diff --git a/src/tui/status/tabs.zig b/src/tui/status/tabs.zig
index b4c13df..f77ba2e 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/tabs.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/tabs.zig
@@ -80,11 +80,7 @@ const TabBar = struct {
     fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Plane, event_handler: ?EventHandler) !Self {
         var w = try WidgetList.createH(allocator, parent, "tabs", .dynamic);
         w.ctx = w;
-        const tab_style, const tab_style_bufs: [][]const u8 = if (root.exists_config(Style)) blk: {
-            const tab_style, const tab_style_bufs = root.read_config(Style, allocator);
-            root.write_config(tab_style, allocator) catch {};
-            break :blk .{ tab_style, tab_style_bufs };
-        } else .{ Style{}, &.{} };
+        const tab_style, const tab_style_bufs = root.read_config(Style, allocator);
         return .{
             .allocator = allocator,
             .plane = w.plane,