diff --git a/manage.js b/manage.js
index 8551e408..3b780bef 100644
--- a/manage.js
+++ b/manage.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function showStyles(styles) {
 	styles.map(createStyleElement).forEach(function(e) {
 		installed.appendChild(e);
 	});
-	loadPrefs({"show-badge": "true"});
+	loadPrefs({"show-badge": true});
 }
 
 function createStyleElement(style) {
diff --git a/popup.js b/popup.js
index 136f3588..3f07bb54 100644
--- a/popup.js
+++ b/popup.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ chrome.tabs.getSelected(null, function(tab) {
 	var urlLink = writeStyleTemplate.cloneNode(true);
 	urlLink.href = "edit.html?url-prefix=" + encodeURIComponent(tab.url);
 	urlLink.appendChild(document.createTextNode( // switchable; default="this URL"
-		prefs.getPref("popup.breadcrumbs.usePath")
+		!prefs.getPref("popup.breadcrumbs.usePath")
 		? t("writeStyleForURL").replace(/ /g, "\u00a0")
 		: /\/\/[^/]+\/(.*)/.exec(tab.url)[1]
 	));
diff --git a/storage.js b/storage.js
index b18a6107..ccbd2a1e 100644
--- a/storage.js
+++ b/storage.js
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ function changePref(event) {
 // Accepts a hash of pref name to default value
 function loadPrefs(prefs) {
 	for (var id in prefs) {
-		var value = this.prefs.getPref(id);
+		var value = this.prefs.getPref(id, prefs[id]);
 		var el = document.getElementById(id);
 		if (isCheckbox(el)) {
 			el.checked = value;
@@ -165,13 +165,7 @@ var prefs = {
 
 	"popup.breadcrumbs": true, // display "New style" links as URL breadcrumbs
 	"popup.breadcrumbs.usePath": false, // use URL path for "this URL"
-
 	"popup.enabledFirst": true,  // display enabled styles before disabled styles
-	"manage.enabledFirst": true, // display enabled styles before disabled styles
-
-	"observer.observeFrameContent": false, // [hh] add MutationObserver inside IFRAMEs
-	"observer.observeFrameLoad": false,    // [hh] add onLoad listener to IFRAMEs
-	// https://github.com/JasonBarnabe/stylish-chrome/pull/39#issuecomment-76681235
 
 	NO_DEFAULT_PREFERENCE: "No default preference for '%s'",
 	UNHANDLED_DATA_TYPE: "Default '%s' is of type '%s' - what should be done with it?",
@@ -198,7 +192,7 @@ var prefs = {
 	setPref: function(key, value) {
 		if (!(key in this)) console.warn(this.NO_DEFAULT_PREFERENCE, key);
 		if (value === undefined) localStorage.removeItem(key);
-		else localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(value));
+		else localStorage.setItem(key, "string" === typeof value ? value : JSON.stringify(value));
 
 		notifyAllTabs({method: "prefChanged", prefName: key, value: value});
 	},