diff --git a/mods/HUD/hudbars/default_settings.lua b/mods/HUD/hudbars/default_settings.lua
index d2a325bb9e..539c632b0f 100644
--- a/mods/HUD/hudbars/default_settings.lua
+++ b/mods/HUD/hudbars/default_settings.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 -- (Hardcoded) default settings
+-- Some of these settings have been modified for MCL2.
 
 hb.settings.max_bar_length = 160
 hb.settings.statbar_length = 20
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@ hb.settings.pos_left.x = hb.load_setting("hudbars_pos_left_x", "number", 0.5)
 hb.settings.pos_left.y = hb.load_setting("hudbars_pos_left_y", "number", 1)
 hb.settings.pos_right.x = hb.load_setting("hudbars_pos_right_x", "number", 0.5)
 hb.settings.pos_right.y = hb.load_setting("hudbars_pos_right_y", "number", 1)
-hb.settings.bar_type = hb.load_setting("hudbars_bar_type", "string", "progress_bar", {"progress_bar", "statbar_classic", "statbar_modern"})
+-- Modified in MCL2!
+hb.settings.bar_type = hb.load_setting("hudbars_bar_type", "string", "statbar_modern", {"progress_bar", "statbar_classic", "statbar_modern"})
 if hb.settings.bar_type == "progress_bar" then
 	hb.settings.start_offset_left.x = hb.load_setting("hudbars_start_offset_left_x", "number", -175)
 	hb.settings.start_offset_left.y = hb.load_setting("hudbars_start_offset_left_y", "number", -86)
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ else
 	hb.settings.start_offset_right.x = hb.load_setting("hudbars_start_statbar_offset_right_x", "number", 25)
 	hb.settings.start_offset_right.y = hb.load_setting("hudbars_start_statbar_offset_right_y", "number", -90)
 end
-hb.settings.vmargin  = hb.load_setting("hudbars_vmargin", "number", 24)
+-- Modified in MCL2!
+hb.settings.vmargin  = hb.load_setting("hudbars_vmargin", "number", 32)
 hb.settings.tick = hb.load_setting("hudbars_tick", "number", 0.1)
 
 -- Experimental setting: Changing this setting is not officially supported, do NOT rely on it!
@@ -43,6 +46,11 @@ if sorting ~= nil then
 		hb.settings.sorting_reverse[tonumber(v)] = k
 	end
 else
-	hb.settings.sorting = { ["health"] = 0, ["breath"] = 1 }
-	hb.settings.sorting_reverse = { [0] = "health", [1] = "breath" }
+	-- Modified in MCL2!
+	hb.settings.sorting = { ["health"] = 0, ["hunger"] = 1, ["armor"] = 2, ["breath"] = 3, ["exhaustion"] = 4, ["saturation"] = 5 }
+	hb.settings.sorting_reverse = {}
+	for k,v in pairs(hb.settings.sorting) do
+		hb.settings.sorting_reverse[tonumber(v)] = k
+	end
 end
+