diff --git a/src/Files.App/Services/Settings/FileTagsSettingsService.cs b/src/Files.App/Services/Settings/FileTagsSettingsService.cs
index a9a3c5a8bbfd..b283687ce84b 100644
--- a/src/Files.App/Services/Settings/FileTagsSettingsService.cs
+++ b/src/Files.App/Services/Settings/FileTagsSettingsService.cs
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ internal sealed class FileTagsSettingsService : BaseJsonSettings, IFileTagsSetti
 		public FileTagsSettingsService()
 		{
 			SettingsSerializer = new DefaultSettingsSerializer();
-			JsonSettingsSerializer = new DefaultJsonSettingsSerializer();
-			JsonSettingsDatabase = new CachingJsonSettingsDatabase(SettingsSerializer, JsonSettingsSerializer);
 
 			Initialize(Path.Combine(ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.Path,
 				Constants.LocalSettings.SettingsFolderName, Constants.LocalSettings.FileTagSettingsFileName));
+
+			JsonSettingsSerializer = new DefaultJsonSettingsSerializer();
+			JsonSettingsDatabase = new CachingJsonSettingsDatabase(SettingsSerializer, JsonSettingsSerializer);
 		}
 
 		public IList<TagViewModel> FileTagList
diff --git a/src/Files.App/Services/Settings/UserSettingsService.cs b/src/Files.App/Services/Settings/UserSettingsService.cs
index 942f610a6381..0fd8c5263319 100644
--- a/src/Files.App/Services/Settings/UserSettingsService.cs
+++ b/src/Files.App/Services/Settings/UserSettingsService.cs
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ public IAppSettingsService AppSettingsService
 		public UserSettingsService()
 		{
 			SettingsSerializer = new DefaultSettingsSerializer();
-			JsonSettingsSerializer = new DefaultJsonSettingsSerializer();
-			JsonSettingsDatabase = new CachingJsonSettingsDatabase(SettingsSerializer, JsonSettingsSerializer);
 
 			Initialize(Path.Combine(ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.Path, Constants.LocalSettings.SettingsFolderName, Constants.LocalSettings.UserSettingsFileName));
+
+			JsonSettingsSerializer = new DefaultJsonSettingsSerializer();
+			JsonSettingsDatabase = new CachingJsonSettingsDatabase(SettingsSerializer, JsonSettingsSerializer);
 		}
 
 		public override object ExportSettings()