ':adapter': {},
+      ':admin_token': {},
+      ':assets': { mascots: {}},
+      ':auth': {},
+      ':auto_linker': { opts: {}},
+      ':backends': {},
+      ':chat': {},
+      ':console': { colors: {}},
+      ':credentials': {},
+      ':database': {},
+      ':ecto_repos': {},
+      ':email_notifications': { digest: {}},
+      ':emoji': { groups: {}},
+      ':enabled': {},
+      ':ex_syslogger': {},
+      ':expose': {},
+      ':fetch_initial_posts': {},
+      ':format_encoders': {},
+      ':frontend_configurations': { pleroma_fe: {}, masto_fe: {}},
+      ':gopher': {},
+      ':hackney_pools': { federation: {}, media: {}, upload: {}},
+      ':handler': {},
+      ':headers': {},
+      ':http': { adapter: {}},
+      ':http_security': {},
+      ':instance': { poll_limits: {}},
+      ':level': {},
+      ':ldap': {},
+      ':markup': {},
+      ':max_age': {},
+      ':media_proxy': { proxy_opts: {}},
+      ':meta': {},
+      ':methods': {},
+      ':mrf_hellthread': {},
+      ':mrf_keyword': { replace: {}},
+      ':mrf_mention': {},
+      ':mrf_normalize_markup': {},
+      ':mrf_rejectnonpublic': {},
+      ':mrf_simple': {},
+      ':mrf_subchain': { match_actor: {}},
+      ':mrf_user_allowlist': {},
+      ':mrf_vocabulary': {},
+      ':oauth2': {},
+      ':password_authenticator': {},
       'Pleroma.Captcha': {},
       'Pleroma.Captcha.Kocaptcha': {},
       'Pleroma.Emails.Mailer': {},
@@ -67,22 +68,22 @@ const settings = {
         { http: false, url: {}, render_errors: {}, pubsub: {}},
       'Pleroma.Web.Federator.RetryQueue': {},
       'Pleroma.Web.Metadata': {},
-      'port': {},
-      'priv_dir': {},
-      'queues': {},
-      'rate_limit': {},
-      'rich_media': {},
-      'suggestions': {},
-      'types': { value: {}},
+      ':port': {},
+      ':priv_dir': {},
+      ':queues': {},
+      ':rate_limit': {},
+      ':rich_media': {},
+      ':suggestions': {},
+      ':types': { value: {}},
       'Ueberauth': {},
       'Ueberauth.Strategy.Facebook.OAuth': {},
       'Ueberauth.Strategy.Google.OAuth': {},
       'Ueberauth.Strategy.Microsoft.OAuth': {},
       'Ueberauth.Strategy.Twitter.OAuth': {},
-      'user': {},
-      'uri_schemes': {},
-      'vapid_details': {},
-      'webhook_url': {}
+      ':user': {},
+      ':uri_schemes': {},
+      ':vapid_details': {},
+      ':webhook_url': {}
     },
     ignoredIfNotEnabled: ['enabled', 'handler', 'password_authenticator', 'port', 'priv_dir'],
     loading: true
@@ -91,14 +92,16 @@ const settings = {
     REWRITE_CONFIG: (state, { tab, data }) => {
       state.settings[tab] = data
     },
+    SET_DESCRIPTION: (state, data) => {
+      state.description = data
+    },
     SET_LOADING: (state, status) => {
       state.loading = status
     },
     SET_SETTINGS: (state, data) => {
-      const newSettings = data.reduce((acc, config) => {
-        const key = config.key[0] === ':' ? config.key.substr(1) : config.key
-        const value = valueHasTuples(key, config.value) ? { value: config.value } : parseTuples(config.value, key)
-        acc[key] = { ...acc[key], ...value }
+      const newSettings = data.reduce((acc, { key, value }) => {
+        const parsedValue = valueHasTuples(key, value) ? { value } : parseTuples(value, key)
+        acc[key] = { ...acc[key], ...parsedValue }
         return acc
       }, state.settings)
       state.settings = newSettings
@@ -115,9 +118,18 @@ const settings = {
     async FetchSettings({ commit, dispatch, getters }) {
       commit('SET_LOADING', true)
       const response = await fetchSettings(getters.authHost, getters.token)
+      const description = await fetchDescription(getters.authHost, getters.token)
+      if (response.data.configs.length === 0) {
+        dispatch('MigrateToDB')
+        dispatch('FetchSettings')
+      }
+      commit('SET_DESCRIPTION', description.data)
       commit('SET_SETTINGS', response.data.configs)
       commit('SET_LOADING', false)
     },
+    async MigrateToDB({ getters }) {
+      await migrateToDB(getters.authHost, getters.token)
+    },
     RewriteConfig({ commit }, { tab, data }) {
       commit('REWRITE_CONFIG', { tab, data })
     },