diff --git a/src/ass_file.cpp b/src/ass_file.cpp
index c0e0ceb65..e7598054c 100644
--- a/src/ass_file.cpp
+++ b/src/ass_file.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ AssFile::~AssFile() {
 	Events.clear_and_dispose([](AssDialogue *e) { delete e; });
 }
 
-void AssFile::LoadDefault(bool include_dialogue_line, agi::fs::path const& style_catalog_file) {
+void AssFile::LoadDefault(bool include_dialogue_line, std::string const& style_catalog) {
 	Info.emplace_back("Title", "Default Aegisub file");
 	Info.emplace_back("ScriptType", "v4.00+");
 	Info.emplace_back("WrapStyle", "0");
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ void AssFile::LoadDefault(bool include_dialogue_line, agi::fs::path const& style
 	Styles.push_back(*new AssStyle);
 
 	// Add/replace any catalog styles requested
-	if (!style_catalog_file.empty() && agi::fs::FileExists(style_catalog_file)) {
+	if (AssStyleStorage::CatalogExists(style_catalog)) {
 		AssStyleStorage catalog;
-		catalog.Load(style_catalog_file);
+		catalog.LoadCatalog(style_catalog);
 		catalog.ReplaceIntoFile(*this);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/ass_file.h b/src/ass_file.h
index 3ae05a42d..6e864c0cd 100644
--- a/src/ass_file.h
+++ b/src/ass_file.h
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ public:
 
 	/// @brief Load default file
 	/// @param defline Add a blank line to the file
-	void LoadDefault(bool defline = true, agi::fs::path const& style_catalog_file = agi::fs::path());
+	/// @param style_catalog Style catalog name to fill styles from, blank to use default style
+	void LoadDefault(bool defline = true, std::string const& style_catalog = std::string());
 	/// Attach a file to the ass file
 	void InsertAttachment(agi::fs::path const& filename);
 	/// Get the names of all of the styles available
diff --git a/src/subs_controller.cpp b/src/subs_controller.cpp
index 28b6fdc80..a1fdeaf8d 100644
--- a/src/subs_controller.cpp
+++ b/src/subs_controller.cpp
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ void SubsController::Close() {
 	filename.clear();
 	AssFile blank;
 	blank.swap(*context->ass);
-	context->ass->LoadDefault(true, config::path->Decode("?user/catalog/" + OPT_GET("Subtitle Format/ASS/Default Style Catalog")->GetString() + ".sty"));
+	context->ass->LoadDefault(true, OPT_GET("Subtitle Format/ASS/Default Style Catalog")->GetString());
 	context->ass->Commit("", AssFile::COMMIT_NEW);
 	FileOpen(filename);
 }
diff --git a/src/subtitle_format_srt.cpp b/src/subtitle_format_srt.cpp
index 5934f8aed..dad986d08 100644
--- a/src/subtitle_format_srt.cpp
+++ b/src/subtitle_format_srt.cpp
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ void SRTSubtitleFormat::ReadFile(AssFile *target, agi::fs::path const& filename,
 	using namespace std;
 
 	TextFileReader file(filename, encoding);
-	target->LoadDefault(false, config::path->Decode("?user/catalog/" + OPT_GET("Subtitle Format/SRT/Default Style Catalog")->GetString() + ".sty"));
+	target->LoadDefault(false, OPT_GET("Subtitle Format/SRT/Default Style Catalog")->GetString());
 
 	// See parsing algorithm at <http://devel.aegisub.org/wiki/SubtitleFormats/SRT>
 
diff --git a/src/subtitle_format_ttxt.cpp b/src/subtitle_format_ttxt.cpp
index f3a22c212..7bd5f3c35 100644
--- a/src/subtitle_format_ttxt.cpp
+++ b/src/subtitle_format_ttxt.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> TTXTSubtitleFormat::GetWriteWildcards() const {
 }
 
 void TTXTSubtitleFormat::ReadFile(AssFile *target, agi::fs::path const& filename, agi::vfr::Framerate const& fps, std::string const& encoding) const {
-	target->LoadDefault(false, config::path->Decode("?user/catalog/" + OPT_GET("Subtitle Format/TTXT/Default Style Catalog")->GetString() + ".sty"));
+	target->LoadDefault(false, OPT_GET("Subtitle Format/TTXT/Default Style Catalog")->GetString());
 
 	// Load XML document
 	wxXmlDocument doc;
diff --git a/src/subtitle_format_txt.cpp b/src/subtitle_format_txt.cpp
index a11fddaa6..3a89b81dd 100644
--- a/src/subtitle_format_txt.cpp
+++ b/src/subtitle_format_txt.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void TXTSubtitleFormat::ReadFile(AssFile *target, agi::fs::path const& filename,
 
 	TextFileReader file(filename, encoding, false);
 
-	target->LoadDefault(false, config::path->Decode("?user/catalog/" + OPT_GET("Subtitle Format/TXT/Default Style Catalog")->GetString() + ".sty"));
+	target->LoadDefault(false, OPT_GET("Subtitle Format/TXT/Default Style Catalog")->GetString());
 
 	std::string actor;
 	std::string separator = OPT_GET("Tool/Import/Text/Actor Separator")->GetString();