diff --git a/wled00/cfg.cpp b/wled00/cfg.cpp
index 73904dfe0..ed90512e7 100644
--- a/wled00/cfg.cpp
+++ b/wled00/cfg.cpp
@@ -363,10 +363,8 @@ bool deserializeConfig(JsonObject doc, bool fromFS) {
   CJSON(latitude, if_ntp[F("lt")]);
 
   JsonObject ol = doc[F("ol")];
-  prev = overlayDefault;
-  CJSON(overlayDefault ,ol[F("clock")]); // 0
+  CJSON(overlayCurrent ,ol[F("clock")]); // 0
   CJSON(countdownMode, ol[F("cntdwn")]);
-  if (prev != overlayDefault) overlayCurrent = overlayDefault;
 
   CJSON(overlayMin, ol["min"]);
   CJSON(overlayMax, ol[F("max")]);
@@ -772,7 +770,7 @@ void serializeConfig() {
   if_ntp[F("lt")] = latitude;
 
   JsonObject ol = doc.createNestedObject("ol");
-  ol[F("clock")] = overlayDefault;
+  ol[F("clock")] = overlayCurrent;
   ol[F("cntdwn")] = countdownMode;
 
   ol["min"] = overlayMin;
diff --git a/wled00/set.cpp b/wled00/set.cpp
index b218ac485..e51bb9173 100644
--- a/wled00/set.cpp
+++ b/wled00/set.cpp
@@ -322,10 +322,7 @@ void handleSettingsSet(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, byte subPage)
     // force a sunrise/sunset re-calculation
     calculateSunriseAndSunset(); 
 
-    if (request->hasArg(F("OL"))) {
-      overlayDefault = request->arg(F("OL")).toInt();
-      overlayCurrent = overlayDefault;
-    }
+    overlayCurrent = request->hasArg(F("OL")) ? 1 : 0;
 
     overlayMin = request->arg(F("O1")).toInt();
     overlayMax = request->arg(F("O2")).toInt();
diff --git a/wled00/wled.h b/wled00/wled.h
index 64cdd20c3..8b7d92371 100644
--- a/wled00/wled.h
+++ b/wled00/wled.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 // version code in format yymmddb (b = daily build)
-#define VERSION 2203060
+#define VERSION 2203061
 
 //uncomment this if you have a "my_config.h" file you'd like to use
 //#define WLED_USE_MY_CONFIG
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ WLED_GLOBAL bool useAMPM _INIT(false);       // 12h/24h clock format
 WLED_GLOBAL byte currentTimezone _INIT(0);   // Timezone ID. Refer to timezones array in wled10_ntp.ino
 WLED_GLOBAL int utcOffsetSecs _INIT(0);      // Seconds to offset from UTC before timzone calculation
 
-WLED_GLOBAL byte overlayDefault _INIT(0);                               // 0: no overlay 1: analog clock 2: was single-digit clock 3: was cronixie
+WLED_GLOBAL byte overlayCurrent _INIT(0);    // 0: no overlay 1: analog clock 2: was single-digit clock 3: was cronixie
 WLED_GLOBAL byte overlayMin _INIT(0), overlayMax _INIT(DEFAULT_LED_COUNT - 1);   // boundaries of overlay mode
 
 WLED_GLOBAL byte analogClock12pixel _INIT(0);               // The pixel in your strip where "midnight" would be
@@ -496,9 +496,6 @@ WLED_GLOBAL bool hueAuthRequired _INIT(false);
 WLED_GLOBAL bool hueReceived _INIT(false);
 WLED_GLOBAL bool hueStoreAllowed _INIT(false), hueNewKey _INIT(false);
 
-// overlays
-WLED_GLOBAL byte overlayCurrent _INIT(overlayDefault);
-
 // countdown
 WLED_GLOBAL unsigned long countdownTime _INIT(1514764800L);
 WLED_GLOBAL bool countdownOverTriggered _INIT(true);
diff --git a/wled00/wled_eeprom.cpp b/wled00/wled_eeprom.cpp
index 35e9c423e..f74f1afbe 100644
--- a/wled00/wled_eeprom.cpp
+++ b/wled00/wled_eeprom.cpp
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ void loadSettingsFromEEPROM()
   useAMPM = EEPROM.read(329);
   strip.gammaCorrectBri = EEPROM.read(330);
   strip.gammaCorrectCol = EEPROM.read(331);
-  overlayDefault = EEPROM.read(332);
-  if (lastEEPROMversion < 8 && overlayDefault > 0) overlayDefault--; //overlay mode 1 (solid) was removed
+  overlayCurrent = EEPROM.read(332);
 
   alexaEnabled = EEPROM.read(333);
 
@@ -360,8 +359,6 @@ void loadSettingsFromEEPROM()
   //2551 - 2559 reserved for Usermods, usable by default
   //2560 - 2943 usable, NOT reserved (need to increase EEPSIZE accordingly, new WLED core features may override this section)
   //2944 - 3071 reserved for Usermods (need to increase EEPSIZE to 3072 in const.h)
-
-  overlayCurrent = overlayDefault;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/wled00/xml.cpp b/wled00/xml.cpp
index de9a8da32..c1ea5fd71 100644
--- a/wled00/xml.cpp
+++ b/wled00/xml.cpp
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ void getSettingsJS(byte subPage, char* dest)
       sprintf_P(tm, PSTR("Sunrise: %02d:%02d Sunset: %02d:%02d"), hour(sunrise), minute(sunrise), hour(sunset), minute(sunset));
       sappends('m',SET_F("(\"times\")[1]"),tm);
     }
-    sappend('i',SET_F("OL"),overlayCurrent);
+    sappend('c',SET_F("OL"),overlayCurrent);
     sappend('v',SET_F("O1"),overlayMin);
     sappend('v',SET_F("O2"),overlayMax);
     sappend('v',SET_F("OM"),analogClock12pixel);