diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/config.py b/invokeai/app/services/config.py
index 7b5015a670b..c407132e932 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/config.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/config.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     always_use_cpu: false
     free_gpu_mem: false
   Features:
-    restore: true
     esrgan: true
     patchmatch: true
     internet_available: true
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ class InvokeBatch(InvokeAISettings):
 import os
 import sys
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
-from omegaconf import OmegaConf, DictConfig
+from omegaconf import OmegaConf, DictConfig, ListConfig
 from pathlib import Path
 from pydantic import BaseSettings, Field, parse_obj_as
 from typing import ClassVar, Dict, List, Set, Literal, Union, get_origin, get_type_hints, get_args
@@ -189,7 +188,12 @@ def parse_args(self, argv: list = sys.argv[1:]):
         opt = parser.parse_args(argv)
         for name in self.__fields__:
             if name not in self._excluded():
-                setattr(self, name, getattr(opt, name))
+                value = getattr(opt, name)
+                if isinstance(value, ListConfig):
+                    value = list(value)
+                elif isinstance(value, DictConfig):
+                    value = dict(value)
+                setattr(self, name, value)
 
     def to_yaml(self) -> str:
         """
@@ -282,14 +286,10 @@ def _excluded_from_yaml(self) -> List[str]:
         return [
             "type",
             "initconf",
-            "gpu_mem_reserved",
-            "max_loaded_models",
             "version",
             "from_file",
             "model",
-            "restore",
             "root",
-            "nsfw_checker",
         ]
 
     class Config:
@@ -388,15 +388,11 @@ class InvokeAIAppConfig(InvokeAISettings):
     internet_available  : bool = Field(default=True, description="If true, attempt to download models on the fly; otherwise only use local models", category='Features')
     log_tokenization    : bool = Field(default=False, description="Enable logging of parsed prompt tokens.", category='Features')
     patchmatch          : bool = Field(default=True, description="Enable/disable patchmatch inpaint code", category='Features')
-    restore             : bool = Field(default=True, description="Enable/disable face restoration code (DEPRECATED)", category='DEPRECATED')
 
     always_use_cpu      : bool = Field(default=False, description="If true, use the CPU for rendering even if a GPU is available.", category='Memory/Performance')
     free_gpu_mem        : bool = Field(default=False, description="If true, purge model from GPU after each generation.", category='Memory/Performance')
-    max_loaded_models   : int = Field(default=3, gt=0, description="(DEPRECATED: use max_cache_size) Maximum number of models to keep in memory for rapid switching", category='DEPRECATED')
     max_cache_size      : float = Field(default=6.0, gt=0, description="Maximum memory amount used by model cache for rapid switching", category='Memory/Performance')
     max_vram_cache_size : float = Field(default=2.75, ge=0, description="Amount of VRAM reserved for model storage", category='Memory/Performance')
-    gpu_mem_reserved    : float = Field(default=2.75, ge=0, description="DEPRECATED: use max_vram_cache_size. Amount of VRAM reserved for model storage", category='DEPRECATED')
-    nsfw_checker        : bool = Field(default=True, description="DEPRECATED: use Web settings to enable/disable", category='DEPRECATED')
     precision           : Literal[tuple(['auto','float16','float32','autocast'])] = Field(default='auto',description='Floating point precision', category='Memory/Performance')
     sequential_guidance : bool = Field(default=False, description="Whether to calculate guidance in serial instead of in parallel, lowering memory requirements", category='Memory/Performance')
     xformers_enabled    : bool = Field(default=True, description="Enable/disable memory-efficient attention", category='Memory/Performance')
@@ -414,9 +410,7 @@ class InvokeAIAppConfig(InvokeAISettings):
     outdir              : Path = Field(default='outputs', description='Default folder for output images', category='Paths')
     from_file           : Path = Field(default=None, description='Take command input from the indicated file (command-line client only)', category='Paths')
     use_memory_db       : bool = Field(default=False, description='Use in-memory database for storing image metadata', category='Paths')
-    ignore_missing_core_models : bool = Field(default=False, description='Ignore missing models in models/core/convert')
-
-    model               : str = Field(default='stable-diffusion-1.5', description='Initial model name', category='Models')
+    ignore_missing_core_models : bool = Field(default=False, description='Ignore missing models in models/core/convert', category='Features')
 
     log_handlers        : List[str] = Field(default=["console"], description='Log handler. Valid options are "console", "file=<path>", "syslog=path|address:host:port", "http=<url>"', category="Logging")
     # note - would be better to read the log_format values from logging.py, but this creates circular dependencies issues
@@ -426,6 +420,9 @@ class InvokeAIAppConfig(InvokeAISettings):
     version             : bool = Field(default=False, description="Show InvokeAI version and exit", category="Other")
     # fmt: on
 
+    class Config:
+        validate_assignment = True
+
     def parse_args(self, argv: List[str] = None, conf: DictConfig = None, clobber=False):
         """
         Update settings with contents of init file, environment, and
diff --git a/invokeai/backend/install/invokeai_configure.py b/invokeai/backend/install/invokeai_configure.py
index 4bf2a484a19..714b688996e 100755
--- a/invokeai/backend/install/invokeai_configure.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/install/invokeai_configure.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 )
 from invokeai.backend.util.logging import InvokeAILogger
 from invokeai.frontend.install.model_install import addModelsForm, process_and_execute
+
+# TO DO - Move all the frontend code into invokeai.frontend.install
 from invokeai.frontend.install.widgets import (
     SingleSelectColumns,
     CenteredButtonPress,
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@
     ModelInstall,
 )
 from invokeai.backend.model_management.model_probe import ModelType, BaseModelType
+from pydantic.error_wrappers import ValidationError
 
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
 transformers.logging.set_verbosity_error()
@@ -654,10 +657,13 @@ def migrate_init_file(legacy_format: Path):
     old = legacy_parser.parse_args([f"@{str(legacy_format)}"])
     new = InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()
 
-    fields = list(get_type_hints(InvokeAIAppConfig).keys())
+    fields = [x for x, y in InvokeAIAppConfig.__fields__.items() if y.field_info.extra.get("category") != "DEPRECATED"]
     for attr in fields:
         if hasattr(old, attr):
-            setattr(new, attr, getattr(old, attr))
+            try:
+                setattr(new, attr, getattr(old, attr))
+            except ValidationError as e:
+                print(f"* Ignoring incompatible value for field {attr}:\n  {str(e)}")
 
     # a few places where the field names have changed and we have to
     # manually add in the new names/values