diff --git a/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts b/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
index 9d16b2c419..b72c8f6859 100644
--- a/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/user-store/user-store.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
 
 import { app, ipcMain } from "electron";
 import semver, { SemVer } from "semver";
-import { action, computed, makeObservable, observable, reaction } from "mobx";
+import { action, computed, observable, reaction, makeObservable, isObservableArray, isObservableSet, isObservableMap } from "mobx";
 import { BaseStore } from "../base-store";
 import migrations, { fileNameMigration } from "../../migrations/user-store";
 import { getAppVersion } from "../utils/app-version";
 import { kubeConfigDefaultPath } from "../kube-helpers";
 import { appEventBus } from "../app-event-bus/event-bus";
-import { getOrInsertSet, toggle, toJS } from "../../renderer/utils";
-import { DESCRIPTORS, EditorConfiguration, ExtensionRegistry, KubeconfigSyncValue, UserPreferencesModel, TerminalConfig } from "./preferences-helpers";
+import { getOrInsertSet, toggle, toJS, entries, fromEntries } from "../../renderer/utils";
+import { DESCRIPTORS } from "./preferences-helpers";
+import type { EditorConfiguration, ExtensionRegistry, KubeconfigSyncValue, UserPreferencesModel, TerminalConfig } from "./preferences-helpers";
 import logger from "../../main/logger";
 
 export interface UserStoreModel {
@@ -164,55 +165,31 @@ export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> /* implements UserStore
       this.lastSeenAppVersion = lastSeenAppVersion;
     }
 
