diff --git a/wl_main.cpp b/wl_main.cpp
index af6b922..45e6e93 100644
--- a/wl_main.cpp
+++ b/wl_main.cpp
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ void ReadConfig(void)
         read2(file,&viewsize,sizeof(viewsize));
         read2(file,&mouseadjustment,sizeof(mouseadjustment));
 
-        // [FG] sneak vertical mouse sensitivity into the mouseadjustment config value
-        mouseadjustment_v = ((mouseadjustment >> 8) & 0xff) - 1;
-        mouseadjustment = mouseadjustment & 0xff;
-        if (mouseadjustment_v == -1)
+        // [FG] vertical mouse sensitivity
+        if (read(file,&mouseadjustment,sizeof(mouseadjustment))<0)
+        {
             mouseadjustment_v = mouseadjustment;
+        }
 
         close(file);
 #undef read2
@@ -280,10 +280,10 @@ void WriteConfig(void)
         write2(file,buttonjoy,sizeof(buttonjoy));
 
         write2(file,&viewsize,sizeof(viewsize));
-        // [FG] sneak vertical mouse sensitivity into the mouseadjustment config value
-        mouseadjustment = mouseadjustment | ((mouseadjustment_v + 1) << 8);
         write2(file,&mouseadjustment,sizeof(mouseadjustment));
-        mouseadjustment = mouseadjustment & 0xff;
+
+        // [FG] vertical mouse sensitivity
+        write2(file,&mouseadjustment_v,sizeof(mouseadjustment_v));
 
         close(file);
     }