diff --git a/src/apps/deskflow-gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/apps/deskflow-gui/MainWindow.cpp
index ac5b8d8e3..bcd1124a5 100644
--- a/src/apps/deskflow-gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/deskflow-gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ void MainWindow::clearSettings()
   m_coreProcess.clearSettings();
 
   m_saveOnExit = false;
-  diagnostic::clearSettings(m_configScopes, true);
+  diagnostic::clearSettings(true);
 }
 
 bool MainWindow::saveServerConfig()
diff --git a/src/apps/deskflow-gui/main.cpp b/src/apps/deskflow-gui/main.cpp
index 610159c6c..0376bbbe8 100644
--- a/src/apps/deskflow-gui/main.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/deskflow-gui/main.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   const auto noReset = hasArg("--no-reset", arguments);
   const auto resetEnvVar = strToTrue(qEnvironmentVariable("DESKFLOW_RESET_ALL"));
   if (resetEnvVar && !noReset) {
-    diagnostic::clearSettings(configScopes, false);
+    diagnostic::clearSettings(false);
   }
 
   MainWindow mainWindow(configScopes);
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/diagnostic.cpp b/src/lib/gui/diagnostic.cpp
index a6f4771a0..242734b91 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/diagnostic.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/diagnostic.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "diagnostic.h"
 
 #include "common/Settings.h"
-#include "config/ConfigScopes.h"
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -30,14 +29,14 @@ void restart()
   QCoreApplication::exit();
 }
 
-void clearSettings(ConfigScopes &scopes, bool enableRestart)
+void clearSettings(bool enableRestart)
 {
   qDebug("clearing settings");
-  scopes.clear();
+  Settings::proxy().clear();
 
   // save but do not emit saving signal which will prevent the current state of
   // the app config and server configs from being applied.
-  scopes.save(false);
+  Settings::save(false);
 
   auto profileDir = QDir(Settings::settingsPath());
   qDebug("removing profile dir: %s", qPrintable(profileDir.absolutePath()));
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/diagnostic.h b/src/lib/gui/diagnostic.h
index a9f5c2348..164ddcdf0 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/diagnostic.h
+++ b/src/lib/gui/diagnostic.h
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "gui/config/ConfigScopes.h"
-
 namespace deskflow::gui::diagnostic {
 
-void clearSettings(ConfigScopes &scopes, bool enableRestart);
+void clearSettings(bool enableRestart);
 
 }