diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.cpp
index 26cc9292e..1c7447d46 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.cpp
@@ -57,15 +57,12 @@ bool
 ChatPage::save(QString &errmsg)
 {
   RshareSettings settings;
-  settings.beginGroup("Chat");
 
   settings.setValue(QString::fromUtf8("Emoteicons_PrivatChat"), emotePrivatChat());
   settings.setValue(QString::fromUtf8("Emoteicons_GroupChat"), emoteGroupChat());
   settings.setValue(QString::fromUtf8("GroupChat_History"), groupchatHistory());
   settings.setValue(QString::fromUtf8("ChatScreenFont"), fontTempChat.toString());
   
-  settings.endGroup();
-
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -74,7 +71,6 @@ void
 ChatPage::load()
 {
   RshareSettings settings;
-  settings.beginGroup("Chat");
 
   ui.checkBox_emoteprivchat->setChecked(settings.value(QString::fromUtf8("Emoteicons_PrivatChat"), true).toBool());
   ui.checkBox_emotegroupchat->setChecked(settings.value(QString::fromUtf8("Emoteicons_GroupChat"), true).toBool());
@@ -82,8 +78,6 @@ ChatPage::load()
 
   fontTempChat.fromString(settings.value(QString::fromUtf8("ChatScreenFont")).toString());
   
-  settings.endGroup();
-
   ui.labelChatFontPreview->setText(fontTempChat.rawName());
   ui.labelChatFontPreview->setFont(fontTempChat);
 }