diff --git a/.luacheckrc b/.luacheckrc
index 5f9253e..f1d139a 100644
--- a/.luacheckrc
+++ b/.luacheckrc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stds["DT"] = {
             "easeOutCubic", "radian_lerp", "auto_lerp", "rand_utf8_string", "point_is_inside_oobb",
         }},
         Managers = { fields = {
-            "mod", "event"
+            "mod", "event", "ui",
         }},
         Mods = { fields = {
             lua = { fields = { "debug", "io", "ffi", "os" }},
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ stds["DT"] = {
             "require_store",
         }},
         "Crashify","Keyboard","Mouse","Application","Color","Quarternion","Vector3","Vector2","RESOLUTION_LOOKUP",
-        "ModManager", "Utf8",
+        "ModManager", "Utf8", "Main",
     },
 }
diff --git a/scripts/mods/dmf/modules/dmf_options.lua b/scripts/mods/dmf/modules/dmf_options.lua
index 48626a3..ab12726 100644
--- a/scripts/mods/dmf/modules/dmf_options.lua
+++ b/scripts/mods/dmf/modules/dmf_options.lua
@@ -249,8 +249,12 @@ dmf.on_setting_changed = function (setting_id)
 end
 
 dmf.load_developer_mode_settings = function () --@TODO: maybe move it to somewhere else?
-  Managers.mod._settings.developer_mode = dmf:get("developer_mode")
   Application.set_user_setting("mod_manager_settings", Managers.mod._settings)
+
+  local mod_manager = Managers.mod
+  if mod_manager and mod_manager.set_developer_mode then
+    mod_manager:set_developer_mode(dmf:get("developer_mode"))
+  end
 end
 
 -- ####################################################################################################################
@@ -280,3 +284,9 @@ dmf.initialize_options = function()
     dmf:set("dmf_initialized", true)
   end
 end
+
+-- If we're already in the game (likely a mod reload), we
+-- can run the initialization immediately.
+if Main._sm:current_state_name() == "StateGame" then
+  dmf.initialize_options()
+end