-    this.httpsProxy = DESCRIPTORS.httpsProxy.fromStore(preferences?.httpsProxy);
-    this.shell = DESCRIPTORS.shell.fromStore(preferences?.shell);
-    this.colorTheme = DESCRIPTORS.colorTheme.fromStore(preferences?.colorTheme);
-    this.terminalTheme = DESCRIPTORS.terminalTheme.fromStore(preferences?.terminalTheme);
-    this.localeTimezone = DESCRIPTORS.localeTimezone.fromStore(preferences?.localeTimezone);
-    this.allowUntrustedCAs = DESCRIPTORS.allowUntrustedCAs.fromStore(preferences?.allowUntrustedCAs);
-    this.allowTelemetry = DESCRIPTORS.allowTelemetry.fromStore(preferences?.allowTelemetry);
-    this.allowErrorReporting = DESCRIPTORS.allowErrorReporting.fromStore(preferences?.allowErrorReporting);
-    this.downloadMirror = DESCRIPTORS.downloadMirror.fromStore(preferences?.downloadMirror);
-    this.downloadKubectlBinaries = DESCRIPTORS.downloadKubectlBinaries.fromStore(preferences?.downloadKubectlBinaries);
-    this.downloadBinariesPath = DESCRIPTORS.downloadBinariesPath.fromStore(preferences?.downloadBinariesPath);
-    this.kubectlBinariesPath = DESCRIPTORS.kubectlBinariesPath.fromStore(preferences?.kubectlBinariesPath);
-    this.openAtLogin = DESCRIPTORS.openAtLogin.fromStore(preferences?.openAtLogin);
-    this.hiddenTableColumns.replace(DESCRIPTORS.hiddenTableColumns.fromStore(preferences?.hiddenTableColumns));
-    this.syncKubeconfigEntries.replace(DESCRIPTORS.syncKubeconfigEntries.fromStore(preferences?.syncKubeconfigEntries));
-    this.editorConfiguration = DESCRIPTORS.editorConfiguration.fromStore(preferences?.editorConfiguration);
-    this.terminalCopyOnSelect = DESCRIPTORS.terminalCopyOnSelect.fromStore(preferences?.terminalCopyOnSelect);
-    this.terminalConfig = DESCRIPTORS.terminalConfig.fromStore(preferences?.terminalConfig);
-    this.updateChannel = DESCRIPTORS.updateChannel.fromStore(preferences?.updateChannel);
-    this.extensionRegistryUrl = DESCRIPTORS.extensionRegistryUrl.fromStore(preferences?.extensionRegistryUrl);
+    for (const [key, { fromStore }] of entries(DESCRIPTORS)) {
+      const curVal = this[key];
+      const newVal = fromStore((preferences)?.[key] as never) as never;
+
+      if (
+        isObservableArray(curVal)
+        || isObservableSet(curVal)
+        || isObservableMap(curVal)
+      ) {
+        curVal.replace(newVal);
+      } else {
+        this[key] = newVal;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   toJSON(): UserStoreModel {
-    const model: UserStoreModel = {
-      lastSeenAppVersion: this.lastSeenAppVersion,
-      preferences: {
-        httpsProxy: DESCRIPTORS.httpsProxy.toStore(this.httpsProxy),
-        shell: DESCRIPTORS.shell.toStore(this.shell),
-        colorTheme: DESCRIPTORS.colorTheme.toStore(this.colorTheme),
-        terminalTheme: DESCRIPTORS.terminalTheme.toStore(this.terminalTheme),
-        localeTimezone: DESCRIPTORS.localeTimezone.toStore(this.localeTimezone),
-        allowUntrustedCAs: DESCRIPTORS.allowUntrustedCAs.toStore(this.allowUntrustedCAs),
-        allowTelemetry: DESCRIPTORS.allowTelemetry.toStore(this.allowTelemetry),
-        allowErrorReporting: DESCRIPTORS.allowErrorReporting.toStore(this.allowErrorReporting),
-        downloadMirror: DESCRIPTORS.downloadMirror.toStore(this.downloadMirror),
-        downloadKubectlBinaries: DESCRIPTORS.downloadKubectlBinaries.toStore(this.downloadKubectlBinaries),
-        downloadBinariesPath: DESCRIPTORS.downloadBinariesPath.toStore(this.downloadBinariesPath),
-        kubectlBinariesPath: DESCRIPTORS.kubectlBinariesPath.toStore(this.kubectlBinariesPath),
-        openAtLogin: DESCRIPTORS.openAtLogin.toStore(this.openAtLogin),
-        hiddenTableColumns: DESCRIPTORS.hiddenTableColumns.toStore(this.hiddenTableColumns),
-        syncKubeconfigEntries: DESCRIPTORS.syncKubeconfigEntries.toStore(this.syncKubeconfigEntries),
-        editorConfiguration: DESCRIPTORS.editorConfiguration.toStore(this.editorConfiguration),
-        terminalCopyOnSelect: DESCRIPTORS.terminalCopyOnSelect.toStore(this.terminalCopyOnSelect),
-        terminalConfig: DESCRIPTORS.terminalConfig.toStore(this.terminalConfig),
-        updateChannel: DESCRIPTORS.updateChannel.toStore(this.updateChannel),
-        extensionRegistryUrl: DESCRIPTORS.extensionRegistryUrl.toStore(this.extensionRegistryUrl),
-      },
-    };
+    const preferences = fromEntries(
+      entries(DESCRIPTORS)
+        .map(([key, { toStore }]) => [key, toStore(this[key] as never)]),
+    ) as UserPreferencesModel;
 
-    return toJS(model);
+    return toJS({
+      lastSeenAppVersion: this.lastSeenAppVersion,
+      preferences,
+    });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/common/utils/objects.ts b/src/common/utils/objects.ts
index 0f213aa5f5..342d1b00a1 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/objects.ts
+++ b/src/common/utils/objects.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
  * A better typed version of `Object.fromEntries` where the keys are known to
  * be a specific subset
  */
-export function fromEntries<T, Key extends string>(entries: Iterable<readonly [Key, T]>): { [k in Key]: T } {
+export function fromEntries<T, Key extends string>(entries: Iterable<readonly [Key, T]>): Record<Key, T> {
   return Object.fromEntries(entries) as { [k in Key]: T };
 }
+
+export function entries<T extends Record<string, any>>(obj: T): [keyof T, T[keyof T]][] {
+  return Object.entries(obj);
+}