diff --git a/terminator b/terminator
index ab6477b8..18f9cba2 100755
--- a/terminator
+++ b/terminator
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
     'background_type'       : 'solid',
     'backspace_binding'     : 'ascii-del',
     'delete_binding'        : 'delete-sequence',
-    'cursor_blinks'         : False,
+    'cursor_blink'          : False,
     'emulation'             : 'xterm',
     'font_name'             : 'Serif 10',
     'foreground_color'      : '#AAAAAA',
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
     'link_userchars'        : '-A-Za-z0-9',
     'link_passchars'        : '-A-Za-z0-9,?;.:/!%$^*&~"#\'',
     '_palette'              : '%s/palette',
-    'default_palette'       : '',
+    'default_palette'       : '#000000000000:#CDCD00000000:#0000CDCD0000:#CDCDCDCD0000:#30BF30BFA38E:#A53C212FA53C:#0000CDCDCDCD:#FAFAEBEBD7D7:#404040404040:#FFFF00000000:#0000FFFF0000:#FFFFFFFF0000:#00000000FFFF:#FFFF0000FFFF:#0000FFFFFFFF:#FFFFFFFFFFFF',
     'word_chars'            : '-A-Za-z0-9,./?%&#:_',
     'mouse_autohide'        : True,
   }
@@ -181,17 +181,44 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
 
     self._vte.fork_command (command = shell, argv = args, envv = [], loglastlog = login, logwtmp = update_records, logutmp = update_records)
 
+  def reconf (self, property):
+    value = self.gconf_client.get ('%s/%s'%(self.profile, property))
+    ret = None
+    if not value:
+      try:
+        ret = self.defaults[property]
+      except:
+        pass
+    else:
+      if value.type == gconf.VALUE_STRING:
+        print "string"
+        ret = value.get_string ()
+      elif value.type == gconf.VALUE_INT:
+        print "int"
+        ret = value.get_int ()
+      elif value.type == gconf.VALUE_FLOAT:
+        print "float"
+        ret = value.get_float ()
+      elif value.type == gconf.VALUE_BOOL:
+        print "bool"
+        ret = value.get_bool ()
+
+    if ret == None:
+      print _('Unknown value requested. Unable to find in gconf profile or default settings: ') + property
+      sys.exit (1)
+    return ret
+
   def reconf_s (self, property):
-    return self.gconf_client.get_string (self.profile + "/" + property) or self.defaults[property]
+    return self.reconf (property)
 
   def reconf_b (self, property):
-    return self.gconf_client.get_bool (self.profile + "/" + property) or self.defaults[property]
+    return self.reconf (property)
 
   def reconf_i (self, property):
-    return self.gconf_client.get_int (self.profile + "/" + property) or self.defaults[property]
+    return self.reconf (property)
 
   def reconf_f (self, property):
-    return self.gconf_client.get_float (self.profile + "/" + property) or self.defaults[property]
+    return self.reconf (property)
 
   def reconfigure_vte (self):
     # Set our emulation
@@ -240,6 +267,7 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
     self._vte.set_allow_bold (self.reconf_b ('allow_bold'))
 
     # Set our color scheme, preferably from gconf settings
+    # FIXME: This is wrong, we should be pulling 'palette' out of gconf, but reverting to self.defaults['default_palette'] which means we need to reorganise self.defaults to make this available under the same name as gconf
     palette = self.reconf_s ('default_palette')
     if (not self.profile) or self.gconf_client.get_bool (self.profile + "/use_theme_colors"):
       fg_color = self._vte.get_style ().text[gtk.STATE_NORMAL]
@@ -270,7 +298,7 @@ class TerminatorTerm:
     self._vte.set_colors (fg_color, bg_color, palette)
 
     # Set our cursor blinkiness
-    self._vte.set_cursor_blinks = (self.reconf_b ('cursor_blinks'))
+    self._vte.set_cursor_blinks = (self.reconf_b ('cursor_blink'))
 
     # Set our audible belliness
     # FIXME: What on earth are we doing here. We should match the profile setting name and try not to set things this way