diff --git a/App/View Controllers/Posts/PostViewModel.swift b/App/View Controllers/Posts/PostRenderModel.swift
similarity index 89%
rename from App/View Controllers/Posts/PostViewModel.swift
rename to App/View Controllers/Posts/PostRenderModel.swift
index 78b5d8288..da1c65b83 100644
--- a/App/View Controllers/Posts/PostViewModel.swift	
+++ b/App/View Controllers/Posts/PostRenderModel.swift	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//  PostViewModel.swift
+//  PostRenderModel.swift
 //
 //  Copyright 2016 Awful Contributors. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US https://github.com/Awful/Awful.app
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct PostRenderModel: StencilContextConvertible {
             }
             return true
         }
-        @FoilDefaultStorage(Settings.showAvatars) var showAvatars
+        var showAvatars: Bool { Awful.showAvatars }
         var hiddenAvatarURL: URL? {
             return showAvatars ? nil : post.author?.avatarURL
         }
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ private func massageHTML(_ html: String, isIgnored: Bool, forumID: String) -> St
     document.removeEmptyEditedByParagraphs()
     document.addAttributeToTweetLinks()
     document.useHTML5VimeoPlayer()
-    if let username = FoilDefaultStorageOptional(Settings.username).wrappedValue {
+    if let username = UserDefaults.standard.value(for: Settings.username) {
         document.identifyQuotesCitingUser(named: username, shouldHighlight: true)
         document.identifyMentionsOfUser(named: username, shouldHighlight: true)
     }
-    document.processImgTags(shouldLinkifyNonSmilies: !FoilDefaultStorage(Settings.loadImages).wrappedValue)
-    if !FoilDefaultStorage(Settings.autoplayGIFs).wrappedValue {
+    document.processImgTags(shouldLinkifyNonSmilies: !UserDefaults.standard.defaultingValue(for: Settings.loadImages))
+    if !UserDefaults.standard.defaultingValue(for: Settings.autoplayGIFs) {
         document.stopGIFAutoplay()
     }
     if isIgnored {
@@ -121,14 +121,14 @@ private func massageHTML(_ html: String, isIgnored: Bool, forumID: String) -> St
     return document.bodyElement?.innerHTML ?? ""
 }
 
- private var showAvatars: Bool {
-     FoilDefaultStorage(Settings.showAvatars).wrappedValue
+private var showAvatars: Bool {
+    UserDefaults.standard.defaultingValue(for: Settings.showAvatars)
 }
 
 private var enableCustomTitlePostLayout: Bool {
     switch UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom {
     case .mac, .pad:
-        return FoilDefaultStorage(Settings.enableCustomTitlePostLayout).wrappedValue
+        return UserDefaults.standard.defaultingValue(for: Settings.enableCustomTitlePostLayout)
     default:
         return false
     }
diff --git a/Awful.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Awful.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 3b52eb521..ab9d0b21d 100644
--- a/Awful.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Awful.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		1C16FBD51CBA91ED00C88BD1 /* PostsViewExternalStylesheetLoader.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1C16FBD41CBA91ED00C88BD1 /* PostsViewExternalStylesheetLoader.swift */; };
 		1C16FBD71CBAA00200C88BD1 /* PostsPageTopBar.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1C16FBD61CBAA00200C88BD1 /* PostsPageTopBar.swift */; };
 		1C16FBD91CBAA33600C88BD1 /* PunishmentCell.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1C16FBD81CBAA33600C88BD1 /* PunishmentCell.swift */; };
-		1C16FBE71CBC671A00C88BD1 /* PostViewModel.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1C16FBE61CBC671A00C88BD1 /* PostViewModel.swift */; };
+		1C16FBE71CBC671A00C88BD1 /* PostRenderModel.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1C16FBE61CBC671A00C88BD1 /* PostRenderModel.swift */; };
 		1C16FBF31CBDC58B00C88BD1 /* URL+OpensInBrowser.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1C16FBF21CBDC58B00C88BD1 /* URL+OpensInBrowser.swift */; };
 		1C16FBF61CBDC65C00C88BD1 /* CaseInsensitiveMatching.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1C16FBF51CBDC65C00C88BD1 /* CaseInsensitiveMatching.swift */; };
