diff --git a/src/saveload/afterload.cpp b/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
--- a/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
@@ -2755,6 +2755,11 @@ bool AfterLoadGame()
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (IsSavegameVersionBefore(178)) {
+		/* Initialise script settings profile */
+		_settings_game.script.settings_profile = IsInsideMM(_settings_game.difficulty.diff_level, SP_BEGIN, SP_END) ? _settings_game.difficulty.diff_level : (uint)SP_MEDIUM;
+	}
+
 	/* Road stops is 'only' updating some caches */
 	AfterLoadRoadStops();
 	AfterLoadLabelMaps();