diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/ConfigurationManager.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/ConfigurationManager.java
index c78399d7..a21de96e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/ConfigurationManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/ConfigurationManager.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import com.sk89q.util.yaml.YAMLFormat;
 import com.sk89q.util.yaml.YAMLProcessor;
 import org.bukkit.World;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ public void load() {
         plugin.createDefaultConfiguration(
                 new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), "config.yml"), "config.yml");
 
-        YAMLProcessor config = new YAMLProcessor(new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), "config.yml"), true);
+        YAMLProcessor config = new YAMLProcessor(new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), "config.yml"), true, YAMLFormat.EXTENDED);
         try {
             config.load();
         } catch (IOException ignore) {}
@@ -114,6 +115,8 @@ public void load() {
                 "auto-invincible", config.getBoolean("auto-invincible-permission", true));
         usePlayerMove = config.getBoolean(
                 "use-player-move-event", true);
+        
+        config.setWriteDefaults(false);
 
         // Load configurations for each world
         for (World world : plugin.getServer().getWorlds()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldConfiguration.java
index cc1a3d1a..03d3418f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldConfiguration.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import com.sk89q.util.yaml.YAMLFormat;
 import com.sk89q.util.yaml.YAMLProcessor;
 import org.bukkit.block.Block;
 import org.bukkit.entity.CreatureType;
@@ -167,12 +168,12 @@ public WorldConfiguration(WorldGuardPlugin plugin, String worldName) {
 
         this.plugin = plugin;
         this.worldName = worldName;
-        this.parentConfig = new YAMLProcessor(new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), "config.yml"), false);
+        this.parentConfig = new YAMLProcessor(new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), "config.yml"), false, YAMLFormat.EXTENDED);
 
         plugin.createDefaultConfiguration(configFile, "config_world.yml");
         plugin.createDefaultConfiguration(blacklistFile, "blacklist.txt");
 
-        config = new YAMLProcessor(this.configFile, true);
+        config = new YAMLProcessor(this.configFile, true, YAMLFormat.EXTENDED);
         loadConfiguration();
 
         logger.info("WorldGuard: Loaded configuration for world '" + worldName + '"');