diff --git a/src/game_initialization/singleplayer.cpp b/src/game_initialization/singleplayer.cpp
index 7b51c339eea7..9bedc5df4759 100644
--- a/src/game_initialization/singleplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/game_initialization/singleplayer.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,14 @@ bool enter_create_mode(CVideo& video, const config& game_config, saved_game& sta
 
 bool enter_configure_mode(CVideo& video, const config& game_config, saved_game& state, ng::create_engine& create_eng, bool local_players_only)
 {
-	if(!gui2::dialogs::sp_options_configure::execute(create_eng, video)) {
+	// We create the config engine here in order to ensure values like use_map_settings are set correctly
+	// TODO: should this be passed to this function instead of created here?
+	ng::configure_engine config_eng(create_eng.get_state());
+
+	// TODO: needed?
+	config_eng.update_initial_cfg(create_eng.current_level().data());
+
+	if(!gui2::dialogs::sp_options_configure::execute(create_eng, config_eng, video)) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/sp_options_configure.cpp b/src/gui/dialogs/sp_options_configure.cpp
index 20554eb92366..5ee58099dc9c 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/sp_options_configure.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/sp_options_configure.cpp
@@ -24,15 +24,12 @@ namespace dialogs
 
 REGISTER_DIALOG(sp_options_configure)
 
-sp_options_configure::sp_options_configure(ng::create_engine& create_engine)
+sp_options_configure::sp_options_configure(ng::create_engine& create_engine, ng::configure_engine& config_engine)
 	: create_engine_(create_engine)
-	, config_engine_()
+	, config_engine_(config_engine)
 	, options_manager_()
 {
 	set_restore(true);
-
-	config_engine_.reset(new ng::configure_engine(create_engine_.get_state()));
-	config_engine_->update_initial_cfg(create_engine_.current_level().data());
 }
 
 void sp_options_configure::pre_show(window& window)
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ void sp_options_configure::pre_show(window& window)
 void sp_options_configure::post_show(window& window)
 {
 	if(window.get_retval() == window::OK) {
-		config_engine_->set_options(options_manager_->get_options_config());
+		config_engine_.set_options(options_manager_->get_options_config());
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/sp_options_configure.hpp b/src/gui/dialogs/sp_options_configure.hpp
index 6463a8366eb0..aa5d17ece7e6 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/sp_options_configure.hpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/sp_options_configure.hpp
@@ -29,29 +29,45 @@ namespace dialogs
 class sp_options_configure : public modal_dialog, private plugin_executor
 {
 public:
-	explicit sp_options_configure(ng::create_engine& create_engine);
+	sp_options_configure(ng::create_engine& create_engine, ng::configure_engine& config_engine);
 
 	/**
-	 * Execute function. We only want to show the dialog if there are active mods and
-	 * those active mods all have custom options.
+	 * Execute function. We only want to show the dialog if the campaign has options or if
+	 * there are active mods and at least one of those mods has custom options.
 	 */
-	static bool execute(ng::create_engine& create_engine, CVideo& video)
+	static bool execute(ng::create_engine& create_engine, ng::configure_engine& config_engine, CVideo& video)
 	{
-		using mod_type = ng::create_engine::extras_metadata_ptr;
-
-		const std::vector<mod_type>& activemods = create_engine.active_mods_data();
-		// FIXME: this code is wrogn in multiple ways:
-		//  1) It only searches in modifications but [olptions] can also appear in [campaign]
-		//  2) It also triggers on empty [options] which it shouldn't
-		if(std::none_of(activemods.begin(), activemods.end(), [](mod_type mod) {
-			return (*mod->cfg).has_child("options");
-		})) {
-			//FIXME: in this case no configure_engine::set_use_map_settings(use_map_settings_default()); was not called
-			//   so that mp_game_settings::use_map_settings has a wrong value so that the connect engine will mess up the scenarios settings
+		// Check campaign options.
+		const auto& campaign_mods = create_engine.current_level().data().child_range("options");
+
+		const bool have_campaign_options = std::any_of(campaign_mods.begin(), campaign_mods.end(), [](config& mod) {
+			return !mod.empty();
+		});
+	
+		// Check active mod options.
+		bool have_mod_options = false;
+
+		for(const auto& mod : create_engine.active_mods_data()) {
+			if(!(*mod->cfg).has_child("options")) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			const auto& opt_range = (*mod->cfg).child_range("options");
+
+			if(std::any_of(opt_range.begin(), opt_range.end(), [](const config& options) {
+				return !options.empty();
+			})) {
+				have_mod_options = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// If we have no valid options whatsoever, just bypass this dialog.
+		if(!have_campaign_options && !have_mod_options) {
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		return sp_options_configure(create_engine).show(video);
+		return sp_options_configure(create_engine, config_engine).show(video);
 	}
 
 private:
@@ -65,7 +81,8 @@ class sp_options_configure : public modal_dialog, private plugin_executor
 	void post_show(window& window);
 
 	ng::create_engine& create_engine_;
-	std::unique_ptr<ng::configure_engine> config_engine_;
+	ng::configure_engine& config_engine_;
+
 	std::unique_ptr<mp_options_helper> options_manager_;
 };