diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
index 5fe9ed883..38f0a1967 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export function useTriliumOptionBool(name: OptionNames, needsRefresh?: boolean):
     return [
         (value === "true"),
         (newValue) => setValue(newValue ? "true" : "false")
-    ]
+    ];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -217,17 +217,18 @@ export function useTriliumOptionInt(name: OptionNames): [number, (newValue: numb
     return [
         (parseInt(value, 10)),
         (newValue) => setValue(newValue)
-    ]
+    ];
 }
 
 /**
  * Similar to {@link useTriliumOption}, but the object value is parsed to and from a JSON instead of a string.
  *
  * @param name the name of the option to listen for.
+ * @param needsRefresh whether to reload the frontend whenever the value is changed.
  * @returns an array where the first value is the current option value and the second value is the setter.
  */
-export function useTriliumOptionJson<T>(name: OptionNames): [ T, (newValue: T) => Promise<void> ] {
-    const [ value, setValue ] = useTriliumOption(name);
+export function useTriliumOptionJson<T>(name: OptionNames, needsRefresh?: boolean): [ T, (newValue: T) => Promise<void> ] {
+    const [ value, setValue ] = useTriliumOption(name, needsRefresh);
     useDebugValue(name);
     return [
         (JSON.parse(value) as T),
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/advanced.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/advanced.tsx
index 958180063..4024a9d0e 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/advanced.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/options/advanced.tsx
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function ExistingAnonymizedDatabases({ databases }: { databases: AnonymizedDbRes
                 ))}
             </tbody>
         </table>
-    )
+    );
 }
 
 function VacuumDatabaseOptions() {
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@ function VacuumDatabaseOptions() {
                 }}
             />
         </OptionsSection>
-    )
+    );
 }
 
 function ExperimentalOptions() {
-    const [ enabledExperimentalFeatures, setEnabledExperimentalFeatures ] = useTriliumOptionJson<string[]>("experimentalFeatures");
+    const [ enabledExperimentalFeatures, setEnabledExperimentalFeatures ] = useTriliumOptionJson<string[]>("experimentalFeatures", true);
 
     return (
         <OptionsSection title={t("experimental_features.title")}>