diff --git a/core/server/data/schema/default-settings.json b/core/server/data/schema/default-settings/default-settings.json
similarity index 100%
rename from core/server/data/schema/default-settings.json
rename to core/server/data/schema/default-settings/default-settings.json
diff --git a/core/server/data/schema/default-settings/index.js b/core/server/data/schema/default-settings/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b83d3919ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/server/data/schema/default-settings/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+const config = require('../../../../shared/config');
+
+const defaultSettingsPath = config.get('paths').defaultSettings;
+const defaultSettings = require(defaultSettingsPath);
+
+module.exports = defaultSettings;
diff --git a/core/shared/config/defaults.json b/core/shared/config/defaults.json
index 0f47e4b730..a20e1977e8 100644
--- a/core/shared/config/defaults.json
+++ b/core/shared/config/defaults.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "paths": {
         "contentPath": "content/",
         "fixtures": "core/server/data/schema/fixtures/fixtures",
+        "defaultSettings": "core/server/data/schema/default-settings/default-settings",
         "assetSrc": "core/frontend/src"
     },
     "adapters": {
diff --git a/test/unit/server/data/exporter/index.test.js b/test/unit/server/data/exporter/index.test.js
index 16ce51d88f..7c8b15b8b2 100644
--- a/test/unit/server/data/exporter/index.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/server/data/exporter/index.test.js
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ describe('Exporter', function () {
             const {
                 SETTING_KEYS_BLOCKLIST
             } = require('../../../../../core/server/data/exporter/table-lists.js');
-            const defaultSettings = require('../../../../../core/server/data/schema/default-settings.json');
+            const defaultSettings = require('../../../../../core/server/data/schema/default-settings/default-settings.json');
 
             const totalKeysLength = Object.keys(defaultSettings).reduce((acc, curr, index) => {
                 return acc + Object.keys(defaultSettings[curr]).length;
diff --git a/test/unit/server/data/schema/integrity.test.js b/test/unit/server/data/schema/integrity.test.js
index 1001238432..82d570abe0 100644
--- a/test/unit/server/data/schema/integrity.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/server/data/schema/integrity.test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const {config} = require('../../../../utils/configUtils');
 const schema = require('../../../../../core/server/data/schema/schema');
 const fixtures = require('../../../../../core/server/data/schema/fixtures/fixtures.json');
-const defaultSettings = require('../../../../../core/server/data/schema/default-settings.json');
+const defaultSettings = require('../../../../../core/server/data/schema/default-settings/default-settings.json');
 
 // Routes are yaml so we can require the file directly
 const routeSettings = require('../../../../../core/server/services/route-settings');