diff --git a/OtterGui b/OtterGui
index 6eb6ab15..0f8a8664 160000
--- a/OtterGui
+++ b/OtterGui
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6eb6ab156c1bc1cb61700f19768f3fa6c11e1e04
+Subproject commit 0f8a866491b246e819e0618a43078170686780ab
diff --git a/Penumbra/Collections/Manager/ActiveCollections.cs b/Penumbra/Collections/Manager/ActiveCollections.cs
index bae95885..7e6d691e 100644
--- a/Penumbra/Collections/Manager/ActiveCollections.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/Collections/Manager/ActiveCollections.cs
@@ -408,19 +408,15 @@ public class ActiveCollections : ISavable, IDisposable
     public static bool Load(FilenameService fileNames, out JObject ret)
     {
         var file = fileNames.ActiveCollectionsFile;
-        if (File.Exists(file))
-            try
-            {
-                ret = JObject.Parse(File.ReadAllText(file));
-                return true;
-            }
-            catch (Exception e)
-            {
-                Penumbra.Log.Error($"Could not read active collections from file {file}:\n{e}");
-            }
+        var jObj = BackupService.GetJObjectForFile(fileNames, file);
+        if (jObj == null)
+        {
+            ret = new JObject();
+            return false;
+        }
 
-        ret = new JObject();
-        return false;
+        ret = jObj;
+        return true;
     }
 
     public string RedundancyCheck(CollectionType type, ActorIdentifier id)
diff --git a/Penumbra/Mods/Manager/ModFileSystem.cs b/Penumbra/Mods/Manager/ModFileSystem.cs
index 013d0e40..2d8b90ab 100644
--- a/Penumbra/Mods/Manager/ModFileSystem.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/Mods/Manager/ModFileSystem.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using OtterGui.Classes;
 using OtterGui.Filesystem;
 using Penumbra.Communication;
 using Penumbra.Services;
@@ -60,8 +62,8 @@ public sealed class ModFileSystem : FileSystem<Mod>, IDisposable, ISavable
     // Used on construction and on mod rediscoveries.
     private void Reload()
     {
-        // TODO
-        if (Load(new FileInfo(_saveService.FileNames.FilesystemFile), _modManager, ModToIdentifier, ModToName))
+        var jObj = BackupService.GetJObjectForFile(_saveService.FileNames, _saveService.FileNames.FilesystemFile);
+        if (Load(jObj, _modManager, ModToIdentifier, ModToName))
             _saveService.ImmediateSave(this);
 
         Penumbra.Log.Debug("Reloaded mod filesystem.");
diff --git a/Penumbra/Services/BackupService.cs b/Penumbra/Services/BackupService.cs
index 0c13217a..f6e2c3e4 100644
--- a/Penumbra/Services/BackupService.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/Services/BackupService.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using OtterGui.Classes;
 using OtterGui.Log;
 using Penumbra.Util;
@@ -23,4 +24,26 @@ public class BackupService
         list.Add(new FileInfo(fileNames.ActiveCollectionsFile));
         return list;
     }
+
+    /// <summary> Try to parse a file to JObject and check backups if this does not succeed. </summary>
+    public static JObject? GetJObjectForFile(FilenameService fileNames, string fileName)
+    {
+        JObject? ret = null;
+        if (!File.Exists(fileName))
+            return ret;
+
+        try
+        {
+            var text = File.ReadAllText(fileName);
+            ret = JObject.Parse(text);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Penumbra.Log.Error($"Failed to load {fileName}, trying to restore from backup:\n{ex}");
+            Backup.TryGetFile(new DirectoryInfo(fileNames.ConfigDirectory), fileName, out ret, out var messages, JObject.Parse);
+            Penumbra.Chat.NotificationMessage(messages);
+        }
+
+        return ret;
+    }
 }