diff --git a/minetest.conf b/minetest.conf
index 3cfae1a..b168ab2 100644
--- a/minetest.conf
+++ b/minetest.conf
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ vignette_enable = true
 
 # Mapgen
 
-rp_biome_version = 2
-
 # NP: offset, scale, (spread factors), seed offset, number of octaves, persistence, lacunarity
 
 # Generic
diff --git a/mods/rp_default/init.lua b/mods/rp_default/init.lua
index 07a7efc..5169611 100644
--- a/mods/rp_default/init.lua
+++ b/mods/rp_default/init.lua
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ Version 2: Major biome update introducing tons of new biomes and
 ]]
 local LATEST_BIOME_VERSION = 2
 local bv = minetest.get_mapgen_setting("rp_biome_version")
+minetest.log("verbose", "[rp_default] Mapgen: rp_biome_version = "..tostring(bv))
 if bv then
-	default.biome_version = tonumber(default.biome_version)
+	default.biome_version = tonumber(bv)
 end
 if default.biome_version ~= 1 and default.biome_version ~= 2 then
 	default.biome_version = LATEST_BIOME_VERSION