diff --git a/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/genconfig/biome/BiomeCarverConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/genconfig/biome/BiomeCarverConfig.java
index e60925b1d..6445a9de4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/genconfig/biome/BiomeCarverConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/genconfig/biome/BiomeCarverConfig.java
@@ -6,38 +6,33 @@ import com.dfsek.terra.config.TerraConfigSection;
 import com.dfsek.terra.config.exception.ConfigException;
 import com.dfsek.terra.config.exception.NotFoundException;
 import com.dfsek.terra.config.genconfig.CarverConfig;
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
-import org.bukkit.block.data.BlockData;
+import org.bukkit.configuration.ConfigurationSection;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.InvalidConfigurationException;
-import org.polydev.gaea.math.ProbabilityCollection;
-import org.polydev.gaea.world.palette.Palette;
-import org.polydev.gaea.world.palette.RandomPalette;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Random;
-import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 public class BiomeCarverConfig extends TerraConfigSection {
     private final Map<CarverConfig, Integer> carvers = new HashMap<>();
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public BiomeCarverConfig(TerraConfig parent) throws InvalidConfigurationException {
         super(parent);
-        List<Map<?, ?>> cfg = parent.getMapList("carving");
+        ConfigurationSection configurationSection = parent.getConfigurationSection("carving");
+
+        Map<String, Object> cfg;
+        if(configurationSection != null) {
+            cfg = configurationSection.getValues(false);
+        } else return;
         if(cfg.size() == 0) return;
-        for(Map<?, ?> e : cfg) {
-            for(Map.Entry<?, ?> entry : e.entrySet()) {
-                try {
-                    CarverConfig c = parent.getConfig().getCarver((String) entry.getKey());
-                    if(c == null) throw new NotFoundException("Carver", (String) entry.getKey(), parent.getID());
-                    Debug.info("Got carver " + c + ". Adding with weight " + entry.getValue());
-                    carvers.put(c, (Integer) entry.getValue());
-                } catch(ClassCastException ex) {
-                    throw new ConfigException("Unable to parse Carver configuration! Check YAML syntax.", parent.getID());
-                } catch(NullPointerException ex) {
-                    throw new NotFoundException("carver", (String) entry.getKey(), parent.getID());
-                }
+        for(Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : cfg.entrySet()) {
+            try {
+                CarverConfig c = parent.getConfig().getCarver(entry.getKey());
+                if(c == null) throw new NotFoundException("Carver", entry.getKey(), parent.getID());
+                Debug.info("Got carver " + c + ". Adding with weight " + entry.getValue());
+                carvers.put(c, (Integer) entry.getValue());
+            } catch(ClassCastException ex) {
+                throw new ConfigException("Unable to parse Carver configuration! Check YAML syntax.", parent.getID());
+            } catch(NullPointerException ex) {
+                throw new NotFoundException("carver", entry.getKey(), parent.getID());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/default-config/pack.yml b/src/main/resources/default-config/pack.yml
index 05d9fcd46..eff23ffc6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/default-config/pack.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/default-config/pack.yml
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ blend:
 erode:
   enable: true
   frequency: 0.005
-  threshold: 0.1
+  threshold: 0.001
+  octaves: 4
   grid: "BIOME:RIVER"
 noise:
-  octaves: 5
-  frequency: 0.0075
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+  octaves: 4
+  frequency: 0.01
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