diff --git a/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/DataStorage/Classes/Persistence.java b/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/DataStorage/Classes/Persistence.java
index e5e0335f212a22be8ae3c268c28e001ee7162501..821e550fa965efefc270d13d7c332146c6cfc208 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/DataStorage/Classes/Persistence.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/DataStorage/Classes/Persistence.java
@@ -433,8 +433,7 @@ public class Persistence {
     }
 
     public void resetSettings(){
-        settings.setSfxVolume(50);
-        settings.setMusicVolume(50);
+        settings = new AppSettings(50, 50);
         try {
             gsonHandler.saveSettings(settings);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/DataStorage/Classes/StartupThread.java b/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/DataStorage/Classes/StartupThread.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a7ad2fddfea2cc499a0de9994f1bfe2b193f87aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Model/DataStorage/Classes/StartupThread.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package de.hdm_stuttgart.battlearena.Model.DataStorage.Classes;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class StartupThread extends Thread{
+
+    private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(StartupThread.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+
+        Persistence persistenceInst = Persistence.getInstance();
+
+        try {
+            persistenceInst.loadSettings();
+            persistenceInst.loadCoreMaps();
+            persistenceInst.loadCommunityMaps();
+            persistenceInst.verifyAppSettings();
+            persistenceInst.verifyCoreMaps();
+            persistenceInst.verifyCommunityMaps();
+            log.info("Startup routine part1 complete!");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/player/appSettings.json b/src/main/resources/player/appSettings.json
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..ac6b7e58fa58ee25e2070c5cdfb9b8324bdddc6b 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/player/appSettings.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/player/appSettings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "sfxVolume": 50,
+  "musicVolume": 50
+}
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