diff --git a/src/install.js b/src/install.js
index 8cf99ba264..0e97d8f8fe 100644
--- a/src/install.js
+++ b/src/install.js
@@ -179,12 +179,10 @@ function completeConfigSetup(err, config, next) {
 
 function setupDefaultConfigs(next) {
 	process.stdout.write('Populating database with default configs, if not already set...\n');
-	var meta = require('./meta'),
-		defaults = require(path.join(__dirname, '../', 'install/data/defaults.json'));
+	var meta = require('./meta');
+	var defaults = require(path.join(__dirname, '../', 'install/data/defaults.json'));
 
-	async.eachSeries(Object.keys(defaults), function (key, next) {
-		meta.configs.setOnEmpty(key, defaults[key], next);
-	}, function (err) {
+	meta.configs.setOnEmpty(key, defaults, function (err) {
 		if (err) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
diff --git a/src/meta/configs.js b/src/meta/configs.js
index 61464c232a..bbb5b3a387 100644
--- a/src/meta/configs.js
+++ b/src/meta/configs.js
@@ -118,14 +118,19 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 		}
 	});
 
-	Meta.configs.setOnEmpty = function (field, value, callback) {
-		Meta.configs.get(field, function (err, curValue) {
+	Meta.configs.setOnEmpty = function (values, callback) {
+		db.getObject('config', function(err, data) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
-
-			if (!curValue) {
-				Meta.configs.set(field, value, callback);
+			var empty = {};
+			Object.keys(values).forEach(function(key) {
+				if (!data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+					empty[key] = values[key];
+				}
+			});
+			if (Object.keys(empty).length) {
+				db.setObject('config', empty, callback);
 			} else {
 				callback();
 			}
diff --git a/src/meta/settings.js b/src/meta/settings.js
index ed6702a943..6f14a33a8a 100644
--- a/src/meta/settings.js
+++ b/src/meta/settings.js
@@ -38,14 +38,20 @@ module.exports = function(Meta) {
 		db.setObjectField('settings:' + hash, field, value, callback);
 	};
 
-	Meta.settings.setOnEmpty = function (hash, field, value, callback) {
-		Meta.settings.getOne(hash, field, function (err, curValue) {
+	Meta.settings.setOnEmpty = function (hash, values, callback) {
+		db.getObject('settings:' + hash, function(err, settings) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
+			var empty = {};
+			Object.keys(values).forEach(function(key) {
+				if (!settings.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+					empty[key] = values[key];
+				}
+			});
 
-			if (!curValue) {
-				Meta.settings.setOne(hash, field, value, callback);
+			if (Object.keys(empty).length) {
+				db.setObject('settings:' + hash, empty, callback);
 			} else {
 				callback();
 			}