settings.dat files override .conf file. When I remove settings.dat and .old and start service daemon. It updates the .conf changes I made, otherwise it does not. Using command line options to point -confgifile file and -settingspath dir. Running the server from /usr/local/bin wth -daemon switch and also using "start-stop-daemon". Can you confirm if the -settingspath and -configfile screws with .conf reading? By the way I am not using the server webui, I am using latest webui from webui thread if that has something to do with saving dat files. In a different way.