diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/Messages.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/Messages.java
index bf88b15d0..2328d8206 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/Messages.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/Messages.java
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package fr.xephi.authme.settings;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration;
 
+import fr.xephi.authme.AuthMe;
 import fr.xephi.authme.ConsoleLogger;
 
 public class Messages extends CustomConfiguration {
@@ -24,11 +27,13 @@ public class Messages extends CustomConfiguration {
      * @param filename
      *            The filename to open
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     public final void loadDefaults(File file) {
-        if (!file.exists())
+        InputStream stream = AuthMe.getInstance().getResource(file.getName());
+        if (stream == null)
             return;
-
-        setDefaults(YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file));
+        
+        setDefaults(YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(stream));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/Settings.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/Settings.java
index 0d3fb0caa..61b5a682f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/Settings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/settings/Settings.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ public final class Settings extends YamlConfiguration {
         if (exists()) {
             load();
         } else {
-            loadDefaults(file);
+            loadDefaults(file.getName());
             load();
         }
         configFile = (YamlConfiguration) plugin.getConfig();
@@ -685,7 +686,7 @@ public final class Settings extends YamlConfiguration {
 
     public final void reload() {
         load();
-        loadDefaults(file);
+        loadDefaults(file.getName());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -717,12 +718,14 @@ public final class Settings extends YamlConfiguration {
      * @param filename
      *            The filename to open
      */
-    public final void loadDefaults(File file) {
-        if (!file.exists())
-            return;
-
-        setDefaults(YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(file));
-    }
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    public final void loadDefaults(String filename) {
+        InputStream stream = plugin.getResource(filename);
+        if (stream == null)
+             return;
+ 
+        setDefaults(YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(stream));
+     }
 
     /**
      * Saves current configuration (plus defaults) to disk.