diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c95ec3b30..a1abc9a2bd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ add_executable(dolphin-emu
   Config/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClientWidget.h
   Config/ControllerInterface/ControllerInterfaceWindow.cpp
   Config/ControllerInterface/ControllerInterfaceWindow.h
+  Config/ControllerInterface/ServerStringValidator.cpp
+  Config/ControllerInterface/ServerStringValidator.h
   Config/ControllersWindow.cpp
   Config/ControllersWindow.h
   Config/FilesystemWidget.cpp
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClientAddServerDialog.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClientAddServerDialog.cpp
index ff510165db..f3e9a2f530 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClientAddServerDialog.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClientAddServerDialog.cpp
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
 #include <QLineEdit>
 #include <QPushButton>
 #include <QSpinBox>
+#include <QString>
 #include <QWidget>
 
 #include "Common/Config/Config.h"
+#include "DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/ServerStringValidator.h"
 #include "InputCommon/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClient/DualShockUDPClient.h"
 
 DualShockUDPClientAddServerDialog::DualShockUDPClientAddServerDialog(QWidget* parent)
@@ -35,9 +37,11 @@ void DualShockUDPClientAddServerDialog::CreateWidgets()
 
   m_description = new QLineEdit();
   m_description->setPlaceholderText(tr("BetterJoy, DS4Windows, etc"));
+  m_description->setValidator(new ServerStringValidator(m_description));
 
   m_server_address =
       new QLineEdit(QString::fromStdString(ciface::DualShockUDPClient::DEFAULT_SERVER_ADDRESS));
+  m_server_address->setValidator(new ServerStringValidator(m_server_address));
 
   m_server_port = new QSpinBox();
   m_server_port->setMaximum(65535);
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClientWidget.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClientWidget.cpp
index eac6cea219..4c7f41c5e4 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClientWidget.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClientWidget.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ void DualShockUDPClientWidget::RefreshServerList()
 {
   m_server_list->clear();
 
