diff --git a/src/Pages.cpp b/src/Pages.cpp
index 8e19e414f..4b93bca2e 100644
--- a/src/Pages.cpp
+++ b/src/Pages.cpp
@@ -3867,9 +3867,6 @@ SeasonsPage::saveClicked()
     QString file = QString(mainWindow->home.absolutePath() + "/seasons.xml");
     SeasonParser::serialize(file, array);
 
-    // wipe existing mainwindow config
-    delete mainWindow->seasons;
-
     // re-read
-    mainWindow->seasons = new Seasons(mainWindow->home);
+    mainWindow->seasons->readSeasons();
 }
diff --git a/src/Season.cpp b/src/Season.cpp
index 1257c96f8..d79e64233 100644
--- a/src/Season.cpp
+++ b/src/Season.cpp
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ Seasons::readSeasons()
     season.setStart(today.addMonths(-12));
     season.setId(QUuid("{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000010}"));
     seasons.append(season);
+
+    seasonsChanged(); // signal!
 }
 
 int