diff --git a/include/openspace/engine/openspaceengine.h b/include/openspace/engine/openspaceengine.h
index d37ba7b72a..e00adfc509 100644
--- a/include/openspace/engine/openspaceengine.h
+++ b/include/openspace/engine/openspaceengine.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public:
     void encode();
     void decode();
 
-
+    void runSettingsScripts();
 
 private:
     OpenSpaceEngine(std::string programName);
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ private:
 	void clearAllWindows();
 	bool gatherCommandlineArguments();
 	bool loadSpiceKernels();
-	void runStartupScripts();
 	void loadFonts();
+    void runScripts(const ghoul::Dictionary& scripts);
+    void runStartupScripts();
 	void configureLogging();
 
     static OpenSpaceEngine* _engine;
@@ -111,7 +112,6 @@ private:
 	double _dt;
 
 	SyncBuffer* _syncBuffer;
-
 };
 
 #define OsEng (openspace::OpenSpaceEngine::ref())
diff --git a/include/openspace/util/constants.h b/include/openspace/util/constants.h
index cd3e987c50..e200e53dde 100644
--- a/include/openspace/util/constants.h
+++ b/include/openspace/util/constants.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ namespace configurationmanager {
     const std::string keyConfigScene = "Scene";
 	const std::string keyEnableGui = "EnableGUI";
     const std::string keyStartupScript = "StartupScripts";
+    const std::string keySettingsScript = "SettingsScripts";
 	const std::string keySpiceTimeKernel = "SpiceKernel.Time";
 	const std::string keySpiceLeapsecondKernel = "SpiceKernel.LeapSecond";
 	const std::string keyLogLevel = "Logging.LogLevel";
diff --git a/openspace-data b/openspace-data
index b090a44cd3..99380bdd39 160000
--- a/openspace-data
+++ b/openspace-data
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b090a44cd304ba1e4393749f6f1688086a9d810c
+Subproject commit 99380bdd3925859c9201257c93897fa97963fdc1
diff --git a/openspace.cfg b/openspace.cfg
index 1346a2d1a9..8dc23e524f 100644
--- a/openspace.cfg
+++ b/openspace.cfg
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ return {
     StartupScripts = {
         "${SCRIPTS}/default_startup.lua"
     },
+    SettingsScripts = {
+        "${SCRIPTS}/default_settings.lua"
+    },
     Logging = {
         LogLevel = "Debug",
         ImmediateFlush = true,
diff --git a/scripts/default_keybinding.lua b/scripts/default_keybinding.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 56943efb65..0000000000
--- a/scripts/default_keybinding.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-return {
-	W = function() print("w") end,
-	S = function() print("s") end
-}
diff --git a/scripts/default_settings.lua b/scripts/default_settings.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96818e1a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/default_settings.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+openspace.printInfo("Setting default values");
+openspace.setPropertyValue("Constellation Bounds.renderable.enabled", false);
+
+openspace.setPropertyValue("Stars.renderable.magnitudeClamp", {0.941, 4.191});
+openspace.setPropertyValue("Stars.renderable.exponentialOffset", 6.180);
+openspace.setPropertyValue("Stars.renderable.exponentialDampening", 0.838);
+openspace.setPropertyValue("Stars.renderable.scaleFactor", 0.563);
+
+openspace.setPropertyValue("MilkyWay.renderable.transparency", 0.65);
+openspace.setPropertyValue("MilkyWay.renderable.segments", 50);
+
+openspace.printInfo("Done setting default values");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp b/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
index 10956596b0..fbc52115fa 100644
--- a/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp
@@ -400,28 +400,41 @@ bool OpenSpaceEngine::loadSpiceKernels() {
 	return true;
 }
 
+void OpenSpaceEngine::runScripts(const ghoul::Dictionary& scripts) {
+    for (size_t i = 1; i <= scripts.size(); ++i) {
+        std::stringstream stream;
+        stream << i;
+        const std::string& key = stream.str();
+        const bool hasKey = scripts.hasKeyAndValue<std::string>(key);
+        if (!hasKey) {
+            LERROR("The startup scripts have to be declared in a simple array format."
+                " Startup scripts did not contain the key '" << key << "'");
+            break;
+        }
+
+        std::string scriptPath;
+        scripts.getValue(key, scriptPath);
+        std::string&& absoluteScriptPath = absPath(scriptPath);
+        _engine->scriptEngine()->runScriptFile(absoluteScriptPath);
+    }
+}
+
+
 void OpenSpaceEngine::runStartupScripts() {
 	ghoul::Dictionary scripts;
 	configurationManager()->getValue(
 		constants::configurationmanager::keyStartupScript, scripts);
-	for (size_t i = 1; i <= scripts.size(); ++i) {
-		std::stringstream stream;
-		stream << i;
-		const std::string& key = stream.str();
-		const bool hasKey = scripts.hasKeyAndValue<std::string>(key);
-		if (!hasKey) {
-			LERROR("The startup scripts have to be declared in a simple array format."
-				" Startup scripts did not contain the key '" << key << "'");
-			break;
-		}
-
-		std::string scriptPath;
-		scripts.getValue(key, scriptPath);
-		std::string&& absoluteScriptPath = absPath(scriptPath);
-		_engine->scriptEngine()->runScriptFile(absoluteScriptPath);
-	}
+    runScripts(scripts);
 }
 
+void OpenSpaceEngine::runSettingsScripts() {
+    ghoul::Dictionary scripts;
+    configurationManager()->getValue(
+        constants::configurationmanager::keySettingsScript, scripts);
+    runScripts(scripts);
+}
+
+
 void OpenSpaceEngine::loadFonts() {
 	sgct_text::FontManager::FontPath local = sgct_text::FontManager::FontPath::FontPath_Local;
 
diff --git a/src/scenegraph/scenegraph.cpp b/src/scenegraph/scenegraph.cpp
index a8f469d467..f399b9481a 100644
--- a/src/scenegraph/scenegraph.cpp
+++ b/src/scenegraph/scenegraph.cpp
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ bool SceneGraph::loadSceneInternal(const std::string& sceneDescriptionFilePath)
 		}
 	}
 
+    OsEng.runSettingsScripts();
+
     return true;
 }