diff --git a/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/common.lua b/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/common.lua
index 82b3f0c..38b6567 100644
--- a/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/common.lua
+++ b/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/common.lua
@@ -10,30 +10,24 @@ this.configString = string.gsub(this.modName, "%s+", "")
 this.modes = {
 	{
 		mode = "equippedArmour",
-		value = 0,
 		description = "Actors are pulled down by their combined armour class (Light = 1, Medium = 2, Heavy = 3) multiplied by a tenth of " ..
 		"the down-pull multiplier. Default of 100 makes it impossible to surface in all heavy armour for all but the most Athletic.",
 	},
 	{
 		mode = "allEquipment",
-		value = 1,
 		description = "Actors are pulled down by double the weight of all equipped gear multiplied by a hundredth of the down-pull multiplier.",
 	},
-	-- keeping these in this order but with the values unchanged is terrible and I don't care
 	{
 		mode = "allEquipmentNecroEdit",
-		value = 3,
 		description = "Actors are pulled down by double the weight of all equipped gear multiplied by a hundredth of the down-pull multiplier, " ..
 		"except any weight above 135 only counts 10%. Lessens the gap between the lightest and heaviest heavy armours.",
 	},
 	{
 		mode = "encumbrancePercentage",
-		value = 2,
 		description = "Actors are pulled down by their encumbrance percentage multiplied by triple the down-pull multiplier.",
 	},
 	{
 		mode = "worstCaseScenario",
-		value = 4,
 		description = "Calculates results from all formulas, and uses the highest value.",
 	}
 }
diff --git a/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/config.lua b/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/config.lua
index 1bcc33f..19d64cb 100644
--- a/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/config.lua
+++ b/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/config.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ this.defaultConfig = {
 		allEquipment = 100,
 		encumbrancePercentage = 100
 	},
-	mode = common.modes[1].value,
+	mode = common.modes[1].mode,
 	allEquipmentWorstCaseNecroMode = true
 }
 
diff --git a/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/main.lua b/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/main.lua
index ef8dc6b..9cb914c 100644
--- a/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/main.lua
+++ b/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/main.lua
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ local function sinkInWater(e)
     -- calculate the down-pull with the configured formula
     else
         for _, t in ipairs(common.modes) do
-            if t.value == config.mode then
+            if t.mode == config.mode then
                 downPull, debugStr = formulas[t.mode](actor, mobile, ref)
                 break
             end
diff --git a/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/mcm.lua b/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/mcm.lua
index 776b3a9..2988ea6 100644
--- a/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/mcm.lua
+++ b/MWSE/mods/celediel/ASinkingFeeling/mcm.lua
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ local function createOptions()
     local options = {}
 
     for _, t in ipairs(common.modes) do
-        options[#options+1] = {label = common.camelCaseToWords(t.mode), value = t.value}
+        options[#options+1] = {label = common.camelCaseToWords(t.mode), value = t.mode}
     end
 
     return options