diff --git a/PlotSquared/pom.xml b/PlotSquared/pom.xml
index 1234a06fc..23648cfb2 100644
--- a/PlotSquared/pom.xml
+++ b/PlotSquared/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>
     <artifactId>PlotSquared</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.3</version>
+    <version>2.8.4</version>
     <name>PlotSquared</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <build>
diff --git a/PlotSquared/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/flag/FlagManager.java b/PlotSquared/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/flag/FlagManager.java
index 355a7390e..3f31b270b 100644
--- a/PlotSquared/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/flag/FlagManager.java
+++ b/PlotSquared/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/flag/FlagManager.java
@@ -339,8 +339,15 @@ public class FlagManager {
     public static Flag[] parseFlags(final List<String> flagstrings) {
         final Flag[] flags = new Flag[flagstrings.size()];
         for (int i = 0; i < flagstrings.size(); i++) {
-            final String[] split = flagstrings.get(i).split(";");
+            final String[] split;
+            if (flagstrings.get(i).contains(";")) {
+                split = flagstrings.get(i).split(";");
+            }
+            else {
+                split = flagstrings.get(i).split(":");
+            }
             if (split.length == 1) {
+                System.out.print(split[0]);
                 flags[i] = new Flag(getFlag(split[0], true), "");
             } else {
                 flags[i] = new Flag(getFlag(split[0], true), split[1]);
diff --git a/PlotSquared/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotWorld.java b/PlotSquared/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotWorld.java
index 8b29c521b..2dd16a0e2 100644
--- a/PlotSquared/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotWorld.java
+++ b/PlotSquared/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotWorld.java
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 package com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.ConfigurationSection;
@@ -116,17 +118,25 @@ public abstract class PlotWorld {
         this.SELL_PRICE = config.getDouble("economy.prices.sell");
         this.PLOT_CHAT = config.getBoolean("chat.enabled");
         this.WORLD_BORDER = config.getBoolean("world.border");
-        final List<String> flags = config.getStringList("flags.default");
-        if (flags == null) {
-            this.DEFAULT_FLAGS = new Flag[] {};
-        } else {
-            try {
-                this.DEFAULT_FLAGS = FlagManager.parseFlags(flags);
-            } catch (final Exception e) {
-                PlotSquared.log("&cInvalid default flags for " + this.worldname + ": " + StringUtils.join(flags, ","));
-                this.DEFAULT_FLAGS = new Flag[] {};
+        List<String> flags = config.getStringList("flags.default");
+        if (flags == null || flags.size() == 0) {
+            flags = config.getStringList("flags");
+            if (flags == null || flags.size() == 0) {
+                flags = new ArrayList<String>();
+                ConfigurationSection section = config.getConfigurationSection("flags");
+                Set<String> keys = section.getKeys(false);
+                for (String key : keys) {
+                    flags.add(key + ";" + section.get(key));
+                }
             }
         }
+        try {
+            this.DEFAULT_FLAGS = FlagManager.parseFlags(flags);
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            PlotSquared.log("&cInvalid default flags for " + this.worldname + ": " + StringUtils.join(flags, ","));
+            this.DEFAULT_FLAGS = new Flag[] {};
+        }
         this.PVP = config.getBoolean("event.pvp");
         this.PVE = config.getBoolean("event.pve");
         this.SPAWN_EGGS = config.getBoolean("event.spawn.egg");