--- sauserprefs.php.orig        2023-01-31 16:01:39.462253239 -0500
+++ sauserprefs.php     2023-01-31 16:02:04.238359718 -0500
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        $this->global_prefs = $this->_load_prefs($this->rcube->config->get('sauserprefs_global_userid', '\$GLOBAL'));
+//        $this->global_prefs = $this->_load_prefs($this->rcube->config->get('sauserprefs_global_userid', '\$GLOBAL'));
        $this->global_prefs = $this->rcube->config->get('sauserprefs_default_prefs');
 
         // extract score prefs