diff --git a/Core/Models/TagDatabase/TagDatabase.SettingsHandler.cs b/Core/Models/TagDatabase/TagDatabase.SettingsHandler.cs
index e496058..6fc8c17 100644
--- a/Core/Models/TagDatabase/TagDatabase.SettingsHandler.cs
+++ b/Core/Models/TagDatabase/TagDatabase.SettingsHandler.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ namespace TagHierarchyManager.Models;
 
 public partial class TagDatabase
 {
+    public async Task SetDefaultTagBindingsAsync(List<string> value)
+    {
+        this.DefaultTagBindings = value;
+        this.CheckInitialisation();
+        await this.Settings.UpdateSettingAsync(SettingsHandler.DefaultTagBindingKey, string.Join(';', value)).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+    
     /// <summary>
     ///     A class for handling settings for a <see cref="TagDatabase" /> at a lower level.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/Core/Models/TagDatabase/TagDatabase.cs b/Core/Models/TagDatabase/TagDatabase.cs
index fb17d3e..c08d573 100644
--- a/Core/Models/TagDatabase/TagDatabase.cs
+++ b/Core/Models/TagDatabase/TagDatabase.cs
@@ -43,19 +43,9 @@ public partial class TagDatabase
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets or sets a List(string) of tag binding(s) that will be added to a tag by default. Defaults to <i>genre</i>
-    ///     (e.g. Festival Progressive House <i>::genre</i>).
+    ///     (e.g. Festival Progressive House::genre).
     /// </summary>
-    public List<string> DefaultTagBindings
-    {
-        get => this.defaultBindings;
-        set
-        {
-            if (this.defaultBindings == value) return;
-            this.defaultBindings = value;
-            if (this.Initialised)
-                _ = this.Settings.UpdateSettingAsync(SettingsHandler.DefaultTagBindingKey, string.Join(';', value));
-        }
-    }
+    public List<string> DefaultTagBindings { get; set; }
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gets the location of the .thdb file associated with the <see cref="TagDatabase" />, inferred from the current
diff --git a/UI/TagDatabaseService.cs b/UI/TagDatabaseService.cs
index cc8fac2..885f953 100644
--- a/UI/TagDatabaseService.cs
+++ b/UI/TagDatabaseService.cs
@@ -173,8 +173,12 @@ public class TagDatabaseService : ObservableObject
             : this.Database.Search(searchQuery, mode);
     }
 
-    public void SetDefaultTagBindings(string input)
+    public async Task SetDefaultTagBindingsAsync(string input)
     {
+        if (this.Database is null) return;
+        var valueList = input.Split(";",
+                StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries).ToList(); 
+        await this.Database.SetDefaultTagBindingsAsync(valueList);
         this.Database?.DefaultTagBindings = input.Split(";",
             StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries).ToList();
         this.NotifyDatabasePropertiesChanged();
diff --git a/UI/ViewModels/DatabaseSettingsViewModel.cs b/UI/ViewModels/DatabaseSettingsViewModel.cs
index 892dce6..ec5853d 100644
--- a/UI/ViewModels/DatabaseSettingsViewModel.cs
+++ b/UI/ViewModels/DatabaseSettingsViewModel.cs
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ public partial class DatabaseSettingsViewModel : ViewModelBase
     public event Action? RequestClose;
 
     [RelayCommand]
-    private void SaveSettings()
+    private async Task SaveSettingsAsync()
     {
-        this._mainWindow.TagDatabaseService.SetDefaultTagBindings(this.DefaultTagBindings);
+        await this._mainWindow.TagDatabaseService.SetDefaultTagBindingsAsync(this.DefaultTagBindings);
         this.RequestClose?.Invoke();
     }
 }
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