diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index dc11aa2..a048d36 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   "description": "This extension allows one to create various shortcuts for applications, enabling the ability to have one shortcut that triggers both the launch and focus of an application window.",
   "uuid": "focus-window@chris.al",
   "shell-version": [
-    "42"
+    "42",
+    "43"
   ],
   "url": "https://github.com/pcbowers/focus-window",
   "version": 1
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/prefs.js b/prefs.js
index bf0eba5..42f3aa9 100644
--- a/prefs.js
+++ b/prefs.js
@@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ const FocusWidget = GObject.registerClass(
       this.applicationToFocus.set_selected(
         this.getAppPositionFromId(this.settings.applicationToFocus)
       );
-      this.titleToMatch.set_text(this.settings.titleToMatch);
-      this.exactTitleMatch.set_active(this.settings.exactTitleMatch);
-      this.launchApplication.set_active(this.settings.launchApplication);
-      this.commandLineArguments.set_text(this.settings.commandLineArguments);
-      this.keyboardShortcut.set_accelerator(this.settings.keyboardShortcut);
+      this.titleToMatch.set_text(this.settings.titleToMatch || "");
+      this.exactTitleMatch.set_active(this.settings.exactTitleMatch || false);
+      this.launchApplication.set_active(this.settings.launchApplication || true);
+      this.commandLineArguments.set_text(this.settings.commandLineArguments || "");
+      this.keyboardShortcut.set_accelerator(this.settings.keyboardShortcut || "");
     }
 
     populateApplications() {
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ const FocusWidget = GObject.registerClass(
           name: a.get_name(),
           id: a.get_id(),
           position: index + 1,
-        }));
+        }))
+        .sort((a, b) => a.name.toLowerCase() > b.name.toLowerCase());
 
       // make them choosable
       this.allApplications.forEach((a) => this.applicationList.append(a.name));
@@ -403,8 +404,7 @@ function fillPreferencesWindow(window) {
   // sets the title and description of group
   const setTitleAndDescription = () => {
     group.set_title(
-      `${focusWidgets.length} Shortcut${
-        focusWidgets.length === 1 ? "" : "s Created"
+      `${focusWidgets.length} Shortcut${focusWidgets.length === 1 ? "" : "s Created"
       }`
     );
 
@@ -416,8 +416,7 @@ function fillPreferencesWindow(window) {
     ).length;
 
     group.set_description(
-      `${
-        configured === focusWidgets.length ? "All" : configured
+      `${configured === focusWidgets.length ? "All" : configured
       } of which are fully configured`
     );
   };