diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cb377b37..1b115395 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     columns.
 * Removed significant portions of unused CSS to load quicker.
 * Improved responsive aspects of the CSS.
+* Several root settings in `/hugo.toml` were being overridden such as `paginate`
+    these should now be fixed
 
 ## 2.0.0
 
diff --git a/config/_default/hugo.toml b/config/_default/hugo.toml
index f65f0efe..0b78d905 100644
--- a/config/_default/hugo.toml
+++ b/config/_default/hugo.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 Copyright = "Jeffrey Phillips Freeman 2023 - present"
 
-paginate = 20
-pygmentsCodeFences = true
-pygmentsCodeFencesGuessSyntax = true
-pygmentsStyle = "monokai"
-DefaultContentLanguage = "en"
-defaultContentLanguageInSubdir = false
-
 enableRobotsTXT = true
 uglyURLs=false
 pluralizelisttitles=false