diff --git a/DataStorage/Classic/ClassicSqlitePrinterProfiles.cs b/DataStorage/Classic/ClassicSqlitePrinterProfiles.cs
index 811dc085a..f97cc2324 100644
--- a/DataStorage/Classic/ClassicSqlitePrinterProfiles.cs
+++ b/DataStorage/Classic/ClassicSqlitePrinterProfiles.cs
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl.DataStorage.ClassicDB
 			profileData.Profiles.Add(printerInfo);
 
 			var layeredProfile = new PrinterSettings(
-				new OemProfile(LoadOemLayer(printer)), 
-				SliceSettingsOrganizer.Instance.GetDefaultSettings());
+				new OemProfile(LoadOemLayer(printer)));
 
 			LoadQualitySettings(layeredProfile, printer);
 			LoadMaterialSettings(layeredProfile, printer);
diff --git a/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/LayeredProfile.cs b/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/LayeredProfile.cs
index 4b18e093c..c10754bcd 100644
--- a/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/LayeredProfile.cs
+++ b/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/LayeredProfile.cs
@@ -55,10 +55,9 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl.SlicerConfiguration
 		[JsonIgnore]
 		internal PrinterSettingsLayer MaterialLayer { get; private set; }
 
-		public PrinterSettings(OemProfile printerProfile, PrinterSettingsLayer baseConfig)
+		public PrinterSettings(OemProfile printerProfile)
 		{
 			this.OemProfile = printerProfile;
-			this.BaseLayer = baseConfig;
 		}
 
 		public List<GCodeMacro> Macros { get; set; } = new List<GCodeMacro>();
@@ -245,7 +244,15 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl.SlicerConfiguration
 			return "";
 		}
 
-		public PrinterSettingsLayer BaseLayer { get; set; }
+		static PrinterSettingsLayer baseLayerCache = SliceSettingsOrganizer.Instance.GetDefaultSettings();
+		[JsonIgnore]
+		public PrinterSettingsLayer BaseLayer
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				return baseLayerCache;
+			}
+		}
 
 		private IEnumerable<PrinterSettingsLayer> defaultLayerCascade
 		{
diff --git a/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/ProfileManager.cs b/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/ProfileManager.cs
index 07c52e660..74d822a08 100644
--- a/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/ProfileManager.cs
+++ b/SlicerConfiguration/Settings/ProfileManager.cs
@@ -117,10 +117,7 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl.SlicerConfiguration
 
 		public static SettingsProfile LoadEmptyProfile()
 		{
-			var empytProfile = new SettingsProfile(
-				new PrinterSettings(
-					new OemProfile(), 
-					SliceSettingsOrganizer.Instance.GetDefaultSettings()));
+			var empytProfile = new SettingsProfile(new PrinterSettings(new OemProfile()));
 
 			empytProfile.SetActiveValue(SettingsKey.printer_name.ToString(), "Printers...".Localize());
 
@@ -186,9 +183,8 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl.SlicerConfiguration
 					var settingsToImport = PrinterSettingsLayer.LoadFromIni(settingsFilePath);
 
 					var oemProfile = new OemProfile(settingsToImport);
-					PrinterSettingsLayer baseConfig = SliceSettingsOrganizer.Instance.GetDefaultSettings();
 
-					var layeredProfile = new PrinterSettings(oemProfile, baseConfig)
+					var layeredProfile = new PrinterSettings(oemProfile)
 					{
 						ID = printerInfo.ID,
 					};
@@ -211,9 +207,8 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl.SlicerConfiguration
 			string guid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
 
 			OemProfile printerProfile = LoadHttpOemProfile(make, model);
-			PrinterSettingsLayer baseConfig = SliceSettingsOrganizer.Instance.GetDefaultSettings();
 
-			var layeredProfile = new PrinterSettings(printerProfile, baseConfig)
+			var layeredProfile = new PrinterSettings(printerProfile)
 			{
 				ID = guid,
 				// TODO: This should really be set by the system that generates the source documents 
diff --git a/Tests/MatterControl.Tests/MatterControl/ConfigIniTests.cs b/Tests/MatterControl.Tests/MatterControl/ConfigIniTests.cs
index 8567e4255..a44e7fc72 100644
--- a/Tests/MatterControl.Tests/MatterControl/ConfigIniTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/MatterControl.Tests/MatterControl/ConfigIniTests.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace MatterControl.Tests.MatterControl
 								   RelativeFilePath = configIni.FullName.Substring(printerSettingsDirectory.Length + 1),
 
 								   // The config.ini layer cascade contains only itself
-								   LayerCascade = new PrinterSettings(oemProfile, new PrinterSettingsLayer()),
+								   LayerCascade = new PrinterSettings(oemProfile),
 							   },
 							   MatterialLayers = LoadLayers(Path.Combine(configIni.Directory.FullName, "material"), oemProfile),
 							   QualityLayers = LoadLayers(Path.Combine(configIni.Directory.FullName, "quality"), oemProfile)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace MatterControl.Tests.MatterControl
 					Directory.GetFiles(layersDirectory, "*.slice").Select(file => new LayerInfo()
 					{
 						RelativeFilePath = file.Substring(printerSettingsDirectory.Length + 1),
-						LayerCascade = new PrinterSettings(new OemProfile(PrinterSettingsLayer.LoadFromIni(file)), oemProfile.OemLayer)
+						LayerCascade = new PrinterSettings(new OemProfile(PrinterSettingsLayer.LoadFromIni(file)))
 					}).ToList()
 					: new List<LayerInfo>();
 		}