diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/CraftServer.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/CraftServer.java
index b024f54436..0c55945b20 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/CraftServer.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/CraftServer.java
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ public final class CraftServer implements Server {
         monsterSpawn = configuration.getInt("spawn-limits.monsters");
         animalSpawn = configuration.getInt("spawn-limits.animals");
         waterAnimalSpawn = configuration.getInt("spawn-limits.water-animals");
+        console.autosavePeriod = configuration.getInt("ticks-per.autosave");
         warningState = WarningState.value(configuration.getString("settings.deprecated-verbose"));
 
         updater = new AutoUpdater(new BukkitDLUpdaterService(configuration.getString("auto-updater.host")), getLogger(), configuration.getString("auto-updater.preferred-channel"));
@@ -522,6 +523,7 @@ public final class CraftServer implements Server {
         animalSpawn = configuration.getInt("spawn-limits.animals");
         waterAnimalSpawn = configuration.getInt("spawn-limits.water-animals");
         warningState = WarningState.value(configuration.getString("settings.deprecated-verbose"));
+        console.autosavePeriod = configuration.getInt("ticks-per.autosave");
 
         for (WorldServer world : console.worlds) {
             world.difficulty = difficulty;
diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/resources/configurations/bukkit.yml b/paper-server/src/main/resources/configurations/bukkit.yml
index 486dbbc75c..b34d84f0ac 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/resources/configurations/bukkit.yml
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/resources/configurations/bukkit.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ spawn-limits:
 ticks-per:
     animal-spawns: 400
     monster-spawns: 1
+    autosave: 0
 auto-updater:
     enabled: true
     on-broken: [warn-console, warn-ops]