diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/GameList/GameList.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/GameList/GameList.cpp
index 6bcbfb88b9..8cb80dafbb 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/GameList/GameList.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/GameList/GameList.cpp
@@ -549,7 +549,8 @@ void GameList::UninstallWAD()
 
 void GameList::SetDefaultISO()
 {
-  SConfig::GetInstance().m_strDefaultISO = GetSelectedGame()->GetFilePath();
+  Settings::Instance().SetDefaultGame(
+      QDir::toNativeSeparators(QString::fromStdString(GetSelectedGame()->GetFilePath())));
 }
 
 void GameList::OpenContainingFolder()
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/Settings/PathPane.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/Settings/PathPane.cpp
index ee6441d7e7..e7f9f042e5 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/Settings/PathPane.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/Settings/PathPane.cpp
@@ -41,17 +41,13 @@ void PathPane::Browse()
 
 void PathPane::BrowseDefaultGame()
 {
-  auto& default_iso = SConfig::GetInstance().m_strDefaultISO;
-
   QString file = QDir::toNativeSeparators(QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(
-      this, tr("Select a Game"), QString::fromStdString(default_iso),
+      this, tr("Select a Game"), Settings::Instance().GetDefaultGame(),
       tr("All GC/Wii files (*.elf *.dol *.gcm *.iso *.tgc *.wbfs *.ciso *.gcz *.wad);;"
          "All Files (*)")));
+
   if (!file.isEmpty())
-  {
-    m_game_edit->setText(file);
-    default_iso = file.toStdString();
-  }
+    Settings::Instance().SetDefaultGame(file);
 }
 
 void PathPane::BrowseWiiNAND()