diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/SettingsManager.js b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/SettingsManager.js
index 77d893d013c130e6e97e21e223a62a4011ace30d..c17f5213636e90fb5d43793cce6eef1e4bfa337d 100644
--- a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/SettingsManager.js
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/SettingsManager.js
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ var SettingsManagerUtils = new function() {
         }
         var initialGroupSettings = spaceSettings && Object.keys(spaceSettings).length == 2 && spaceSettings["inventorySpaces"] && spaceSettings["inventorySpacesReadOnly"];
         if(!spaceSettingsProperty || initialGroupSettings) { // Provide default empty settings when settings are missing
-            alert("Settings for group " + this.getSpaceGroupPrefix(spaceCode) + " missing, please edit and save your settings, until then empty settings will be used.");
-            spaceSettings = {
-                sampleTypeDefinitionsExtension : []
-            };
+//            alert("Settings for group " + this.getSpaceGroupPrefix(spaceCode) + " missing, please edit and save your settings, until then empty settings will be used.");
+//            spaceSettings = {
+//                sampleTypeDefinitionsExtension : []
+//            };
+            spaceSettings = this._defaultProfile;
         }
 
         var objectTypeCodes = [];