diff --git a/SingsALot/Classes/UserSettings.cs b/SingsALot/Classes/UserSettings.cs
index c758f09..8763236 100644
--- a/SingsALot/Classes/UserSettings.cs
+++ b/SingsALot/Classes/UserSettings.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Xml;
 using System.Xml.Serialization;
 
 namespace SingsALot.Classes
@@ -15,10 +16,10 @@ namespace SingsALot.Classes
 
         public void Save(string filename)
         {
-            using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(filename))
+            using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(filename))
             {
                 XmlSerializer xmls = new XmlSerializer(typeof(UserSettings));
-                xmls.Serialize(sw, this);
+                xmls.Serialize(xmlWriter, this);
             }
         }
         public UserSettings Read(string filename)