+  const auto server_address_setting =
+      Config::Get(ciface::DualShockUDPClient::Settings::SERVER_ADDRESS);
+  const auto server_port_setting = Config::Get(ciface::DualShockUDPClient::Settings::SERVER_PORT);
+
+  // Update our servers setting if the user is using old configuration
+  if (!server_address_setting.empty() && server_port_setting != 0)
+  {
+    const auto& servers_setting = Config::Get(ciface::DualShockUDPClient::Settings::SERVERS);
+    Config::SetBaseOrCurrent(ciface::DualShockUDPClient::Settings::SERVERS,
+                             servers_setting + fmt::format("{}:{}:{};", "DS4",
+                                                           server_address_setting,
+                                                           server_port_setting));
+    Config::SetBase(ciface::DualShockUDPClient::Settings::SERVER_ADDRESS, "");
+    Config::SetBase(ciface::DualShockUDPClient::Settings::SERVER_PORT, 0);
+  }
+
   const auto& servers_setting = Config::Get(ciface::DualShockUDPClient::Settings::SERVERS);
   const auto server_details = SplitString(servers_setting, ';');
   for (const std::string& server_detail : server_details)
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/ServerStringValidator.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/ServerStringValidator.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ab0935b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/ServerStringValidator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright 2020 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2+
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#include "DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/ServerStringValidator.h"
+
+ServerStringValidator::ServerStringValidator(QObject* parent) : QValidator(parent)
+{
+}
+
+QValidator::State ServerStringValidator::validate(QString& input, int& pos) const
+{
+  if (input.isEmpty())
+    return Invalid;
+
+  if (input.contains(QStringLiteral(":")))
+    return Invalid;
+
+  if (input.contains(QStringLiteral(";")))
+    return Invalid;
+
+  return Acceptable;
+}
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/ServerStringValidator.h b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/ServerStringValidator.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..034abfc41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/ControllerInterface/ServerStringValidator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2020 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2+
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QValidator>
+
+class ServerStringValidator : public QValidator
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  explicit ServerStringValidator(QObject* parent);
+
+  State validate(QString& input, int& pos) const override;
+};
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/DolphinQt.vcxproj b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/DolphinQt.vcxproj
index 0720ff8e8a..dd6dfb420c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/DolphinQt.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/DolphinQt.vcxproj
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
     <QtMoc Include="Config\ControllerInterface\DualShockUDPClientAddServerDialog.h" />
     <QtMoc Include="Config\ControllerInterface\DualShockUDPClientWidget.h" />
     <QtMoc Include="Config\ControllerInterface\ControllerInterfaceWindow.h" />
+    <QtMoc Include="Config\ControllerInterface\ServerStringValidator.h" />
     <QtMoc Include="Config\InfoWidget.h" />
     <QtMoc Include="Config\PatchesWidget.h" />
     <QtMoc Include="Config\PropertiesDialog.h" />
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="$(QtMocOutPrefix)DualShockUDPClientAddServerDialog.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="$(QtMocOutPrefix)DualShockUDPClientWidget.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="$(QtMocOutPrefix)ControllerInterfaceWindow.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="$(QtMocOutPrefix)ServerStringValidator.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="$(QtMocOutPrefix)ControllersWindow.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="$(QtMocOutPrefix)ConvertDialog.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="$(QtMocOutPrefix)DiscordHandler.cpp" />
@@ -330,6 +332,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="Config\ControllerInterface\DualShockUDPClientAddServerDialog.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Config\ControllerInterface\DualShockUDPClientWidget.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Config\ControllerInterface\ControllerInterfaceWindow.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="Config\ControllerInterface\ServerStringValidator.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Config\ControllersWindow.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Config\FilesystemWidget.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Config\GameConfigEdit.cpp" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClient/DualShockUDPClient.cpp b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClient/DualShockUDPClient.cpp
index 837be2c3df..371db4219c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClient/DualShockUDPClient.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClient/DualShockUDPClient.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ namespace ciface::DualShockUDPClient
 {
 namespace Settings
 {
+const Config::Info<std::string> SERVER_ADDRESS{
+    {Config::System::DualShockUDPClient, "Server", "IPAddress"}, ""};
+const Config::Info<int> SERVER_PORT{{Config::System::DualShockUDPClient, "Server", "Port"}, 0};
 const Config::Info<std::string> SERVERS{{Config::System::DualShockUDPClient, "Server", "Entries"},
                                         ""};
 const Config::Info<bool> SERVERS_ENABLED{{Config::System::DualShockUDPClient, "Server", "Enabled"},
@@ -361,6 +364,21 @@ static void ConfigChanged()
 
 void Init()
 {
+  // The following is added for backwards compatibility
+  const auto server_address_setting = Config::Get(Settings::SERVER_ADDRESS);
+  const auto server_port_setting = Config::Get(Settings::SERVER_PORT);
+
+  if (!server_address_setting.empty() && server_port_setting != 0)
+  {
+    const auto& servers_setting = Config::Get(ciface::DualShockUDPClient::Settings::SERVERS);
+    Config::SetBaseOrCurrent(ciface::DualShockUDPClient::Settings::SERVERS,
+                             servers_setting + fmt::format("{}:{}:{};", "DS4",
+                                                           server_address_setting,
+                                                           server_port_setting));
+    Config::SetBase(Settings::SERVER_ADDRESS, "");
+    Config::SetBase(Settings::SERVER_PORT, 0);
+  }
+
   Config::AddConfigChangedCallback(ConfigChanged);
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClient/DualShockUDPClient.h b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClient/DualShockUDPClient.h
index e7a9057569..2442634783 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClient/DualShockUDPClient.h
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/DualShockUDPClient/DualShockUDPClient.h
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ constexpr u16 DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT = 26760;
 
 namespace Settings
 {
+// These two kept for backwards compatibility
+extern const Config::Info<std::string> SERVER_ADDRESS;
+extern const Config::Info<int> SERVER_PORT;
+
 extern const Config::Info<std::string> SERVERS;
 extern const Config::Info<bool> SERVERS_ENABLED;
 }  // namespace Settings