 		1C16FBFC1CBF0F6B00C88BD1 /* ThreadTagPickerCell.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1C16FBFB1CBF0F6B00C88BD1 /* ThreadTagPickerCell.swift */; };
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
 		1C16FBD41CBA91ED00C88BD1 /* PostsViewExternalStylesheetLoader.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = PostsViewExternalStylesheetLoader.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		1C16FBD61CBAA00200C88BD1 /* PostsPageTopBar.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = PostsPageTopBar.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		1C16FBD81CBAA33600C88BD1 /* PunishmentCell.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = PunishmentCell.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		1C16FBE61CBC671A00C88BD1 /* PostViewModel.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = PostViewModel.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		1C16FBE61CBC671A00C88BD1 /* PostRenderModel.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = PostRenderModel.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		1C16FBF21CBDC58B00C88BD1 /* URL+OpensInBrowser.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = "URL+OpensInBrowser.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		1C16FBF51CBDC65C00C88BD1 /* CaseInsensitiveMatching.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = CaseInsensitiveMatching.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		1C16FBFB1CBF0F6B00C88BD1 /* ThreadTagPickerCell.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = ThreadTagPickerCell.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -724,7 +724,9 @@
 		1C29C382225853A300E1217A /* Posts */ = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
+				2D265F8B292CB429001336ED /* GetOutFrogRefreshSpinnerView.swift */,
 				1C16FC191CD42EB300C88BD1 /* PostPreviewViewController.swift */,
+				1C16FBE61CBC671A00C88BD1 /* PostRenderModel.swift */,
 				1CFC99691BD3F402001180A7 /* PostsPageRefreshArrowView.swift */,
 				1CD0C54E1BE674D700C3AC80 /* PostsPageRefreshSpinnerView.swift */,
 				1C47AF4B19A790910098B828 /* PostsPageSettings.xib */,
@@ -732,11 +734,9 @@
 				1C16FBD61CBAA00200C88BD1 /* PostsPageTopBar.swift */,
 				1C16FC031CC3D84500C88BD1 /* PostsPageView.swift */,
 				1C0D7FFD1CF38CA2003EE2D1 /* PostsPageViewController.swift */,
-				1C16FBE61CBC671A00C88BD1 /* PostViewModel.swift */,
 				1CB15BFA1A9EC9C800176E73 /* ReportPostViewController.swift */,
 				1C82AC4A199F585000CB15FE /* Selectotron.swift */,
 				1C82AC4C199F5C1500CB15FE /* Selectotron.xib */,
-				2D265F8B292CB429001336ED /* GetOutFrogRefreshSpinnerView.swift */,
 			);
 			path = Posts;
 			sourceTree = "<group>";
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@
 				1CEB5BFF19AB9C1700C82C30 /* InAppActionViewController.swift in Sources */,
 				1C16FBAA1CB5D38700C88BD1 /* CompositionInputAccessoryView.swift in Sources */,
 				1C9AEBCE210C3BAF00C9A567 /* main.swift in Sources */,
-				1C16FBE71CBC671A00C88BD1 /* PostViewModel.swift in Sources */,
+				1C16FBE71CBC671A00C88BD1 /* PostRenderModel.swift in Sources */,
 				1C6BDD22265CB307005475CE /* Imports.swift in Sources */,
 				1CB5F7F7201547D90046D080 /* Thread+Presentation.swift in Sources */,
 				1C16FC181CD1848400C88BD1 /* ComposeTextViewController.swift in Sources */,
diff --git a/AwfulSettings/Sources/AwfulSettings/UserDefaults+.swift b/AwfulSettings/Sources/AwfulSettings/UserDefaults+.swift
index f49524568..7b4dc0318 100644
--- a/AwfulSettings/Sources/AwfulSettings/UserDefaults+.swift
+++ b/AwfulSettings/Sources/AwfulSettings/UserDefaults+.swift
@@ -11,4 +11,15 @@ public extension UserDefaults {
     func value<T>(for setting: Setting<T>) -> T {
         value(forKey: setting.key) as! T
     }
+
+    /**
+     Returns the value for the setting, or the setting's default value.
+
+     Does not register the default. This is not usually the correct way to use UserDefaults, and you should prefer using either `AppStorage` or `FoilDefaultStorage` whenever possible, as those do register the default.
+
+     However, sometimes registering the default is a performance problem. That's when you go for this method.
+     */
+    func defaultingValue<T>(for setting: Setting<T>) -> T {
+        (value(forKey: setting.key) as! T?) ?? setting.default
+    }
 }