3 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/app/main.js b/src/app/main.js
index 8775004..230bbf9 100644
--- a/src/app/main.js
+++ b/src/app/main.js
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ if (fs.existsSync("viper.json")) {
 	setpath();
 }
 
+ipcRenderer.on("changed-settings", (e, new_settings) => {
+	// attempt to set `settings` to `new_settings`
+	try {
+		settings = {
+			...settings,
+			...new_settings
+		}
+	}catch(e) {}
+})
 
 // Show a toast message if no Internet connection has been detected.
 if (! navigator.onLine) {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index ed0fb3a..301c622 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -130,7 +130,13 @@ function start() {
 		}
 	});
 
-	ipcMain.on("save-settings", (event, obj) => {settings.save(obj)});
+	ipcMain.on("save-settings", (event, obj) => {
+		settings.save(obj, false)
+	});
+
+	ipcMain.on("saved-settings", (event, obj) => {
+		send("changed-settings", obj);
+	});
 
 	// allows renderer to check for updates
 	ipcMain.on("ns-update-event", (event) => {send("ns-update-event", event)});
diff --git a/src/modules/settings.js b/src/modules/settings.js
index 3833e4f..e1f68c6 100644
--- a/src/modules/settings.js
+++ b/src/modules/settings.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
-const app = require("electron").app;
+const { app, ipcMain } = require("electron");
 
 const json = require("./json");
 const lang = require("../lang");
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if (fs.existsSync("viper.json")) {
 //
 // you can also pass a settings object to the function and it'll try and
 // merge it together with the already existing settings
-settings.save = (obj = {}) => {
+settings.save = (obj = {}, notify_renderer = true) => {
 	// refuse to save if settings aren't valid
 	if (invalid_settings) {
 		return false;
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ settings.save = (obj = {}) => {
 			settings.gamepath, "ns_startup_args.txt"
 		), settings.nsargs);
 	}
+	
+	if (notify_renderer) {
+		ipcMain.emit("saved-settings", settings_content);
+	}
 }
 
 module.exports = settings;