diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/userDefaults.json b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/userDefaults.json
index 1f3c5a1ad6b..e5b325a1d86 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/userDefaults.json
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/userDefaults.json
@@ -7,22 +7,29 @@
     "defaultProfile": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
 
     "profiles":
-    [
+    {
+        "defaults":
         {
-            // Make changes here to the powershell.exe profile
-            "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
-            "name": "Windows PowerShell",
-            "commandline": "powershell.exe",
-            "hidden": false
+            // Put settings here that you want to apply to all profiles
         },
-        {
-            // Make changes here to the cmd.exe profile
-            "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
-            "name": "cmd",
-            "commandline": "cmd.exe",
-            "hidden": false
-        }
-    ],
+        "list":
+        [
+            {
+                // Make changes here to the powershell.exe profile
+                "guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
+                "name": "Windows PowerShell",
+                "commandline": "powershell.exe",
+                "hidden": false
+            },
+            {
+                // Make changes here to the cmd.exe profile
+                "guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
+                "name": "cmd",
+                "commandline": "cmd.exe",
+                "hidden": false
+            }
+        ]
+    },
 
     // Add custom color schemes to this array
     "schemes": [],